This course is the first of a two-course sequence in which the students will develop a complete software system. The second stage will be carried out in IT 497. Students will work in groups of 3-5 students, each group will have a supervisor to guide them through the system development process using a specific methodology. In this first part, each group must identify a problem domain, define the problem, identify and specify the requirements, document the current system, analyze it, propose alternative systems, and design a solution.

In this course, each group will continue developing the software systems started in IT 496. Each group must use a particular tool to implement its system in a good programming practice. This implementation tool is preferably new, i.e. not taken in previous courses. Furthermore, students must generate a user manual for their information system in an appropriate format.