CST1605 Document Management
Syllabus

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course covers document management for the enterprise with application towards small business. Computer technicians and network administrators are given the skills they need to plan and implement the management of corporate information from simple hard drive organization to database document storage. This is done through the use of textbook study and 15 hours of general lab work assigned by the instructor.
(Prerequisites: CST1795) (1 Credit) (0.5 Lecture, 0.5 Lab, 0 On the Job Training, 1 General Lab)

COURSE FOCUS
This course focuses on document management in a hands-on lab setting. Material is presented in a self-paced, personalized manner through the use of a textbook, computers, lab work, and an instructional guide.

TEXT AND REFERENCES
1. Document Management for the Enterprise: Principles, Techniques, and Applications (Student supplied textbook)
2. Computer system with a word processing program (School or Student supplied equipment)
3. Course Instructional Guide (Online)

STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS
An average student will spend 48 hours performing course tasks: 24 lab hours working on assigned tasks in the lab, and 24 hours out-of-class. Factual information is provided through informal presentation or in a self-paced, personalized format. The student is expected to contact the instructor if difficulty is encountered or help is needed. Attendance is critical for completion of the lab credits.  The student will also spend 15 hours at the CST PC help desk recording problems and solutions as part of lab work for this course. (15 General Lab hours)

COURSE EXPECTATIONS
See this link for additional course expectations.

COURSE EVALUATION
Student objectives and evaluations are translated to a percentage and the percentages to grades. A score of 70% is passing. The following percentage distribution guarantees the following grade: A:93%+, A-:90%+, B+:87%+, B:83%+, B-:78%+, C+:77%+, C:73%+, C-:70%+, NC:<70%.

COURSE SCHEDULE
The course is divided into 4 Modules. Each Module requires 12 hours of work for the average student. The course is designed to be completed in 2 weeks of personalized education or 16 weeks of class lecture and labs.  The sequence of instruction is the order of course goals as specified in the instructional guide.

COURSE GOALS
The following list of course goals will be addressed in the course. These goals are directly related to the performance objectives.
  1. Understand the rationale for the Document Management for the Enterprise: Principles, Techniques, and Applications textbook.
  2. Define document.
  3. Describe document management.
  4. List the layers of document management.
  5. Describe the obstacles to document management engineering.
  6. Describe organizational considerations.
  7. Describe technological considerations.
  8. Describe records management considerations.
  9. Define the context, goal, objectives, and scope of document management.
  10. List the phases of the Sutton Document Engineering Life-Cycle.
  11. Describe the relationship between policy and document management.
  12. List the roles of the document engineer.
  13. Describe enterprise document management architecture and vocabulary.
  14. List and describe the different z-base managers.
  15. Describe the records center model.
  16. Describe the client model.
  17. Develop a conceptual model.
  18. Identify the functional requirements for the logical model.
  19. Develop a logical model.
  20. Identify the functional requirements for the physical model.
  21. Develop a physical model.
  22. Describe the training and support requirements of a document management system.
  23. Describe legacy document conversion solutions.
  24. Describe the importance of promoting an electronic records culture.
  25. Develop a training, support, and conversion solution.
  26. Describe the measurement methods used to justify a document management system.
  27. Build a business case for a document management system.
  28. Describe the document management system action plan.
  29. List the types of risks associated with a document management system.
  30. Develop an action plan.
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  1. Write two papers (Lab 1605-1)
  2. Write two papers (Lab 1605-2)
  3. Write three papers (Lab 1605-3)
  4. Write two papers (Lab 1605-4)

Version Information:
Jan  2nd, 2002 Original course material compliments of Jim Martinson. (jfm)
Jan  3rd, 2002 Online course material modified. (adb)
Mar 17th, 2002 Added General Studies designations. (adb)