CIS 340 Fall 2003

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CIS 340 Fall 2003
Systems Implementation
Course Description Project teams identify a
business situation requiring information systems
(IS) improvement. Concepts and tools for analysis
and design methodology are applied. The team
carries this design through the implementation
phase using appropriate CASE tools, Visual Basic,
Access and Crystal Reports. This project is more
in-depth than the simulation of CIS 330. Project
documentation is presented in the form of a
users manual. Several class presentations are
required throughout the semester, culminating
with the final working software application.
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Course Topics

• The student will be able to demonstrate mastery
  of
• Structured, event driven and object oriented
  application design
• Testing of programs
• Software quality assurance
• System implementation
• User training
• System delivery
• Post implementation review

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Tie in with Model CurriculumLearning
Units/Learning Unit Goals

• IS 2002.9, 10 Physical Design and
  Implementation in Emerging Environments, Project
  Management and Practice
• Learning Units 100 101, 103 116, 118, 120
  -122, 125 126
• We cover most Model Curriculum Learning Goals.
• We lack actual end user training.

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Prerequisites and Expected Knowledge Set

• Prerequisites CIS 330
• Demonstrated proficiency in
• Systems Analysis and Design Techniques
• Visual Basic Programming
• Relational Database Construction
• Excel Spreadsheet Use
• Use of Visible Analyst to Construct Diagrams and
  Knowledge of the Workings of the Repository

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Projects/Presentations Required

• One major project the business is selected by
  the student project group
• 13 milestones are completed in a logical ordering
• Oral presentation of progress to class
• Creation of a Users Guide/Manual
• Oral presentation of completed system to class at
  end of semester

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Text, Software Hardware

• Texts Shelly, Cashman, Rosenblatt Systems
  Analysis and Design, Fifth Edition, Thomson
  Course Technology, 2003
• Reed, Paul R. Jr. Developing Applications
  with Visual Basic and UML, Addison Wesley, 2000
• Software
• Windows 2000
• Visual Basic.NET
• Visible Analyst
• Use of standard modeling techniques
• Data flow diagrams, Entity relationship diagrams,
  Data Dictionary
• Use of UML techniques (Unified Modeling Language)
• Class diagrams, Sequence diagrams, Use Case
  templates
• Access and Excel Office XP
• Hardware PC compatible with individual accounts
  on the Elon Hazel Network

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Changes and Assessment

• Course Changes from 2002-3
• New Text for Analysis and Design
• New software Visual Studio 2003
• Assessment
• Exam covering course material as gathered from
  primary text.
• Exam includes practical test using programming
  techniques learned in class.
• Project evaluation.