Day 11 - Scavenger Hunt.

Today lecture was not a theory based session. It was a group activity called “Scavenger hunt.” Mr Eranjan divided whole class into six groups and gave six questions to find answers within 20 minutes. For these questions students has to use library as the source of answers. Our group: Anne, Sumedha, Hashan, Adil, Nadheem and myself. Following are the questions and answers found from the library,

1)    List 10 books available in the APIIT library addressing systems analysis and design.

·        B.Shelly, G., 2001. System Analysis and Design. 4th Edition ed. USA: Course Technology.

·        Booch, G., 1994. Object Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications. 2nd ed. California: Addison Wesley Longman Inc...

·        Griffiths, G., 1998. The Essence of Structured Systems Analysis Technique. Hertfordshire: Prentice Hall Europe.

·        Hughes, M., 2000. Mastering System Analysis and Design. London: Prentice Hall of India.

·        Josepg S. Valacich, J. F. G. J. A. H., 2006. Essentials of System Analysis Design. 3rd Ed. New Jersey: Pearson Education.

·        Juliff, P., 2002. Program Design. 4th ed. New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India.

·        Kendall, K. &. 2002. Systems Analysis and Design. 5th Ed. New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India.

·        McConnell, S., 1996. Rapid Development. Washington: Microsoft Press.

·        Philip L.Weaver, N. L. M. W., 2002. Practical Business Systems Development Using SSADM. 3rd ed. England: Pearson Edition.

·        Simon Bennett, S. M., 2002. Object Oriented Systems Analysis and Design. 2nd Ed. New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill.

2)     What are the titles of the books written by the following authors?

·        C.Date - An Introduction to Database System.

·        Barbara Sprague - Information Systems Management in Practice.

·        Tony Proctor - Creative Problem Solving for Managers.

·        Kendall & Kendall - Systems Analysis and Design.

·        Jenny Preece - Human Computer Interaction.

·        Turban - Information Technology for Management.

·        John Ward - Strategic Planning for Information Systems.

·        Joey Peppard - Strategic Planning for Information Systems.

·        Jerry Fitzgerald - Business Data Communications and Networking.

·        Uma Sekaran - Research Methods for Business, a Skill Building Approach.

3)     Write down the titles of the following BIT projects.

·        Eshani Ranatunga - Inventory Management and Forecasting System for LAK Sathosa.

·        Dilani Gomez - Investigation into business process reengineering and electronic data interchange to develop a web based fuel procurement systems for SriLanka Railway Department.

·        Danushka Sandanayaka - An IS/IT production management and resource allocation system for sign tech advertising services.

·        Lasith Thisera - Credit Risk Management and Order Prioritization for Harrisons Chemical Pvt Ltd using analytical hierarchy.

·        Eranjan Padumadasa - Application of analytical hierarchy process model for tendering process automation.

4)     Identify the ISBN of the following books.

·        E-marketing - ISBN- 14:81-7808-944-10

·        Quantitative methods - ISBN- 24 0-273-66261-5

·        Key Managerial models - ISBN- 34 0-273-64-694X

·        Database systems - ISBN- 12-978-81-317-2025-7

·        Personality development - ISBN- 16-GE-01-141-1

5)     Give a recommendation of a book by providing the title and author for the following modules.

·        Financial Accounting -   Financial Accounting by Harrison, W. T. Jr. & Horngern C. T.

·        Design Patterns - Head First Design Patterns by Freeman, E.

·        IELTS - Objective IELTS by Black, M. & Capel, A.

·        Usability Engineering - The Usability Engineering Lifecycle by Mayhew, D. J.

·        Organization Behaviour:  Organization Behavior by Kreitner, R. & Kinicki, A.

·        Human Resource Management - Introducing Human Resources Management by Foot, M. & Hook, C.

·        Business Environment - The Business Environment by Palmer, A. & Hartley, B.

·        Database Management System - Database Management System by Ramakrishnan, R. & Gehrke, J.

·        Agile Methodologies - Agile Modeling: Effective Practices for eXtreme Programming & the Unified Process by Ambler, S.

6)     Find 5 newspaper clippings on the following topic; Economic Condition in Sri Lanka

·        Kangaraarachchi, R., 2009. Sri Lanka records healthy economic growth. Daily News, 9 December.

·        Karmangara, A., 2009. Low Internet Rates to Boost Business. Sunday Observer, 29 November.

·        Kelum Bandara, Y. P., 2012. Minister refuses salary hike for CEB workers. Daily Mirror, 7 July.

·        Mudalige, D., 2012. Timber Transportation Streamlined. Daily News, 5 July.

·        Samaraweera, D., 2009. Keeping the SriLankan economy afloat in 2009. Sunday Times, 27 December. ng: Effective Practices for eXtreme Programming & the Unified Process. Canada.

Our group

Reflection of today's lecture

Today was an exciting and fun day. Our group was able to find answers for all questions within 20 minutes. Our success was the working as a group. Everyone chose a question that was comfortable to find answers. I also learnt about famous authors and books while doing the scavenger hunt. All together it was a successful and a happy day for the class.