2. 1 Mgmt 3830 – Contemporary Database Applications Faculty of Management Professor Brian Dobing EMail: brian.dobing@uleth.ca Web Site: http://home.uleth.ca/~brian.dobing/3830.htm

3. 2 Class Web Page http://home.uleth.ca/~brian.dobing/3830.h tm All Milestones and handouts Any Milestone updates or corrections Class slides MS Access links, etc.

4. 3 Course Goals Understand and experience the system building process Understand and experience the system building process Recognize the management issues in system building Recognize the management issues in system building Be able to build a small system in Microsoft Access 2000 Be able to build a small system in Microsoft Access 2000 Appreciate the risks of relying on systems Appreciate the risks of relying on systems

5. 4 Who Should Take Mgmt 3830? Required of all MIS majors Mgmt 3831 is now available for non-MIS majors Some knowledge of Access is essential Knowledge of programming (VB) is also helpful

6. 5 Learn at a Higher Level Conceptual understanding is more important than rote learning  Can’t learn everything about Access in one term  Every system requires different features  Need to learn how to learn

7. 6 Think For Yourself You are responsible for designing your system  Design your own Forms  Design your own Reports  Decide what the system needs But design with the client in mind

8. 7 Set Realistic Course Goals Students enter 3830 with  Different backgrounds  Different knowledge of Access  Different career goals Decide what you want and what you need to do to get it

9. 8 Maintain the Pace Course milestones are not easily done the night before Building systems with tight deadlines can be very frustrating  Usually they don’t work well Get started early Think about the design

10. 9 Why Study Database Management? Most business data are stored in databases Most business data are stored in databases Most business systems are built around a DataBase Management System (DBMS) Most business systems are built around a DataBase Management System (DBMS) To manage information, you must understand databases To manage information, you must understand databases

11. 10 Why Do Organizations Build Systems? Facilitate daily operations Improve decision making Control Regulatory requirements

12. 11 Building Good Systems Is Not Easy Only 25% of projects are finished Only 25% of projects are finished  on time  within budget  to the client’s satisfaction 50% of projects are over budget by 60% or more and contain less than 70% of promised features 50% of projects are over budget by 60% or more and contain less than 70% of promised features

13. 12 Why Microsoft Access? Access is the database package included in Microsoft Office Access is the database package included in Microsoft Office Easiest to learn and use Easiest to learn and use Powerful features Powerful featuresBUT Access is not designed for large, mission-critical systems Access is not designed for large, mission-critical systems

14. 13 Learning Access This class assumes you have seen some introduction to Access Some of what you need will be discussed in class But some features will be left to you to learn from the book

15. 14 Final Grade Final Exam40 Class Project60 Project has seven milestones

16. 15 Textbooks Modern Database Management Modern Database Management  McFadden et al. (On reserve) Database Management Systems Database Management Systems  Post (On reserve) Using Access 2000 Special Edition Using Access 2000 Special Edition  or something similar

17. 16 Class Project Build a system to manage a small, information-based business Build a system to manage a small, information-based business Support day-to-day operations Support day-to-day operations Generate management reports Generate management reports

18. 17 System Tasks Build a sample data model Build a sample data model Create the system data model Create the system data model Build the database Build the database Create some queries Create some queries Build the user interface Build the user interface Provide some management reports Provide some management reports Finish with an integrated system Finish with an integrated system

19. 18 Project Structure Milestones are due by 9:45 AM For early milestones, you will get a “correct” answer  might be scaled down For later milestones, you will need to fix any problems

20. 19 Project Teams All milestones may be submitted in teams of two (but no more) All milestones may be submitted in teams of two (but no more) Grades will not be adjusted for those who work alone Grades will not be adjusted for those who work alone Choose your partner carefully Choose your partner carefully You can change partners anytime for the first five milestones You can change partners anytime for the first five milestones

21. 20 Finally... Read the syllabus carefully Read the syllabus carefully  This is our contract Keep up with the readings Keep up with the readings Start learning Access now, if you don’t know it already Start learning Access now, if you don’t know it already

22. 21 And have fun!!!