Lehigh University - CSB 312, 313

CSB 312, 313 Design of Integrated Business Applications I, II [6]

Instructor: Sharon Kalafut

Current Course Catalog Description

Integrated Product Development (IPD) Capstone Course I. Industry-based business information systems design project. Information systems design methodology, user needs analysis, project feasibility analysis of design alternatives, and integrated product development methodology. Formal oral and written presentations to clients.

Textbook

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge PMBOK Guide 2000 Edition, Project Management Institute.

References

Course Goals

To develop team-oriented skills.
To learn collaborative and project-based skills.
Learn to address and solve real business problems.
Learn the business process while developing the business solution
Develop leadership and interpersonal skills.
Conduct written and oral presentations to develop communication and graphics skills.

Prerequisites by Topic

Transaction processing systems
Process modeling
Data modeling
System development techniques
Corporate IT governance

Major Topics Covered in the Course

Customer Relationship Management
Project integration management
Project scope management
Project time management
Project cost management
Project quality management
Project human resource management
Project communication management
Project risk management
Project procurement management
Software Development Life Cycle

Laboratory projects (specify number of weeks on each)

Estimate CSAB Category Content

CORE ADVANCED

Data Structures                                                .5
Computer Organization and Architecture             .5
Algorithms Software Design                               .5
Concepts of Programming Languages                 .5

Oral and Written Communications

Every student is required to submit at least __10___ written reports (not including exams, tests, quizzes, or commented programs) of typically ___2 � 20__ pages and to make __4___ oral presentations of typically ____10_ minutes duration. Include only material that is graded for grammar, spelling, style, and so forth, as well as for technical content, completeness, and accuracy.

Social and Ethical Issues

One class will be devoted to Social and Ethical issues as it relates to information and communication technology. The ethics director from a local company will discuss with the students ethical issues and how they apply in the workplace. Students will be asked to report the ethical policy used by the company that is sponsoring their project.

Theoretical Content

Customer Relationship Management - 3 classes; Project Management - 15 classes; Team Building, Project Requirements and business processes � 21 classes

Problem Analysis

Lehigh�s Integrated Product Development program seeks industry sponsorship of undergraduate and graduate projects that have the following characteristics:

�         Require a multidisciplinary student team from engineering, business and computer technology
�         Have a specific deliverable, such as a working prototype, software or business plan
�         Have a participating external (to the University) sponsor (~4 hrs/wk)
�         Be tractable (Capstone courses: roughly 1,000 hours of work collectively by the team over 2 semesters)
�         Be amenable to the methods and best practices in creativity, innovation and new software/hardware development

Solution Design

Coursework culminates in a yearlong Capstone Projects phase in which students work in teams for corporate partners throughout the design, development and marketing stages of software/hardware development. Students will develop an entirely new software/hardware component or redesign existing software/hardware components. Students experience firsthand the entrepreneurial experience of successful product design and commercialization