Information Systems Department

Speakers  Mohamed Mahmoud Hafez –Graduated, Information Systems, Class 2006 –Teaching Assistant since 2006 –Work Experience from Present

Page  3 Agenda  Introduction  Journey into IS  Hierarchy of IS Subjects  College vs. Work  IS Jobs  Finally  Introduction

Page  4 Introduction (cont.)  Meaning of Information System? –is any combination of Technology and people's activities using that technology to support operations, management, and decision-making.

Page  5 Introduction (cont.)  Meaning of Information System?

Page  6 Agenda Introduction  Journey into IS  Hierarchy of IS Subjects  College vs. Work  IS Jobs  Finally  Journey into IS

Page  7 Journey into IS  Let’s imagine a “Sweets & Candy“ company that was working on a small scale and planning to expand and make a system that manages the entire company.  Let’s discuss the steps of making such system.

Page  8 Journey into IS (cont.) Systems Analysis Systems Design Project Management Database-1 Database-2 Data Storage and Retrieval Internet Applications Human Computer Interaction Data Warehouse Data Mining Database Design

Page  9 Agenda Introduction Journey into IS  Hierarchy of IS Subjects  College vs. Work  IS Jobs  Finally  Hierarchy of IS Subjects

Page  10 Hierarchy of IS Subjects Systems Analysis Systems Design Database-1 Database-2 Data Storage and Retrieval Internet Applications Human Computer Interaction Data Warehouse Data Mining Fundamentals of Information Systems Geographic Information Systems Multimedia Database Management Information SystemsDatabase Design

Page  11 Agenda Introduction Journey into IS Hierarchy of IS Subjects  College vs. Work  IS Jobs  Finally  College vs. Work

Page  12 College vs. Work  Now we have graduated, What skills do we have? –Problem Solving, SW Analysis & Design, Database Design, Development and Administration, Organization Awareness and Understanding, Application Quality Skills… etc. –Lots of projects and assignments are done, during college time. (dealing with stress, responsibility and of course Team Working)

Page  13 Agenda Introduction Journey into IS Hierarchy of IS Subjects College vs. Work  IS Jobs  Finally  IS Jobs

Page  14 IS Jobs R&D Engineer Systems Analyst Systems Designer Business Analyst Systems Analyst Systems Designer Business Analyst Database Administrator Database Developer BI Developer Data Mining Engineer Database Administrator Database Developer BI Developer Data Mining Engineer Software Engineer GIS Application Developer Software Engineer GIS Application Developer Process Improvement Engineer Quality Assurance Engineer Process Improvement Engineer Quality Assurance Engineer

Page  15 Agenda Introduction Journey into IS Hierarchy of IS Subjects College vs. Work IS Jobs  Finally  Finally

Page  16 Finally  Do your job. (Attendance – Studying – Course Work)  Prepare yourself for Extra Work. (Internet – Library – TAs & Doctors)

Page  17 Finally (cont.)  Don’t choose a department because it’s easier than the others!.  Don’t choose a department because your friends are going to it.  Don’t choose a department because you like a Doctor or a Teaching Assistant (it’s much more than that)  Don’t choose a department because it has better opportunity for work. Simply choose a department, that you LIKE, because if you like it, you will be great in it

Page  18 Questions? Mohamed Mahmoud Hafez Mobile: