69-73 |
Updating the CS
Curriculum:
Traditional vs. Market-Driven Approaches |
Nedzad
Mehic & Ali Al-Soufi
University of Bahrain, Isa Town, Bahrain
The paper describes a method of updating a
curriculum of a typical computer science department. The suggested approach
promotes the role of a university as an academic environment, targeting
excellence in teaching degree programs, as well as a qualified partner in
partnership with businesses, especially with industry, in sharing knowledge
and skills, supporting the concept of a quality process and quality
products. Cooperation with industry firms, through real problem solving
approaches and using emerging technologies that might drive the best demand
in future markets, will prepare students to take advantage of opportunities,
gain experience, and make an impact immediately. As a case study, the paper
describes how this approach is applied to Computer Science Department at
University of Bahrain. |
75-84 |
RESQ for
FLASHMEM, Inc.:
An IS Teaching Case |
Laurie
Schatzberg
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
Their
manager has promised that the aging factory would be the first to
implement RESQ, a resource estimator and scheduler developed in-house at
FLASHMEM, Inc. While RESQ clearly fills an urgent need for better CPU
utilization and management decision-making, Jamie Barton and Angelo
Rodriguez now recognize the impossibility of the current plan for their
factory.
The
case provides a brief history of RESQ and background of the players and
culminates in the meeting between the IS and the manufacturing members of
an IS development team. It focuses readers on some pervasive analyst-user
issues including their respective roles in the development process,
project management, the role of IS in a mature/commodity industry,
vulnerabilities arising from in-house developed systems, and the
implications of enforcing company-wide application standards. |
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