1. IMS 6217: Course Introduction 1 Dr. Lawrence West, MIS Dept., University of Central Florida LWEST@BUS.UCF.EDU Course IntroductionTopics Course Topics –Why these topics? Grading Project Teams Course Approach

2. IMS 6217: Course Introduction 2 Dr. Lawrence West, MIS Dept., University of Central Florida LWEST@BUS.UCF.EDU Course Topics See Course Schedule from course link –Relational table design (4 classes) –SQL language review (1 class) –Performance management (2 classes) –Reporting (2 classes) –Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing (2 classes) –Allocating business logic (1 class) –Distributed databases (1 class) –DB and data management (1 class) What is the logic behind topic selection?

3. IMS 6217: Course Introduction 3 Dr. Lawrence West, MIS Dept., University of Central Florida LWEST@BUS.UCF.EDU About You Four quotations from last years course evaluations: –Class was definitely dumbed downtoo much on elementary database design. –Level was undergraduate leveldid not master anything. –I am not at the same level as most students in this class and often felt lost. –[Things I liked least] The extent of the work because a student without any background in databases will have a difficult time grasping certain concepts and his/her grades will suffer.

4. IMS 6217: Course Introduction 4 Dr. Lawrence West, MIS Dept., University of Central Florida LWEST@BUS.UCF.EDU About You (cont.) This course presents an interesting instructional challenge for me –Wide disparity in preparation for the course –Wide disparity in experience Breadth Depth I have to craft a course that offers value to the whole group There will clearly be tradeoffs

5. IMS 6217: Course Introduction 5 Dr. Lawrence West, MIS Dept., University of Central Florida LWEST@BUS.UCF.EDU Grading, Project Teams, & Course Approach Most grades are group projects completed outside of class Final project/exam is individual Groups will be important to your success You will need to be able to work virtually Course approach expects considerable independence –My role is to guide and evaluate with some teaching (of course) –Similar to most work environments

6. IMS 6217: Course Introduction 6 Dr. Lawrence West, MIS Dept., University of Central Florida LWEST@BUS.UCF.EDU Project Groups Group approach has several benefits –Share the wealth by leveraging member expertise –Brainstorming to figure things out –Share the work load –Very similar to real world work environments But… –Logistics of distributed members needs investment to overcome (but also mirror many work environments) –Weak member can have adverse effect (duhhh) Project groups must be formed by next weeks class

7. IMS 6217: Course Introduction 7 Dr. Lawrence West, MIS Dept., University of Central Florida LWEST@BUS.UCF.EDU GradingGrade Weights ActivityCourse Weight DB Design Project20% Indexing Project10% Performance Tuning Project10% Report Project20% Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse Project20% Distributed Database Project10% Final Exam or Project5% Peer Evaluations5%

8. IMS 6217: Course Introduction 8 Dr. Lawrence West, MIS Dept., University of Central Florida LWEST@BUS.UCF.EDU Technologies We will use Microsoft SQL Server as a teaching vehicle –Free to us –Widely used –Significant references available All students will need access to SQL Server 2005 Developers Edition (or Standard or Enterprise Editions) –SQL Server 2008 is not acceptable Become proficient at moving databases and database objects among team members

9. IMS 6217: Course Introduction 9 Dr. Lawrence West, MIS Dept., University of Central Florida LWEST@BUS.UCF.EDU Textbooks No assigned textbook in this course See Software and Textbook link in the syllabus for reference recommendations