In-class post, 10/10/2006
*yawn*...well here we are once more....I need more sleep though >_<....*pleads for someone to lend me some $$$ to go get some coffee from Rituals...*
Ah well, here we go I guess..
Well at the start, we had to determine our team for the group project assignemnt...after some asking around, we fleshed out the following members:
Brent Francis
Miguel Kalloo
Nicholas Ho Koon
Anil Singh.
So hopefully, we should get through this easily.
Dr. Mohan then started explaining about the project, and due to the fact that the project's aim is to encourage working with other people, so he will not give us much guidance...especially since a lot of workplaces often require working with other individuals, no man is an island...IT specialists have to often work with other individuals as a team *though I may actually prefer working alone most of the time, but that's just me*.
We continued looking at Information Systems, recapping a bit of what we had covered yesterday, looking at hardware and software.
He started talking about how software can be used to control the functions of the hardware devices, with how when controls being used in software, such as when the eject button was pressed in a media player program, typically that software would send instructions to our hardware, which can open the drive tray itself.
He also discussed about the factor of people, with the example of using e-commerce, at how it appears that there is no human element within such a system, whereas there is a human presence in such a system. One suggestion was made with regards to their billing system, where credit cards had to be validated etc, but that system is primarily done without human interaction, there is only human interaction when verification of the card needs to be done in certain situations. Humans also have to make management decisions that can influence the Information Systems, with regards to determining what products remain on the system or not.
People are also there to service the hardware/network components, to ensure that everything is working properly, as well as to write/update the software for their system on a regular basis.
We also went into some discussions about why software may need to be updated...one reason is if a user is forced to update, relating to changes in standards, another one is by the evolution of businesses, where they would update their services to ensure that new features are present...there are some other reasons, but I will update later on today...
The last facet of Information Systems is with Procedures, which define the instructions as to how a system can be used, in all aspects.
Well that's it for now...yay @ holiday on Thursday, so next post will be on Friday...
Ah well, here we go I guess..
Well at the start, we had to determine our team for the group project assignemnt...after some asking around, we fleshed out the following members:
Brent Francis
Miguel Kalloo
Nicholas Ho Koon
Anil Singh.
So hopefully, we should get through this easily.
Dr. Mohan then started explaining about the project, and due to the fact that the project's aim is to encourage working with other people, so he will not give us much guidance...especially since a lot of workplaces often require working with other individuals, no man is an island...IT specialists have to often work with other individuals as a team *though I may actually prefer working alone most of the time, but that's just me*.
We continued looking at Information Systems, recapping a bit of what we had covered yesterday, looking at hardware and software.
He started talking about how software can be used to control the functions of the hardware devices, with how when controls being used in software, such as when the eject button was pressed in a media player program, typically that software would send instructions to our hardware, which can open the drive tray itself.
He also discussed about the factor of people, with the example of using e-commerce, at how it appears that there is no human element within such a system, whereas there is a human presence in such a system. One suggestion was made with regards to their billing system, where credit cards had to be validated etc, but that system is primarily done without human interaction, there is only human interaction when verification of the card needs to be done in certain situations. Humans also have to make management decisions that can influence the Information Systems, with regards to determining what products remain on the system or not.
People are also there to service the hardware/network components, to ensure that everything is working properly, as well as to write/update the software for their system on a regular basis.
We also went into some discussions about why software may need to be updated...one reason is if a user is forced to update, relating to changes in standards, another one is by the evolution of businesses, where they would update their services to ensure that new features are present...there are some other reasons, but I will update later on today...
The last facet of Information Systems is with Procedures, which define the instructions as to how a system can be used, in all aspects.
Well that's it for now...yay @ holiday on Thursday, so next post will be on Friday...
posted by SPK at 10/10/2006 10:04:00 AM
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