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IS Application Project

SCIS Sch of Computing & Info Sys

Course (UG/PG)

Undergraduate

Offering Unit/Department

Course Description

The application project enables the SMU Information Systems Management student to
• Develop the additional depth and experience required to become a Business IT professional.
• Use the project to realize their own version of our “3 Pillars Strategy” by concentrating on how to apply IT solutions to problems within a particular industry sector concentration.
• Use the project to build up competence in one of the Information Technology & System Areas.

Please refer to http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/programme/overview.asp for description of the “3 Pillars Strategy”.

Objectives
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
• Showcase expertise in executing a project using the knowledge acquired from the courses taken from the BSc(ISM) curriculum.
• Experience developing some technology deliverables required in all IS480 projects.
• Experience working in a team environment with a sponsored project (if sponsored) using project management skills experience throughout the courses taken in BSc(ISM).
• Learn about an industry or technology not otherwise available in the course curriculum.
• Work on a complex project.

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Define the stakeholders and the roles they play in the project. What benefit do they get out of the project? Describe the motivation for the project, which requires the team to build a system. the objective and value statement of the project.

2. Learn and research on the industry domain in order to understand the requirements and business IT linkage.

3. Define the scope of the project. Analyze and recommends possible solutions to the existing issue faced by the team. Propose the non-functional requirements, measure and analyze the cost/benefit of these requirements to the sponsor.

4. Analyze impact of changes to the software requirements by limited resources, skill sets, time and unforeseen circumstances.

5. Describe the database requirements using diagrams they learnt from DM courses.

6. Estimate the effort required for the functions and map it to the needs.

7. Develop and test the system to build. Devise the right development schedule and methodology for the team to deliver the system.

8. Evaluate the different technology (frameworks, programming language, IDE tools, etc) to best to develop the system.

9. Plan and execute the testing process as well as the rest of the implementation tasks.

10. Define the team member roles. Explain the tasks that each member performs and demonstrate the results. Perform team building tasks and conflict resolution when needed.

11. Present the progress base on the impact of the requirements and team effort. Regularly update the stakeholders on the progress of the project.

12. Present the project motivation, functionality, project management and reflection for the project.

Grading Basis

GRD - Graded

Course Units

1