CIS 772: Information Systems Project

Description

Information system design and development principles: requirement analysis, database design methods and tools, process design, application development tools, testing, evaluation and documentation. Group Term Project.

Level, Credits, Class Time Distribution, Prerequisites

Level	Credits	Class Time Distribution	Prerequisites
U G	4	Three one-hour lectures	CIS 516 or 757; 560; 670

Quarters Offered, General Information, Exclusions, Cross-Listings, etc.

Wi
Capstone Design Course (for CSE program)

Objectives

Master designing the logical structure of databases.
Master designing the physical structure of databases.
Master techniques for implementation of databases. techniques.
Be familiar with working in a team on a software project.
Be familiar with making technical presentations to a group.
Be familiarity with designing object-oriented databases.
Be exposed to design of distributed databases.

Relationship to ABET Criterion 3

Relationship to CSE Program Objectives

a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k
XXX	XX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XX	XX		X		XXX

1a	1b	1c	2a	2b	3a	3b	3c	4a	4b
XXX	X	XXX		XXX	XX		X	XXX	X

Texts

R. Elmasri and S. B. Navathe, Fundamentals of Database Systems, Benjamin/Cummings, 1994.
E. Yourdon, Modern Structured Analysis, Yourdon Press, 1989.

Topics

No. of Wks.	Topics
1	Basic concepts
1	Data modeling using the ER model
2	Relational model, languages, and systems
2	Network data model and hierarchical data model
2	Database design
1	Implementation techniques
1	Object-oriented and distributed databases

Representative Project

The goal of the project is to develop an information system for a large organization such as the CIS Dept.
Week Tasks

3 Requirements analysis

6 System design

9 Implementation

Week	Tasks
3	Requirements analysis
6	System design
9	Implementation

Grading Plan

Design document	25%
Implementation	35%
Presentation	15%
Final Exam	25%

Preparer Information and Date: Syllabus prepared by Doug Kerr, last modified April 30, 1999.