Projects need not be all-encompassing of an application area and may utilize a team approach. The course places the student in a realistic professional team situation within which decision making must consider not only technological issues but, issues of project management, personnel management, risk management, colleague and client interpersonal relationships, and time and resource constraints. Students are given the opportunity to experience various facets of information systems development team life including team management, project reporting and documentation, quality control, alternative development, and disaster planning. The experience gained from the course is essential to the student who wishes to assume responsibility as a professional member of an information systems organization. The result is a realization that decisions must consider not only the best solutions in narrow domains but, also less than best solutions in complex situations.
Students receive assignments in various team roles.
The teams analyze, plan, design, and implement information system solutions to realistic information requirements within the confines of the semester course. Students are evaluated based on their contribution to the planning, design, innovation, communication, management, and technical expertise in their team's project.