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CIS 280 – Systems Applications Project

Course Description: A capstone course providing a realistic business experience for students working in a team to develop a complete systems project in a ten-week period. Topics include: Project Management, Systems Design and Development, Interactive Screen/Menu Development, File Maintenance Programming, Program Design, Systems Documentation, User Documentation, Presentation, and Demonstration.

Competency Areas:	Hours
Project Management	Class	4
Systems Design and Development	D. Lab	6
Interactive I/O Development	P. Lab/O.B.I.	0
Database Design and Implementation	Credit	7
Programming Design, Development, and Implementation
Project Documentation
Communication Skills
Prerequisite: 2 Advanced Programming Languages, CIS112, CIS214, ACC101, An operating systems course, and Network Fundamentals.
Corequisite:
Course Guide

Competency	After completing this section, the student will:	Hours
		Class	D. Lab	P. Lab/ O.B.I.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT		4	6	0
	Use project management tools to coordinate resources needed to complete a project such as assigning project responsibilities, project deadlines, and project tasks to team members. Maintain weekly project schedule changes.
SYSTEMS DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT		4	6	0
	Be able to define the overall system needed to solve the problem, identify data input and output needs and define programs needed.
DATABASE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION		8	12	0
	Determine files, fields, and relationships needed to create the database needed for the project using a database tool such as ACCESS, ORACLE, SQL Server or DB2. Create necessary test data to adequately test the system.
INTERACTIVE I/O DEVELOPMENT		4	6	0
	Develop input/output menus, screens to support data entry forms, and create online reports
PROGRAM DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION		8	12	0
	Design program structure, logic and algorithms to support system design needs.
SYSTEM & PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION		8	12	0
	Develop systems, programming and user documentation to support the project. Package documentation materials.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS		4	6	0
	Create a multimedia presentation that illustrates the project highlights; prepare a 15 minute team project demonstration for view by IT industry partners
	Upon completion of this course, the student will experience a total project effort as a participatory team member and understand the importance of good planning, teamwork and communications.

Suggested Resources

Books:

Project Management; James Gido and James P. Clements; Southwestern; ISBN: 0-538-88152-6

Includes: Windows Project 2000

Additional Materials: Labs with databases and programming language access; Programming language user groups

CIS112, and CIS214 class materials