Calendar

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
Introduction and Overview
1 Lecture and Discussion: Course Importance, Topics, Logistics
2 Case Discussion: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Module I: Project Management: The Realities of Hitting a Moving Target
3 Case Discussion: Administrative Data Project (A)
4 Case Discussion: Administrative Data Project (B and C) Introduction of course project exercise
5 Case Discussion: AIRNow Presentation, Visitor: Jane Linder
6 Case: PharmaCo Presentation, Visitor: Ben Porter
Module II: Implementation and Change: "Technology is the Least of Our Problems"
7 Case Discussion: First National City Bank Operating Group Short paper due (one of three, chosen from five options)
8 Continuation of First National City Bank Operating Group Discussion
9 Case Discussion: Dow Corning Project plan due
10 Implementation Readings Review, and Visitor on ERP Implementation Experience: Mike Shanno, EMC Corporation
Module III: Management of the IT Function: The Genie Behind the Curtain
11 RFID, Visitor: Prof. Brian Subirana
12 Case Discussion: Care Group Short paper due (one of three, chosen from five options)
13 Case Discussion: Lifeline, Visitor: CIO Rich Reich
14 Class Discussion of Student Projects
15 Visitor: Arup Gupta, CEO, Tata Consultancy Services
Module IV: IT Support for Business Operations: Doing Things Faster and Better
16 Special Assignment on Getting Business Value from IT Frameworks
17 The MIT Process Handbook, Visitor: Prof. Tom Malone Short paper due (one of three, chosen from five options)
18 Web Services and Business Process Management, Visitor: Evan Mamas
Module V: Strategic Systems and Digital Transformation: IT for New Things
19 TYCO Readings, Visitor: CIO Dana Deasy Project status report due
20 ACE Case, US Customs Transformation Short paper due (one of three, chosen from five options)
21 Business Strategy
22 Visitor: Omar Baig, IFC / World Bank Project status report due
Module VI: Team Reports, Course Summary
23 Team Project Presentations
24 Team Project Presentations (cont.) Short paper due (one of three, chosen from five options)
25 Discussion / Debate: "Does IT Matter?"
26 Closing Lecture and Discussion Team project papers due