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INET 2099 - IT Capstone

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 2 Lab 2
Internship hours per week 0
Course Description: This is an advanced course designed to integrate technology architecture, planning, business processes, and teamwork. Content includes the project management and customer services knowledge necessary to construct and manage complex technology-based systems to support an organization. Course activities provide the opportunity to implement their solution to a business problem in cross-sectional teams.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): INET 1201  and CTSA 1013  and CFI 1083 with grades of C or higher or instructor consent.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. Project management methods
  2. Technical documentation
  3. Return on investment
  4. Team dynamics
  5. Matching roles to team member strengths
  6. Systems requirements
  7. Implementing a framework
  8. Solutions implementation
  9. Project planning

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to:

  1. apply the principles of systems theory to solve complex technology-based business problems.
  2. define Return On Investment (ROI) and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
  3. explain the advantages of working in teams.
  4. work in a diverse team.
  5. develop a project charter.
  6. demonstrate the application of project management.
  7. develop written technical business documentation.
  8. apply the system development life cycle to a given business problem scenario involving end user and intermediate devices in a networked environment.
  9. design a solution to a given business problem scenario/project (delete “scenario/project”? -CC).
  10. revise their 5-year career plan.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
None
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
None


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