What you'll learn

The course's goal is to enable the student to recognize the need to conduct a good analysis before attempting to develop a design. The student will learn that it is beneficial to ignore the "typical" and "expected" designs in place today.

Course content

3 sections • 8 lectures • 1h 13m total length

Introduction and Overview3:08
This course takes a "seriously" fun look at the origin of things in our lives. In it we analyze the things around us that were perpetuated from things in the past.
It is made up of six video lectures that build on each other. Starting with a look at non-technical things in our everyday life and culminating in a look at business issues that affect us as customers.

Perpetuation of road and rail systems.8:40

This first video starts off "light" looking at things we take for granted in transportation systems around the world.
Perpetuation of numbering systems and the worst data entry technology.9:23
This second video in the series analyzes why we have a base 10 numbering system and 26 letters of the alphabet; also why we ended up with the worst computer data entry device - the QWERTY keyboard.
Perpetuation of paper and computer formats.8:56

This third video in the series analyzes where paper sizes originated and how we originally used 80 column punched cards and CRT screen formats leading to the Y2K computer problem.
Perpetuation of bookkeeping and computer files.13:50

. This forth video in the series analyzes the perpetuation of double-entry bookkeeping, manual and computer filing systems and the origin of computer storage/memory.
Perpetuation of industrial-age systems into the information-age.13:22

This fifth video in the series analyzes how we perpetuate old industrial-age manual systems and old computer systems into today's business environment and how they affect us as customers.
Perpetuation of industrial-age business structures today and the problems it causes.13:41

This six and final video in the series analyzes how we perpetuate old industrial-age business structures into today's business environment and how they affect efficiency and the response to a customer. It finishes with how organization can create a customer-focused business.

Requirements

As it is a video the only requirement is a device on which to play the video with software that plays the MP4 format.

Description

This introductory course gives the student an understanding of how we should separate Analysis from Design issues. It does this by looking at the many things that are simply perpetuated from old designs and taking a humorous look at where those old designs originated.

The course uses pictures, graphics, both static and animated, with voice-over to show the various real world examples of the perpetuation of old designs. It does this by progressing through basic examples in everyone's regular life to business issues that restrict us as customers.

There is no support material needed for this course.

The course video is approximately one hour in duration.

The student will see the importance of applying analysis concepts to every new invention or system be it a manual task or a computer business system.

There are no exercises or questionnaires to complete.

Who this course is for:

The course video is aimed at a general audience as it aims to educate anyone who is a "Customer". However it will be most beneficial to those who intend to become or who are Business Analysts or those who are requestors of business systems.

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Course content

Analysis of Everyday Things Introduction1 lecture • 3min

Analysis of Modern Perpetuations of Old Designs.6 lectures • 1hr 8min

Analysis of Everyday Things Conclusion1 lecture • 2min

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