INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY.ppt

INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY Instructor Dr. Manjunath Kamath, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management 322 EN, 744-9132 (Direct, Voice Mail); 744-6055 (Main Office); 744-4654 (Fax) E-Mail: mkamath@; CCIM URL: /cocim Office Hours: M 4 pm – 5 pm; TTh 11 am – noon; F 1pm - 2pm Graduate Assistant Mr. Mukul Patki 502 EN, 744-7202 (Direct, Voice Mail); 744-6055 (Main Office); 744-4654 (Fax) E-Mail: patki@ Office Hours: Th 2pm - 4 pm COURSE DESCRIPTION COURSE OBJECTIVES COURSE OBJECTIVES PRIMARY REFERENCES TECHNICAL REFERENCES OTHER REFERENCES GRADING POLICY GRADING POLICY TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE INFORMATION SYSTEMS MAIN IDEA DISCUSSED BY ZACHMAN There is a set of architectural representations produced over the process of building a complex engineering product representing the different perspectives of the different participants. INFORMATION SYSTEM PERSPECTIVES CLASSIFICATION OF STAKEHOLDERS System owners pay for the system to be built and maintained System users are the people who actually use the system to perform or support the work to be completed System designers are the technical specialists who design the system to meet the customer requirements System builders are the technical specialists who construct, test and deliver the system into operation MAIN IDEA DISCUSSED BY ZACHMAN The same product can be described, for different purposes, in different ways, resulting in different types of descriptions. DIFFERENT DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SAME PRODUCT Material description: It talks about WHAT the thing is made of Functional Description: It talks about HOW the thing works Location Description: It talks about WHERE the flows exist I/S ANALOGS FOR THE DIFFERENT DESCRIPTIONS FOCUSES DATA: the raw material used to create useful information PROCESSES: the activities that carry out the mission of the business INTERFACES: how