16. Modeling the "Course Ecosystem"
Analyzing systems and documents that use some model of "Course" to understand information requirements
Course Approval
Course Catalog (Printed and Online)
Schedule of Classes (Printed and Online)
Degree Audit Reporting System
Transcript
Student Enrollment Report
Class Roster of Students
Careful analysis for each system ("Schedule of Classes" here)
Summary analysis for all systems
Developing a "core" + "contexts" family of model "building blocks"
Simplified depiction of "core" course and its contexts
Course catalog assembled from core + catalog context
Schedule of classes assembled from core + schedule context