ITU MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING 2009/2010 MIS TERM PROJECT TOPICS

Your topic does not have to come from this list. These are suggestions. The brief comments and questions for each topic are just a few ideas to spark your imagination and get you started.

Investigate the topic. Use articles and/or books, web sites etc., for background. Your project must include some background research and some activity, e.g., an interview or a site visit. (If you choose a topic for which you can't think of an appropriate activity, discuss it with the instructor.)

Don't just report. Discuss pros and cons. Evaluate. Use your own words. Quote where appropriate. Give citations for facts and quotes. Discuss how your topic relates to material covered in the text and/or in class discussions.

Papers are to be typed (use a word processor, Times New Roman with font size 12) and single-spaced with double spacing between headings and paragraphs.

The paper should run 6 to 8 pages, exclusive of title page, bibliography.

One page should cover title, authors and abstract.

Abstract of your paper should be an executive summary which provides highlights from the paper and summarizes the topics to be discussed in the paper.

It is well for the paper to provide a bibliography. An appendix page (last) will specify the date(s) and location(s) of the interview(s) and list all people present at the interview(s). Avoid relying overmuch on web sites for definitive references (as opposed to guidance to sources of reliable, vetted information). Outline for the paper Cover page: with title, your names (alphabetical order), and abstract (a summary of 200 words including aimmethodology-main findings - conclusion) Index Introduction section: overview of topic and issues to be discussed Write an outline. Organize your thoughts. You may use section headings to indicate the topic or purpose of sections of the paper. Background: description, and/or history of the issue, a brief information on the research topic (it should not be more than one page) Methodology and research details Issues, various points of view Findings: results of interviews, observations etc. Conclusion: Your comments or evaluation List of references: Use a variety of sources for information and arguments. If you use articles from the Web, give the URL and the organization sponsoring the site. There's a lot of junk and unsupported opinion on the Web. Pay attention to quality of your sources. Appendix (if needed) Remember what this course is about. Do not hand papers that are purely factual or historic. Such papers will not get high scores. You must include discussion of issues. One of the most common problems with papers is poor organization. Do not wait until late in the semester to get started, then discovered that information on their topic was unavailable or people they wanted to interview refused. Start early in
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case you have to change topics or find a new interviewee or resource. Now and then, a student hands in a paper he or she did not write at all or in which large segments are copied from other sources. Please don't do this. It is dishonest, unfair to your fellow students, and unpleasant for both you and the instructor. Write in your own words. Start early; talk to the instructor if you have problems.

I) RESEARCH TOPICS 1. Job Application Systems of companies 2. Ticket Reservation system of transport companies bus transports, airlines 3. Reservation Systems of Hotels 4. Appointment systems of Health Service companies (Hospitals, labs etc.) 5. Book selling portals 6. Delivery ordering, tracking systems of Cargo delivery companies 7. Real Estate Marketing and Sales systems of construction companies 8. Event announcement and ticket sales systems PROJECT OUTLINE FOR RESEARCH TOPICS: Abstract (5 pts) First Step: (15 pts) - Visit these e-business sites. - Make a brief research on the market and give a brief information on the market (products, producers). - Analyse the platform or technology that is used in the site. Search about this technology and summarize the main features of the technology used in the site. - Analyze the site map. - Get user account and try to investigate these systems as a user. Second Step:

- Define the main modules of the system (User accounts /profiling system, Ordering system, product information system, contact system, consumer support system) - Define the common and different features of the systems. ( - Define the static and dynamic parts of the common parts of the systems. (10 pts for these three) - Choose one module of the systems. Identify the database type and design. (20 pts) Define authorizations for users, admins, visitors. (5 pts) Make a system analysis and draw the Datainformation flowcharts . (15 pts) Define the possible reports that can be taken from the system (Based on the database and processed information) (5 pts) Make a testing plan and implement system performance and usability tests for the system. (5 pts) - Write down the challenges and errors you witnessed in the system and your ideas for improvement of the system as a user (5 pts) For these changes you recommended, identify the changes/improvements needed in any of the database design processing system/workflows hardware infrastructure Third Step: - Define the corporate systems that can interact and that should be integrated with these e-business sites of these companies (5 pts) Fourth Step: - Explain what you have learned from this Project. Depending on your findings, summarize the issues (business related and technological) that should be considered when developing a similar system (10 pts)

II) DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT TOPICS A personal budgeting/expenditure system (tracking of expenses and income, reporting deficits) 2. A Library tracking system (for tracking the items owned and lended) 3. An event organisation (conference, seminar, party, concert) planning and follow up system (planning, announcing, follow up and reporting) 4. A team sports scheduling system (organising and announcing a league or a tournament including teams, players, referees, dates, fields, matches, scores) 5. A Student Forum system (information and view sharing platform including membership, discussion topics on intructors, courses, buildings etc.) 6. A cookery recipe system (enable membership/authorization, entering structured recipes, searching a recipe, correcting a and recipe categories
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* Please keep in mind that systems you designed should be open systems that receive or provide information from/to at least one another system. PROJECT OUTLINE FOR DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT TOPICS Abstract (5 pts) First Step: - Make a brief research on the similar existing systems and give a brief information on them. (Are there on-shelf software packages? How much do they cost? Are they easily accessible, or widely used? Which software tools are used in them? etc.) (10 pts) Second Step: - Make a system analysis and draw a basic process flowchart - Name the main modules of the system. - Define the static and dynamic parts of the of the system. (20 pts for these three) - Design a database for collecting, using and storing data that you will use in the system. (30 pts)

Design the modular processes in the system and draw datainformation flowcharts.(will be evaluated with system analysis) - Define authorization chart. (5 pts) - Define the possible reports that can be taken from the system (Based on the database and processed information) (5 pts) - Write down the challenges and errors you witnessed when designing the system and your ideas for improvement of the system as a user(5 pts) - Make a testing plan including system performance and usability tests. (5 pts)
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Third Step: - Try to define the complementary /supplementary information systems that can interact and or that should be integrated with the system you designed. (5 pts) Fourth Step: - Explain what you have learned from this Project. Depending on your findings, summarize the issues (business related and technological) that should be considered when developing a system. (10 pts)