305463 Management Information System

Overview

Objective

In this course, students will learn

Approach

This is a practical course. A management information system will be analyzed and develop to further the understanding.  Moreover, student will have the chance to apply their software engineering skills and knowledge to develop a management information system.

Reference

There is no official textbook for this class; however, the following books are helpful

1. Jane P. Laudon and Kenneth C. Laudon, Essential of Business Information System, 7th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2007, ISBN 978-0-13-227781-5
2. David Kroenke, Experiencing MIS, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2007, ISBN 978-0-13-233777-9

Course Outline

The following schedule is tentative only; it may change depending on the circumstances.

Week	Topics
1	Introduction to  MIS
2	Business Functions
3	Strategic use of information
4	Data Warehouse and Mining
5	Business Intelligence
6	Gathering requirements
7	Documenting requirements
8	Midterm Exam
9	Business Architecture
10	Software Architecture
11	Documenting Architectures
12	Testing I
13	Testing 2
14	Maintaining systems
15	Re-engineering system
16	Conclusion
17	Final Exam

Note that the above schedule is tentative by nature; it may change at the instructor's discretion.

Evaluation

The course evaluation will be divided equally between examinations and assignments.  The distribution of each half is shown below.

Items	Weight
Assignments	40%
Discussion	10%
Quiz	10%
Midterm Exam	20%
Final Exam	20%

Please make sure that you have carefully read and understand the academic policy.

Note that the above description is only tentative; it may change at the instructor's discretion.