MIS535
Week 1 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 January
dq 1
Meet the New Mobile
Workers (graded)
Read the case study (in your textbook):
Interactive Session: Management, Meet the New Mobile Workers.
We are seeing this trend more every day in our
digital society.
What kinds of applications are described in
this case?
What business functions do they support?
dq 2
Professional Sports Go
High-tech (graded)
Professional sports is a huge money maker. How
does technology support this?
Research this topic in the DeVry online
Library, and please include the links to where you found the information that
you are discussing.
Some ideas to get you started include
high-tech stadiums, RFID on players, social media, and big data.
MIS535
Week 2 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 January
dq 1
Who’s The World’s Top Retailer?
(graded)
Read the case study at the end of Chapter 3 of your text: Who’s The World’s Top
Retailer? Walmart and Amazon Duke It Out.
Analyze Walmart.com and Amazon.com using the competitive forces and value chain
models.
Think about how technology is used to obtain and maintain a competitive
advantage… not “Who’s The World’s Top
Retailer”… that’s just the title of the case study.
dq 2
Business Analytics and
Business Intelligence (graded)
How much can business intelligence and
business analytics help companies refine their business strategies?
MIS535
Week 3 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 January
dq 1
Data Migration to an Enterprise System
(graded)
Read the interactive session: Management:
American Water Keeps Data Flowing. What roles did the end users and information
systems specialists play in the systems transformation project?
dq 2
Tools and Technologies
for Accessing Information (graded)
What are the principal tools and technologies
for accessing information from databases?
How do these tools and technologies provide
information to improve business performance and decision making?
MIS535
Week 4 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 January
dq 1
Google, Apple, and Facebook Struggle for Your Internet Experience (graded)
Read the case study at the end of Chapter 7
titled Google, Apple, and Facebook Struggle for Your Internet Experience.
Compare the business models and core competencies of Google, Apple, and Facebook.
dq 2
Principal Components of Telecommunications
Networks and Key Networking Technologies (graded)
In this discussion we want to answer the
question: “What are the principal components of telecommunications
networks and key networking technologies?”
Let’s begin by describing the features of a
simple network.
MIS535
Week 5 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 January
dq 1
Vodafone: A Giant Global ERP
Implementation (graded)
Read the case study at the end of Chapter 9: Vodafone: A Giant Global ERP Implementation.
Identify and describe the problem discussed in this case.
What management, organization, and technology factors contributed to the
problem?
dq 2
IT Infrastructure
(graded)
Option 1:
What is IT infrastructure, and what are the
stages and drivers of IT infrastructure evolution?
Define IT infrastructure from both a
technology and a services perspective.
Option 2:
Enterprise software systems are crucial in the
areas of operational efficiency and making available the information necessary
for proper decision-making by management.
There are a number of vendors that
provide enterprise software, such as SAP, Oracleâs PeopleSoft, Lawson
Enterprise Software, and SSA Global (now http://www.infor.com/company/). Choose
any vendor in this field and research ONE of their products.
Posting 1 – Explain (outline format is OK) the area that their
product addresses – select ONE product. Be sure to give us the
URL.
Posting 2 – Explore and comment on another classmate’s work
(outline format is OK). If you are waiting for some one to make a posting and
you need to wrap-up your discussion, then add some details to your first
posting.
Posting 3 – What do you think it requires (from management,
employees, company resources, etc.) to actually implement an Enterprise System?
Or, will Enterprise Systems increase, or
decrease the organizations ability to quickly implement change, when needed?
Or, what effect will Enterprise Systems have
on the cost of operations in the short and long run?
MIS535
Week 6 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 January
dq 1
SourceGas Goes for
Better Workforce Scheduling Systems (graded)
Read the case study, SourceGas Goes for Better
Workforce Scheduling Systems, at the end of Chapter 13. Analyze SourceGas’s
problems with its old system.
What management, organization, and technology
factors were responsible for these problems?
What was the business impact of these
problems?
dq 2
Project Management
(graded)
What are the objectives of project management,
and why is it so essential in developing information systems?
MIS535
Week 7 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 January
dq 1
Facebook Privacy (graded)
Read the case study titled Facebook
Privacy: There Is No Privacyat the end of Chapter 4
(and in this week’s lesson). What is the ethical dilemma presented by this
case?
Alternative Question – only 2 postings are
requested:
This week I would like you to outline ONEimportant security
challenge/issue.
Focus your research on the Internet,
information systems, or PC technologies.
Assume the user is a global enterprise, or an
eBusiness, or an individual that depends upon the Internet for services?
Think in terms of the C I A (Confidentiality,
Integrity and Availability) security framework.
Take a look at http://www.blackhat.com/ and
http://www.blackhat.com/html/archives.html , to get an idea about current
concerns.
Step 1- Post a summary of the issue.
Step 2- What can be done to address the issue?
Step 3
-Optional:Read
and comment upon another classmate’s work with a question that extends the
topic.
Step 4
– Optional:Answer the questions posted to your topic.
That’s it… you are done. I’ll check back
soon.
dq 2
Information Systems Security Threats
(graded)
Why are information systems vulnerable to destruction, error, and abuse? What
are the most common threats against information systems?
Alternative Question – only 2 postings are
requested:
This week I would like you to outline ONEimportant security
challenge/issue.
Focus your research on the Internet,
information systems, or PC technologies.
Assume the user is a global enterprise, or an
eBusiness, or an individual that depends upon the Internet for services?
Think in terms of the C I A (Confidentiality,
Integrity and Availability) security framework.
Take a look at http://www.blackhat.com/ and
http://www.blackhat.com/html/archives.html , to get an idea about current
concerns.
