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Moving Targets: MIT's Transition to an Online Subject Evaluation System and the Need for Flexibility

Session Details

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
West Prefunction

Session Type: Poster Session

Speaker(s)

Mary Enterline, Associate Dean, MIT
Amitava Mitra, Associate Director, Office of Educational Innovation & Technology, MIT
Peter Wilkins, Senior Programmer/Analyst, MIT
Norm Wright, Consulting Architect, MIT

Abstract

Moving from a paper-based subject evaluation system to an online system is fraught with peril. Our surprising findings were that business issues outweigh technical concerns, and that the key requirement was not a function point but flexibility. A panel will present these findings and a novel approach to requirements definition.

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