W1: Cumulative Project Assignment
Each week you will be adding to a cumulative project. You will submit weekly assignments and your final project will be the total compilation of all of the combined weeks.
Determine a business or organization in need of information systems. This can be a business startup or changes in an existing business. If an existing business belonging to you (now or in the future), treat it as if you will be upgrading technology beyond a single computer, software integration, or system.
You’ll be using this concept throughout the course so give it some thought.
In this lab:
Project Definition
- Define your IS project and determine what information systems and personnel will be necessary to meet needs and requirements.
- Is this a startup or a business converting to or making significant changes to its business model and systems?
Data
What types of data do you think you will be working with?
Organizational Changes
How big a staff do you think will be needed and in what capacity? Will new people need to be hired and trained? Will existing staff need training?
Initial Concerns
What initial security, ethical, or legal concerns might you have?
You can adjust this later but based on this week’s readings, make your best estimate. We’ve briefly touched on many different concepts and will look at them in greater depth later, so don’t worry about knowing everything now. We’ll revise and re-estimate as we go.