REAL-WORLD INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROJECTS IN THE CLASSROOM: FACTORS TO CONSIDER

Real world projects, many instructors have found, provide students with experiences that prepare them for the real world, enhance their job prospects, and apply what they have learned in the classroom with a real client. This paper describes the ongoing support for information systems projects in the curriculum guidelines, the decision points instructors face when incorporating real world projects in their classes, and uses examples of projects with real clients to illustrate the range of possibilities at each decision point.

[1]  B Lakhanpal,et al.  Understanding the factors influencing the performance of software development groups: An exploratory group-level analysis , 1993, Inf. Softw. Technol..

[2]  Sunny Verma,et al.  Building Real World Domain-Specific Social Network Websites as a Capstone Project , 2009, J. Inf. Syst. Educ..

[3]  Mike Holcombe,et al.  Keeping Our Customers Happy: Myths and Management Issues in "Client-Led" Student Software Projects , 1999, Comput. Sci. Educ..

[4]  Brady Chen.  Teaching Systems Analysis and Design: Bringing the Real World into the Classroom , 2006 .

[5]  Michael J. Ginzberg,et al.  Key Recurrent Issues in the MIS Implementation Process , 1981, MIS Q..

[6]  Steve Sawyer,et al.  Social interactions of information systems development teams: a performance perspective , 2010, Inf. Syst. J..

[7]  Ruth A. Guthrie,et al.  Service-Learning Impact on IS Students in a Web Development Course , 2004 .

[8]  Ranida B. Harris.  A Systems Analysis and Design Semester Project: A Stand-alone Project vs. a Competitive Project , 2007 .

[9]  Rayford B. Vaughn.  Teaching Industrial Practices in an Undergraduate Software Engineering Course , 2001, Comput. Sci. Educ..

[10]  Frederick G. Kohun,et al.  INTEGRATING SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS INTO TECHNOLOGY COURSES: THE EXPERIENCE OF TWO PROGRAMS , 2008 .

[11]  Angèle L. M. Cavaye,et al.  User participation in system development revisited , 1995, Inf. Manag..

[12]  Ryan T. Wright,et al.  IS 2010: Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Information Systems , 2010, Commun. Assoc. Inf. Syst..

[13]  Anthony Cox,et al.  A Qualitative Investigation of an All-Female Group in a Software Engineering Course Project , 2008, J. Inf. Technol. Educ..

[14]  Brian Tompsett.  The System Cottage-a multidisciplinary engineering group practical , 1989, Softw. Eng. J..

[15]  Roseanne Tesoriero Tvedt,et al.  The Software Factory: An Undergraduate Computer Science Curriculum , 2002, Comput. Sci. Educ..

[16]  Gordon B. Davis,et al.  Model Curriculum and Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Information Systems , 1997 .

[17]  Gordon B. Davis,et al.  IS 2002 Model Curriculum and Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Information Systems , 1996, Commun. Assoc. Inf. Syst..

[18]  David Coppit.  Implementing large projects in software engineering courses , 2006, Comput. Sci. Educ..

[19]  Merry McDonald,et al.  The Effectiveness of Peer Reviews and Project Logs in Team Projects , 1991, J. Inf. Syst. Educ..

[20]  Andrew Gillies,et al.  A Large-Scale Software Engineering Group Project at the University of the West of England, Bristol , 1999, Comput. Sci. Educ..

[21]  Jules Jones,et al.  Email interview. , 2007, Nursing older people.

[22]  Gordon B. Davis,et al.  IS '97: model curriculum and guidelines for undergraduate degree programs in information systems , 1996, IS '97.

[23]  Tero Vartiainen,et al.  Moral conflicts in a project course in information systems education , 2005 .