In
today’s first class of Managing Systems development, we received an overview of
what the module is going to be. The marking scheme, which included the weightage
of the continuous assessment as well as the written exams to be held at the end
of the semester (mid to end December) was also discussed. This includes a
research proposal, a short video and a 4 page summary of the blogs which we’ll
maintain throughout the year. Prof. Allen Higgins very smoothly explained the
association between our culture, history and today’s technologically advanced
world and has strongly recommended to read the book- “The soul of a new machine”
written by Tracy Kider to appreciate the same. The book is hard to find but we
eventually hope to get either a hard or soft copy soon.
After
that, we discussed the elements of Systems development which included the parts
of it like Systems, design, creativity, management and the needs & reasons
to develop a system. This was a good food for thought as we very often use
these terminologies but never actually try to properly define them. After that,
we moved on to the critical analysis of the particular section assigned to us
from the NATO conference related to systems and software and had a quick look
at the milestones in technologically advancement.
Prof
Higgins was kind enough not to give us any homework on the first day except to search
for the book.
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