Step 1- Post a summary of the issue.
Step 2- What can be done to address the issue?
Step 3
-Optional:Read
and comment upon another classmate’s work with a question that extends the
topic.
Step 4
– Optional:Answer the questions posted to your topic.
That’s it… you are done. I’ll check back
soon.
MIS535 All
Course Projects Latest 2017 January
Objective
?Provide an opportunity for students
to apply a technology solution to a business problem in a specific company or
organization that adds value to the organization.
Course
Project Problems/Suggestions
The Course Projectâs focus is on the use of technology to solve
specific business problems. Although the list of technologies that you can
choose for your Course Project is vast, the following are some current
technical topic suggestions appropriate for specific business sectors that you
could consider in solving your business problem.
Healthcare
New/updated
patient registration system
New/updated
system to track research
New/updated
system to ensure that needed supplies are delivered to the right locations
on the hospital floor
Financial
Automated
tracking of employee spending when traveling
New/updated
system to take advantage of trading online
Allows
customers to make trades more efficiently
Project Management
Automated
process of choosing projects
Assist
in the process of ranking risks in projects
Automated
the process of managing project documentation
Network Management
Manages
on-call schedules
Manages
the process of vendor selection
Manages
the process of contract negotiation
Entrepreneurship
Systems
to support new business start-up (website, database)
As
a start-up, develop a business model to support both a brick and mortar
and e-commerce presence.
Designs
the infrastructure needed to support a brick and mortar or online
bookstore
Designs
a business process to complete customer transactions that maintain
customer intimacy
Supply Chain Management
Implements/updates
an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system
Designs
the infrastructure to support the product development life cycle of a
product that has a global product team
Implements
a supply chain management system (cloud or in-house based)
Healthcare
Manages/updates
the process of scheduling patient visits
Updates
the patient paper file system with medical records system
Updates/creates
the healthcare website
New
system to install voice recognition system to replace transcriptionist
positions
Information Security
Updates
database security
Creates
system to address compliance, governance
Conduct
project to ensure cybersecurity
Marketing
Implements/updates
a customer relationship management system
Implement
salesforce (Cloud or corporate based)
Design
a database to handle massive amounts of customer e-mails
Public Administration
Federal
government: NSA security database
Local:
traffic management
State:
human resources system
Some
Ideas to Identify a Business Problem
Lack
of competitiveness or profitability
Inefficient
processes
Slow
product development
Obsolete
IT organization and technologies
Poor
corporate communications
Ongoing
personnel issues
Some
Benefits it Will Provide the Organization
Financialâprofitability,
revenue, product costs
Improved
competitiveness
Better
marketing positioning
Efficiency
in key processes, for example, sales, manufacturing, and development
Improved
product or service quality
Improved
product development
Better
and more accurate support turnaround
Preparation
for the futureâhow is the organization positioning itself for future
growth
Some
Ideas on How the Project Could Tie Together
As
an example, you could write your paper on some aspect of e-commerce. You
might tie it into targeted advertising. You could then tie the back-end
databases that are necessary to support e-commerce. For example, how
databases contain information that allows vendors to target their audience
and what those databases are.
Another
example might be the functionality of enterprise systems. You might choose
a specific enterprise system like ERP, CRM, or SCM and detail how the
functionality is delivered. This could be how a business person would
access this type of information.
The
business problem is high cost of IT and product development, and the
benefits are profitability, faster development time, or increased sales.
The solution might be Cloud computing describing the Cloud computing
approach taken; for example, SaaS or Cloud virtualization.
Summary
of Course Project Requirements
Course Project Proposal
The proposal must be submitted and feedback received from the
professor before beginning the project.
The table of contents for the Course Project proposal:
Subject
of Course Project
Business
problem statement
Name
of the company or organization
Brief
description of proposed solution
General
benefits it will provide the organization
Audience
to whom you are presenting the recommendations
The Course Project proposal is due no later than 11:59 p.m. MT
of Week 2.
Course Project
The project should follow the APA style of citing references in
the text and on the bibliography page. No fewer than five references must be
used for research and properly cited in the paper and in the bibliography.
Ensure correct spelling and grammar (use built-in tool with MS
Word).
Credible reference sources are available through the DeVry
Library and other sources. Please do not use Wikipedia.
The project must be 10â15 pages in length (excluding the cover
page, table of contents, bibliography and any attachments which includes
images, tables or graphs), double spaced, using Times New Roman font, 12-point,
using 1 inch margins and headings for the paper format requirements.
The table of contents for the Course Project:
Cover
page
Table
of contents
Abstract
Brief
company background
Discussion
of business problem(s)
High
level solution
Benefits
of solving the problem
Business
or technical approach
Business
process changes
Technology
or business practices used to augment the solution
Conclusions
and overall recommendations
High-level
implementation plan
Summary
of project
References
Appendices
The project is due no later than 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday of Week 6.
PowerPoint Presentation
In addition to the paper, please include a PowerPoint
presentation, including substantive speaker notes for each slide and add an
audio track for each slide. Please include references (more than five) in the
slides and have a separate bibliography at the end of the presentation.
Instructions for recording the audio track in PowerPoint
2010/2013
Connect
a mic to your computer
Turn
on and test the mic
Open
MS PowerPoint
Create
presentation and save
Go
to the slide show tab
In
the slide show tab press either
Start
recording from beginning
Start
recording from current slide
When
you are finished with the audio for the current slide, press the right
arrow to continue to the next slide.
Continue
to speak into the mic until you finish showing your slides, and press stop
to stop recording.
The PowerPoint presentation is due no later than 11:59 p.m. MT
Sunday of Week 7.
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