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AIST3610 Agenda

Week 0 beginning Mon Aug 14

Preliminaries & Comments

  1. Classes start Wed Aug 16
  2. Microsoft Teams: We won't use Teams for online class sessions but it is helpful for one-on-one (or one-on-a-few) meetings and office hours Q&A. So visit Participation with MS Teams and be sure you can use Teams on at least one device. It may help to include the computer you intend to use for this course to help with screen sharing and trouble-shooting via Teams.
  3. Note that the System Analysis & Design textbook has a Student Companion Site

Read, Study, Execute

  1. Visit AIST3610 in D2L, logging in with your @augusta.edu credentials. Note: Logging into D2L for this course is how first week attendance will be checked.
  2. Read the Preface and Part 1. Overview from System Analysis & Design
  3. Read Microsoft Solutions Framework Overview sections Introduction, Foundational Principles, and Mindsets (about six pages)
  4. Read: What is BPMN (Business Process Modeling Notation)?
  5. Review BPMN 2.0 in Microsoft Visio
  6. TechPrac00 due Sun Aug 20   Note quick due date

Content & Presentation

  1. (Video) AIST3610 Fall 2023 Introduction
    1. Course processes, rules & regs
    2. Always complete the requirements in the TechPrac, not just what might be demonstrated in videos or guides
    3. Chapter quizzes and using the study guides
    4. Be sure you can Access O'Reilly online texts
    5. Use the claim code you were emailed to activate your TechCats Solutions subscription: Guidance
    6. Accessing the course remote desktop for Visio, Project and other tools
    7. TechPrac00 Overview
      1. Some comments about Microsoft Solutions Framework | MSF Overview
      2. Working with a BMPN diagram in Visio using the remote desktop
  2. View all 4 videos (16 minutes total) from (Visio) BMPN Diagramming Basics (e.g., see TP00.II)

Week 1 beginning Mon Aug 21

Preliminaries & Comments

Read, Study, Execute

  1. Begin Chapter 1 from System Analysis & Design
  2. Review Chapter 1 Quiz Study Guide
  3. Read MSF Team Model and MSF Enactment Tracks sections
  4. TechPrac01 due Sun Sep 3

Content & Presentation

  1. (Video) Week 1 Overview & Comments
    1. TechPrac00 grades to be posted soon
    2. Visio, Project and other tools are available for all students on the course remote desktop but PC owners can download & install free, forever licensed (at the version installed), full-function versions of Visio and Project from Microsoft Education ... visit Azure Dev Tools for Teaching, login using your @augusta.edu credentials and visit the Education | Software blade
    3. Reminders about quiz mechanics
    4. Some guidance on TP01.II comparing system A&D approaches
  2. Sys A&D Ch01: Textbook PowerPoint | Comments video

Week 2 beginning Mon Aug 28

Preliminaries & Comments

  1. Next Mon Sep 4 is Labor Day holiday. No classes but it really doesn't affect our schedule.

Read, Study, Execute

  1. Finish Chapter 1 from System Analysis & Design
  2. TechPrac01 due Sun Sep 4

Content & Presentation

  1. (Video) Week 2 Overview & Comments
    1. Some guidance on TP01.III.B calculating economic outcomes for the client server system in Mini-Case 4 from Chapter 1 | Excel layout for my solution
    2. Some guidance on TP01.V on feasibility
  2. (Video) Intro to project economic analysis (e.g., TP01.III) | PowerPoint
    1. Revenue estimates, e.g., Decker Company
    2. NPV estimates, e.g., Project NPV Worksheet

Week 3 beginning Mon Sep 4

Preliminaries & Comments

  1. This Mon Sep 4 is Labor Day holiday. No classes but it really doesn't affect our schedule.

Read, Study, Execute

  1. Start Chapter 2 from System Analysis & Design
  2. Review Chapter 2 Quiz Study Guide
  3. TechPrac02 due Sun Sep 17

Content & Presentation

  1. Week 3 Overview & Comments
    1. TechPrac01 has been evaluated and grades posted.
  2. Sys A&D Ch02: Textbook PowerPoint | Comments video
  3. (Video) A simple project plan -- an oldie of mine but still provides the basics (e.g., TP02.II)

Week 4 beginning Mon Sep 11

Preliminaries & Comments

Read, Study, Execute

  1. Finish Chapter 2 from System Analysis & Design
  2. Read PMP Chapter 2 Exercises
  3. TechPrac02 due Sun Sep 17

Content & Presentation

  1. (Video) Brief review of Justifying a Project - Project Selection Matrix from PMP Chapter 2 Exercises (e.g., TP02.IV)

Week 5 beginning Mon Sep 18

Preliminaries & Comments

Read, Study, Execute

  1. Start Chapter 3 from System Analysis & Design
  2. Review Chapter 3 Quiz Study Guide
  3. Read MSF Requirements Types Descriptions (2 pages)
  4. TechPrac03 due Sun Oct 1

