MIS 600 Week 1 Assignments

MIS 600 Information Systems Capstone Keller

Week 1

MIS 600 Week 1 Project System Proposal

MIS 600 Week 1 Individual Discussion Capstone Project Idea

Check into the introduction thread, if you did not do so in Week 0.

Your Professor will assign teams at the beginning of the week. Once teams are assigned, here are some things you should be doing this week.

1.      Elect a team leader (recommended but not required). You can have the same leader throughout the course or change leaders each week. The leader will schedule meetings, facilitate discussion in the meetings, and put team deliverables in the Dropbox.

2.      Purchase a headset (if you don't have one)—You will need a headset with microphone to meet with your team in iConnect.

3.      (10 points) Hold an iConnect meeting with your team and record it (this is part of your participation grade). The iConnect areas will be active after your professor assigns teams.

4.      (10 points) Ensure that you meet individual posting requirements in the graded discussion area (this is also part of your participation grade).

5.      (25 points) Select a business problem that can be solved with technology (the solution must have a software component, a database component, and hardware infrastructure). Your team will be consultants documenting business requirements and building a project plan to solve the business problem. Fill out the System Request Form in Doc Sharing. One team member should submit the completed form to the Dropbox for the team.

6.      (10 points) Fill out a Team Status Report by end of week and turn it in to the Dropbox. There is a status report template in the Dropbox. Be sure to show which team member is responsible for the course deliverables this week and to indicate when you plan to have your team meeting in Week 2.

FYI—Next week you will be presenting your proposed project solution to management in your first of two iConnect presentation meetings with management.

PROPOSAL

Preview:

Top Dog is a hotdog cart business that sells hotdogs, chips, and sodas at local sporting events, catered outdoor parties, and within industrial parks around the city.  With ten carts that require maintenance, licensing, and periodic health inspections and with 12 employees in his company, Top Dog owner John Smith is having a difficulty keeping all of the company information updated and accessible.  This prevents him from accessing information in a timely manner, which in turn affects the profitability of his business.

In particular, some of the problems that John Smith encounters concern the management of employee attendance data and payroll, inventory management, and procurement.  All of this information and tasks are currently handled manually, which slows down their completion, and which results in inaccurate or untimely information….