So why is IT project management so hard? IT Department – Personnel are a varied cast of characters – Databases – Database Analysts (DBA) – $100K – Networking – Network Analysts – $80K – Programmers – $60K – Analysts – $80K – CIO – The boss – $150K Triple Constraint “Time, Cost, Scope” – Fast, [...]
2nd quiz results – Avg 35.4/50 (much better – still didn’t beat my other class) 40+ (33) – A 30-39 (32) – B 20-29 (18) – C
Software Development – Really about problem solving. – For example, a student who is way behind on her Access work. Problem: You are behind in your access work! (often need to evaluate whether it is really a problem? How big of a problem?) Solutions: – 1 – Start the work! – 2 – Give it [...]
The next quiz will be on Monday April 22. The quiz will be shorter than last time – I promise. It will cover chapters 5-8 AND Appendices B & C. It will consist of 25 Multiple Choice questions, 10 Fill in the blanks and 3 (of 4) short essay questions. If you can answer the [...]
Note – Final moved to Snowden Auditorium (Wheatley) Supply chain systems must integrate across different companies, time zones – API Application Program Interfaces – Fancy way of saying this is how systems talk to each other. – EAI Enterprise Application Integration – Another fancy way of saying the same. – Old days, this was done [...]
A little perspective to start us off: Age of the earth?? 4 Billion What happened the first 1 billion? Nothing 2d billion? Nothing About 500 Million years ago – Cambrian Age – Life! 250M to 65M years ago – Jurassic Park (3D coming out!). 100,000 BC – Homo Sapiens, but don’t know much about first [...]
Today, a relatively techie lecture on how data gets from your browser to the Internet and back. Browser (Firefox, IE, Safari, Chrome) – First contact with Internet Over Cat-5 wires or wireless to a Router, then to Modem, the via Coax or Cat-5 to your ISP. Coaxial Cable (RCN, Comcast) – shared pipe down your [...]
Doing the more technical stuff on Wednesday (from chapter, Appendix) Of all MIS areas, the networking infrastructed changes the fastest! How has it changed from our/business perspective Always on, always connected (even 3G computers), which means: – Providers? Gone from singlue service (AT&T – phones, Time Warner – Cable, AOL – Getting online –> One [...]
Note finals posted in Wiser – 9AM Final is Wed 5/22 8am in S-1-006 (small aud) One more techinical definition: Distributed Database – Data is stored on multiple computers, sometimes with repeating data. COMPLEX! – CVS Example with coupons accepted everwhere And what all this BI means for business. New term: “Big Data” – Definition [...]
BI turns data from multiple sources into information & knowledge. Examples: – Target stores “targeting” pregnant women when their habits change to get them to buy more – Kidney transplant chains enabling lives to be saved Data must be: – Accurate – Right data must be stored in db – Complete – All parts must [...]