Content & Presentation

  1. Sys A&D Ch03: Textbook PowerPoint | Comments Video

Week 6 beginning Mon Sep 25

Preliminaries & Comments

Read, Study, Execute

  1. Finish Chapter 3 from System Analysis & Design
  2. TechPrac03 due Sun Oct 1

Content & Presentation

  1. (Video) Requirements and Ambiguity | PowerPoint | 1 page summary (e.g., see TP03.III)

Week 7 beginning Mon Oct 2

Preliminaries & Comments

Read, Study, Execute

  1. Start Chapter 4 from System Analysis & Design
  2. Review Chapter 4 Quiz Study Guide
  3. Read UML Use Case Diagrams (10 p)
  4. TechPrac04 due Sun Oct 15

Content & Presentation

  1. Week 7 Overview & Comments
  2. (Video) SAD Ch04 comments | PowerPoint
  3. (Video) Use Case mechanics (e.g., TP04.II) | Use Case example template

Week 8 beginning Mon Oct 9

Preliminaries & Comments

  1. Next Mon Oct 16 is midterm; not an exam but the last day to withdraw from a course without failing
  2. Thu & Fri Oct 12 & 13 are fall pause; no campus classes

Read, Study, Execute

  1. Finish Chapter 4 from System Analysis & Design
  2. TechPrac04 due Sun Oct 15

Content & Presentation

  1. Nothing to add this week; enjoy Fall Pause

Week 9 beginning Mon Oct 16

Preliminaries & Comments

  1. This Mon Oct 16 is midterm; not an exam but the last day to withdraw from a course without failing

Read, Study, Execute

  1. Start Chapter 5 from System Analysis & Design
  2. Review Chapter 5 Quiz Study Guide
  3. Read Documenting Business Processes and Information Systems, a chapter extracted from Business Processes and Information Technology.
  4. TechPrac05 due Sun Oct 29

Content & Presentation

  1. Week 9 Overview & Comments
  2. (Video) SAD Chapter 5 | PowerPoint
  3. (Video) DFD Quick Intro
  4. (Video) DFD Mechanics in Visio

Week 10 beginning Mon Oct 23

Preliminaries & Comments

Read, Study, Execute

  1. Finish Chapter 5 from System Analysis & Design
  2. Read PMP Chapter 4 Exercises
  3. TechPrac05 due Sun Oct 29

Content & Presentation

  1. Week 10 Overview & Comments

Week 11 beginning Mon Oct 30

Preliminaries & Comments

Read, Study, Execute

  1. Start Chapter 6 from System Analysis & Design
  2. Review Chapter 6 Quiz Study Guide
  3. TechPrac06 due Sun Nov 12

Content & Presentation

  1. Week 11 Overview & Comments
  2. SAD Ch06 PowerPoint | (Video) Intro to Data Modeling
  3. (Video) ERD Mechanics in Visio

Week 12 beginning Mon Nov 6

Preliminaries & Comments

Read, Study, Execute

  1. Finish Chapter 6 from System Analysis & Design
  2. TechPrac06 due Sun Nov 12

Content & Presentation

  1. Week 12 Overview & Comments
  2. (Video) Data Normalization Intro | Un-normalized example | Normalized example

Week 13 beginning Mon Nov 13

Preliminaries & Comments

  1. Next Wed thru Thu Nov 22-24 is Thanksgiving Break

Read, Study, Execute

  1. Start Chapter 7 from System Analysis & Design
  2. Review Chapter 7 Quiz Study Guide
  3. TechPrac07 due Sun Nov 26

Content & Presentation

  1. Week 13 Overview & Comments
  2. (Video) SAD Ch07 | PowerPoint

Week 14 beginning Mon Nov 20

Preliminaries & Comments

  1. This Wed thru Thu Nov 22-24 is Thanksgiving Break

Read, Study, Execute

  1. Finish Chapter 7 from System Analysis & Design
  2. TechPrac07 due Sun Nov 26

Content & Presentation

  1. Week 14 Overview & Comments
    1. Happy Thanksgiving!!

Week 15 beginning Mon Nov 27

Preliminaries & Comments

Read, Study, Execute

  1. TechPrac08 due Sun Dec 10
  2. Read PMP Exercise 5: Risk Planning

Content & Presentation

  1. Week 15 Overview & Comments
    1. These last two weeks are 'self study' to complete TechPrac08 due Sun Dec 10, kind of a take-home final. Of course, contact me ASAP with questions or issues since the Dec 10 due date can't be extended.

Week 16 beginning Mon Dec 4

Preliminaries & Comments

  1. Wed Dec 6 classes end

Read, Study, Execute

  1. TechPrac08 due Sun Dec 10

Content & Presentation

  1. Week 16 Overview & Comments
    1. These last two weeks are 'self study' to complete TechPrac08 due Sun Dec 10, kind of a take-home final. Of course, contact me ASAP with questions or issues since the Dec 10 due date can't be extended.

Week 17 beginning Mon Dec 11

Preliminaries & Comments

  1. Classes ended Dec 7; TechPrac08 was due Dec 10

Read, Study, Execute

Content & Presentation