
{
  "title":"Calendar",
  "content":" 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: \u0026ldquo;Technology is the Least of Our Problems\u0026rdquo; 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: \u0026ldquo;Does IT Matter?\u0026rdquo; 26 Closing Lecture and Discussion Team project papers due "}


