Project Guidelines-MIS 422
Project Guidelines-MIS 422
Project Guidelines-MIS 422
In this project, you will investigate and evaluate an information system (or systems) within an
organization. You will apply the material and thought processes learned in class to the assessment of a
real-world MIS. As part of a four- or five-person team, you will also practice teamwork and allocation of
work within project planning.
Each team will select an organization, obtain its co-operation, interview one or more employees within
the organization to learn about its MIS, and write a paper describing its investigation and assessment.
Each team member will complete a peer evaluation of the others.
Each paper will differ depending on the organization and MIS investigated, but all must include:
Other information that may be included, as pertinent to the company, the system(s), and your interests, is:
When narrowing the topic for your paper, consider the person(s) to be interviewed. Interviewees who are
end-users of systems are likely to know more about topics 7 and 8 than about 5 and 6. The reverse is
probably true for interviewees who work in Information Systems departments.
PROJECT STEPS
PROJECT EVALUATION
The best papers will synthesize material from the interview(s), the text, the lectures, other classes, and
other experiences of the team members.
Content:
Presentation:
e. Is the paper well-organized, with divisions into sections (with headings) and paragraphs?
f. Is the paper well written and readable?
g. Are spelling errors, grammatical errors, and garbled or incomplete sentences conspicuous by their
absence?
h. Does the paper use technical terminology appropriately and correctly?
All team members will receive the same grade on the project.
INTERVIEWING SUGGESTIONS
Your interviewee(s) presumably have not taken this class: be prepared to explain terms such as
"Transaction Processing System" or "Strategic Information System." They may know the same concepts
by different names or terminology.
As you plan the interview, decide on its major themes. Some possible themes are:
Remember: this list is indicative, not exhaustive. Not all themes will be appropriate for all systems,
nor for all interviewee(s).
Consider obtaining background information about the organization before the interview(s).