INET 4083W

About This Course

This course teaches three core concepts: 1) why software is written and how IT projects are completed, 2) how to work effectively in a team, navigating IT processes with others to complete a project, and 3) clear communication skills—written and verbal—that can be immediately put to use on the job (the course satisfies a Writing Intensive requirement). Through applied case studies, students grapple with requirements elicitation, analysis, and design of computer system solutions that tackle business objectives. They will be challenged to contemplate system development life cycles, development methodologies, analysis/design tools and techniques, and communication strategies. By the end of this course, you will have a firm grasp on how IT projects go from ideas to working software.

Sample textbook: Systems Analysis Design 10th Edition, Kenneth E. Kendall, Julie E. Kendall

Instructor

Head shot of Perry Lensing
Perry Lensing

MBA in marketing management, University of St. Thomas; BA in sociology, University of Minnesota

Perry has been managing IT projects for some of the largest companies and organizations in the country for the last 15 years. He has worked in the finance and health care industries and with the federal government. Most recently Perry has been managing cybersecurity projects for large health care providers. He holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification through PMI and a Health Care Information Security and Privacy Practitioner (HCISPP) certification through ISC2.

  • INET 2001 – Fundamentals of IT
  • INET 4083W – Systems II: Analysis and Design
  • INET 4709 – Data Management I: Data Systems Design

Information Subject to Change

Course details, syllabus, and instructor are subject to change. Current course details can be found by clicking on the Term link(s) above.