SCHEDULE
On the schedule M = Martin Textbook, WB = MIS 116A Workbook, and VS = Visible Analyst Workbench.

Week

Date

Topic

Reading

Deliverable Due

M

VS

WB

1

1/27

System Development in Perspective

1 (17-26)

I

1/29

Business Information Systems

2 (41-54)

2

2/3

System Development Life Cycle

3, 2.1

2/5

Design Team Formation

3

2/10

Prototyping

21

PTC

2/12

ACCESS

III

4

2/17

ACCESS

2/19

System Development Tools

6

1

PTP

5

2/24

System Development Tools

6.1

2/26

FIRST EXAMINATION

ACCESS

6

3/3

Initial Investigation

4, 5

IPS

3/5

Requirements Analysis

7

2

CT 1

7

3/10

Alternative Generation

IIA

CASE 1

3/12

Cost-Benefit Analysis

8 (257-282)

8

3/17

Cost-Benefit Analysis

CT 2

3/19

FHC Case Study

IIB

9

3/24

Preliminary Design/ System Study

9

CASE 2

3/26

SECOND EXAMINATION

10

3/31

Design Principles

10

8

CASE 3

4/2

Data Dictionary

11 (347-355)

CSD

11

4/7-11 SPRING RECESS

12

4/14

Decision Tables

11 (356-362)

CASE 4

4/16

Screen Design

14 (431-444)

RPS

13

4/21

Output Design

12

CT 3

4/23

Input Design

13

CASE 5

14

4/28

Input Design

URD

4/30

THIRD EXAMINATION

15

5/5

Data Storage Design

15

CT 4

5/7

Change Management

IIC

16

5/12

Design Team Presentations

REGRADE PRT, IPP

5/14

Design Team Presentations

FSS, PE

17

*

FOURTH EXAMINATION

* See schedule for final examination times.

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