Information Systems Integration

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Course Overview: Objectives and Deliverable

Persuasion and Communication with Decks

Review the course site in details, especially this schedule, and the team project information

“Why some people are more innovative” by Clayton Christensen

“Persuasion and communication with decks” blog post by Munir Manvivalla

“Systems thinking” from thinking.net

“Images of Organization” by Morgan, pp. 3–13

End of the First Sprint

Create and be prepared to present a deck in which you report :

1. what is the problem or potential business application and why did you choose a particular project/technology,
2. what are your success factors for the project,
3. how do you intend to approach the problem, and
4. what is your ToDo for the next sprint.

Each team has 10 minutes to present and 5 minutes for questions and answers (Q&A)

Systems and Systems Thinking: How to Pin Down a Problem in Business Continued…

Business Benefits from IT: Strategic, Financial, Technical Value

“Organizational architecture” and “Organizational structure” articles from Wikipedia

“Everything is measurable” from CIO.com

“The Beauty and Perils of Metrics” from Mercury Magazine

Case Analysis 1: Information Technology at Cirque du Soleil – see more information here

Blog post 1

Business Benefits from IT: Strategic, Financial, Technical Value

Continued…

Create and come prepared to present a deck in which you report :

1. what have you achieved – against your ToDo,
2. any changes you feel are necessary to the overall framing of the project, and
3. what is your ToDo for the next sprint.

Each team has 10 minutes to present and 5 minutes for Q&A

Project website created

and

a) Project charter and b) deck (that is, your presentation slides) made available through the website

Flexible session – the content of this session will depend on the progression of the course at this point.

EXAM 1

Create and be prepared to present a deck in which you report:

1. what have you achieved – against your ToDo,
2. what kind of solution you intend to provide, and
3. what is your ToDo for the next sprint.

Each team has 10 minutes to present and 5 minutes for Q&A

Project website improved

and

Updated a) Project charter and b) deck made available through the website

Blog Post 2 and

Blog Comment 2 and 3

NO CLASSES (Spring break)

Prototyping and Demonstrating a Solution

 Blog Comment 4

End of the Fourth Sprint (graded)

Each team has 10 minutes to present content they want to receive feedback on and 5 minutes for Q&A.

Also provide answers to my questions from the Third Sprint grading.

Disruptive Innovation 

“Seeing What’s Next: Introduction and Chapter 1, Signals of Change” from HBS coursepack

“What is disruptive innovation?” from YouTube

“Disruptive innovation tutorial”from YouTube

“Reinventing your business model” from innosight.com

“The Disruption Machine” from the New Yorker

“GE’s Big Bet on Data and Analytics” from Sloan Management Review (you can access on Temple’s network)

Blog Post 3

and

Case Analysis 2: Telsa Motors – see more information here

due by 7 am!

Summary: Putting It All Together

“The art of integrative thinking” from Rotman Management

“Decisive: Book Review” by Michael Hyatt 

End of the Fifth Sprint (graded)

Each team has 10 minutes to present a status of their solution and any content they want to receive feedback on and 5 minutes for Q&A

EXAM 2

End of the Sixth Sprint: Final Presentation Practice (graded)

Each team has 10 minutes to present content they want to receive feedback on and 5 minutes for Q&A

Case Analysis 3: AI/ML/analytics case of your choice – see more information here

due by 7 am!

Updated project documents made available through the website

Groups meet one-to-one with the instructor to polish their work for the final presentations.

Final Presentations (graded)

Alter Hall 748 from 4-6:30 PM (section 2 & 4)

See schedule on the Projects tab

Final Team project Deliverables  by 4 pm

Team feedback due by EOD 4/29