project

Guidelines

Each student will be part of a group making a presentation of a Management Information System (MIS). The system may also take the form of a Transaction Processing System (TPS) or Customer Integrated System (CIS). Each group will have 3 - 4 members. Think of yourselves as part of a management team assigned to make a presentation to upper management. The team will be responsible for determining their information system needs, and the team must complete the full design and implementation plan of the MIS that supports those needs.

The MIS may address any business or business system chosen by the team. The course project should demonstrate an understanding of the material covered in the text through the integration of that material in the discussion of the design, testing, and implementation of the MIS. The MIS and implementation plan will be submitted by only one team member from the group.

You have the flexibility to choose your business situation. You will use IT to gain a competitive advantage, solve a problem, or enter a new market. Be creative – as an example from a previous project, a church using a data warehouse, word processor/powerpoint to eliminate church bulletins and hymnals.

Remember to include the following key elements in your system:

Information

Information technology

People

Evaluation of the presentation will be based primarily on its content. However, a professional appearance is expected. A written document should be submitted by the group as well. This document will consist of one written paper from the group (minimum of nine pages in the body of the document, but more is fine too – this does not include the cover page and table of contents) prepared by the group and corresponds with the set of PowerPoint slides. The document should be error-free, typed, double-spaced, and have 1" margins. The document should contain a cover page and table of contents (these do not count as part of the body of the document). Please number the pages.

The PowerPoint slides do not need to be sophisticated – outline (bullet) format is fine. Each member within the group should contribute to the outcome of the project (with three members in the group this would be about three pages each, but that is for you to work out within your group). At the end of the project, each member of the group will submit a survey to me with a peer evaluation of the percent of contribution by the members of their group (include yourself – the percentages should total 100 percent).

Working in a group may be a challenge. Learning to integrate ideas and manage a project in a virtual environment is part of the learning outcome of this assignment.