Assume the user is a global enterprise, or an eBusiness, or an individual that depends upon the Internet for services?
MIS535 Week 1 Discussion 1 & 2
MIS535 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?
MIS535 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
MIS535 Week 2 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.
MIS535 Week 2 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
MIS535 Week 3 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?
MIS535 Week 3 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
MIS535 Week 4 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.
MIS535 Week 4 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
MIS535 Week 5 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?
MIS535 Week 5 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, Oracle’s 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
MIS535 Week 6 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?
MIS535 Week 6 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
MIS535 Week 7 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.
MIS535 Week 7 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 ONE important 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
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 Project’s 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
Financial—profitability, 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 future—how 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 10–15 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.