Please Hand In:

- Chapter 2 Guided Exercise Questions- TIDB Cover Page and Member Report

MGS 351Introduction to Management Information Systems

RECITATION 3

Agenda• Attendance• Collect:– Chapter 2 Guided Exercise Questions– TIDB Member Report and Cover Page

• Homework 2 and Peer Evaluations assigned• Project – Introduction & Requirements• Begin Project Proposal• Reminders: Next Week

Homework 2 (10 points)• Homework 2: Chapter 3 - Forms– Customers.accdb (database file)– Chapter 3 Guided and Applied Exercises (pp.22-30)– Chapter 3 Guided Exercise Questions (pg. 31)– Will go over homework hints next week

• Due: – Wednesday Recitations: February 25, 2015– Friday Recitations: February 27, 2015

TIDB Peer Evaluations• Initial Group Peer Evaluation–Access textbook pp.86-88–Be thorough & honest

• Due:– Wednesday Recitations: February 18, 2015– Friday Recitations: February 20, 2015

Project Documents• Project documents can be found on MGS 351

course website– Project Overview– Project Checklist

• PLEASE READ THESE; you are required to understand the details of the project

• Come with questions next recitation about the project

Team Project• Build a database for a real-world company– Using Microsoft Access 2013

• Database should help to solve or improve situation at company– Database should provide business value

• Must have first-hand experience with company– One group member must have previously worked

for the company

Project Phases• Project Brainstorming Exercise– Individual– Everyone must come up with a project idea

• Project Brainstorming Exercise– Group– Pick two ideas: “Favorite” and “back-up”

• Preliminary Project Idea Proposal– Answer questions on pp. 92-93 in Access textbook

Project Phases• ERD Rough Draft– We will discuss these in 2 weeks– Graphical representation of your database

• Final Project Proposal– Write-up of project idea and ERD

• Re-grades– Done if Professor Murray does not approve your

project idea

Project Deliverables• Database– Must add business value– Made from scratch (pre-existing database cannot

exist)• Write-up (Report/Essay)– As long as necessary– Will explain various aspects of the project• Database reasoning• Future considerations

• Company Website– Will use HTML and Weebly for website– We will cover this in lab in the last three weeks of

the semester• Presentation

– 6 to 8 minutes– Demo of what your database does– Why your database is useful– Business casual

Project Deliverables

Project Checklist

Located on the MGS 351 course website!

• Meeting all the requirements on the checklist will only get you a B on the project

• You must go above and beyond on your database and website to receive an A– Must do a few extra things PER SECTION of the

checklist– You can figure out the extra things to do from

your homework assignments

Project Grading

Project Work: Individual Brainstorming

• Begin Project Proposal (pp. 89-91)– Brainstorm ideas for project based on

your previous work experience– Take about 10 minutes to do this,

INDIVIDUALLY

Project Topics You CANNOT Do

• Sales Order/Order Entry – Or something similar to textbook

• Video/DVD Rental Store• Inventory• Scheduling

Project Work: Group Brainstorming

• Preliminary Project Idea Proposal (pp.92-93)– Share ideas as a group• Pick a favorite idea and a back-up idea

– I will be going over ideas with each group next week in recitation

– Be prepared to discuss which idea the group will most likely choose

Reminders: Next Week• Exam #1– Friday, February 20, 2015– Knox 20– 6pm – 8pm

• Initial Group Peer Evaluation (p. 86-88)- Due at BEGINNING of recitation next week

• Preliminary Project Proposal (p. 92-93)– Due at END of recitation next week