IS 376 Information Systems Project
Summary
This course will give you some 'real-world' experience in developing a fairly large software project in a team environment. We will go through all the major phases/activities of development, and in addition to delivering a working deployed application on-time you will also deliver all the associated documentation (Project Plan, Requirements Document, Design Document, Test Plan and Procedures and Deployment Plan). To this end, students will be placed in project groups, and will build, and present, a comprehensive software project over the ten weeks of the quarter.
Students will be assessed on their understanding, use, and proper techniques of the following course topics:
Preliminary concept and technology overview.
Project group planning.
Formal software requirements development, including liaison and adversarial relationship issues between developers and clients.
System software design.
Sroject team management, including group-dynamics concepts.
Administrative web site maintenance for project groups.
Time management, projection, and log-keeping.
Software testing.
HCI studies, *required* when HCI majors are present.
Project documentation development.
Backups and version control.
Presentation skills under pressure requiring strong technical preparation.
Programming of a robust, running, software system that meets the original specifications.
Texts
There are No required Textbooks. Project software and templates are available online.
Optional Free texts available at DPU library online.
IT Project Management Answerbook by David Pratt
The Project Management Question and Answer book by Newell & Grashina
Agile Project Management for Dummies by Mark C. Layton
and many more
Grading
A 94-100% An A is a 94. Not 100. Do more to get a perfect score.
A- 90-93.9999%
B+ 87-89.9999%
B 83-86.9999%
B- 80-82.9999%
C+ 77-79.9999%
C 73-76.9999%
C- 70-72.9999%
D+ 65-69.9999%
D 60-64.9999%
F 0-59.9999%
Prerequisites
Senior Standing
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