Week #

Date

Topics

Reference

1

8/20(M)

Course Introduction

8/22 (W)

Project Management/Facilitation

Handout, Ch 3, Info Tech Proj Mngt by Schwalbe (on-line)

2

8/27 (M)

Project Management
Assignment 0 due

8/29 (W)

Individual Assignments 1, & 2 due

3

9/3 (M)

Labor Day

9/5 (W)

Project Management - Scope Assign due
The World of the Modern Systems Analyst

Chapter 1

4

9/10 (M)
9/12 (W)

Scope Assign due (Mon)
Approaches to System Development
Group Presentations - Discussion of Project Idea (W)

Chapter 2

5

9/17 (M)
9/19 (W)

Individual Assignment 3 due (Mon)
Beginning the Analysis: Investigating System Requirements

Chapter 4

6

9/24 (M)
9/26 (W)

Presentations - Group Status Rpt & MS Project Plan (Mon)
Modeling System Requirements: Events and Things

Chapter 5

7

10/1 (M)
10/3 (W)

Modeling System Requirements: Events and Things

Chapter 5

8

10/8 (M)
10/10 (W)

The Traditional Approach to Requirements
THERE WILL BE NO CLASS ON 10/10 (Wed)

Chapter 6

9

10/15 (M)

ERD and Event Table Presentations

10/17 (W)

TBA

10

10/22 (M)
10/24 (W)

The Object-Oriented Approach to Requirements

Chapter 7

11

10/29 (M)
10/31 (W)

Designing the User Interface

Chapter 13

12

11/5 (M)
11/7 (W)

Evaluating Alternatives for Requirements, Environment, and Implementation

Chapter 8

13

11/12 (M)

Making the System Operational

Chapter 15 

11/14 (W)

Current Trends in System Development

Chapter 16

14

11/19 (M)

Group Project Presentations
Group D
Group E

11/21 (W)

Group Project Presentations
Group B
Group C

15

11/26 (M)

No Class