Week 1: Intro to Week 2: Systems Week 3: Systems Week 4: Systems Week 5

MIS Analysis Analysis Analysis • Exam #1

• What is MIS? • Swimlanes • ERDs • Decision Trees
• Learn IT! #1 • Architecture Diagrams
• Max Labs 0

Week 6: Week 7: Week 8: Week 9

Organizational Organizational Organizational • Exam #2
Systems Systems Systems
• ERP • Decision Support • SDLC
• Max Labs 1a & 1b • Knowledge • Digital Innovation
Management

Week 10: Week 11: Week 12: Week 13: Week 14

Organizational Organizational Organizational Organizational • Exam #3 Prep
Systems Systems Systems Systems • Learn IT! #2
• Supply Chain • Customer Relationship • Platforms • Artificial Intelligence
Management Systems Management Systems • Cloud Computing
• Max Labs 2a & 2b • Max Labs 3a & 3b
 This assignment is purely reading- read it!
Due Date : September 25
The other Max Labs are based off this reading.
Discuss:
1. What was this article about?
ERDs are a tool for modeling information. This article provides all
of the basic information you need to model information with an
ERD.

2. Why should you care?

While swimlane diagrams are great for modeling business processes,
all business processes require information to perform them. An
ERD is a great tool to use to model information and the ERD
supplements the swimlane diagram to get a better understanding of
the entire business process
Discuss:
1. What was this article about?
This article simply provides examples of ERDs.

2. Why should you care?

ERDs are a little more difficult to visualize than
swimlane diagrams and looking through examples of
ERDs can frequently make them easier to understand.
 Entity = Noun

Attribute = Characteristic

What is an “entity relationship

diagram”?
Data Model

Relationship = Verb
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Chen’s Database Notation

• Entity = noun
example : Shopper or Item

• Attribute = characteristic
example : item price

• Relationship = verb
example : buys
 Shopper Loyalty
Card ID

Shopper Name Shopper Zip Code

Shopper

Chen’s Database Notation

Purchases

Item

Item Name Item Source

Item Price
 Shopper Purchases Item

Name Name

Loyalty Card ID Price

Zip Code Source

Crow’s Foot Database Notation

 Crow’s Foot Database Notation
Shopper Purchases Item

Name Name

Shopper Loyalty Price

Loyalty Card ID
Card ID

Zip Code Source

Shopper Name Shopper Zip Code

Shopper A shopper walks into a store to buy an

item. When the shopper makes a
purchase, the system is updated with
information about the person, including
Purchases

their name, loyalty card id and zip code.

Item
The store also records which items were
purchased, including details like item
Item Name Item Source

Item Price
name, price and item source.

Chen’s Database Notation

What pieces of information do I need to
take, check, ship and bill the customer
for this order?

Work with you classmate to make a list.

 Customer Sales Checks Weekly Credit Report

PK Customer ID PK Sales ID PK Customer ID

Customer Name Name Credit (as of Monday AM)

Checks

Customer Contact Info

Creates Accounting Daily Inventory Report

Available Credit
Checks and Manages
PK Accountant ID PK Item ID
Places
Name Item Name
Pays
Order
Creates and Sends
Quantity Avaialble

PK Order ID Invoice

PK Invoice ID
 Relationship, i.e. verb
Item
is written on the arrow
Quantity Customer ID  Entity listed at the top
Price
of the table
Items
Picks,Packs, Ships
 Attributes are listed
Quantity under the entity
Unit Price
Actual Inventory
Total
PK Item_ID

Legend : Item Name

Warehouse Removes From
• PK : Primary Key
• FK : Foreign Key (refer to PK) Quantity Avaialble
PK Warehouse Worker ID
Let’s practice ERD…
- You are forming a new club at Temple U
- You want to create a DB to capture the data
on your members, your committee and your
events
- Name 3 entities, list at least 3 attributes for
each
- How do they relate to each others? (i.e.
relationship)
 Week 1: Intro to Week 2: Systems Week 3: Systems Week 4: Systems Week 5
MIS Analysis Analysis Analysis • Exam #1
• What is MIS? • Swimlanes • ERDs • Decision Trees
• Learn IT! #1 • Architecture Diagrams
• Max Labs 0

Week 6: Week 7: Week 8: Week 9

Organizational Organizational Organizational • Exam #2
Systems Systems Systems
• ERP • Decision Support • SDLC
• Max Labs 1a & 1b • Knowledge • Digital Innovation
Management

Week 10: Week 11: Week 12: Week 13: Week 14

Organizational Organizational Organizational Organizational • Exam #3 Prep
Systems Systems Systems Systems • Learn IT! #2
• Supply Chain • Customer Relationship • Platforms • Artificial Intelligence
Management Systems Management Systems • Cloud Computing
• Max Labs 2a & 2b • Max Labs 3a & 3b