Date of Award

Spring 3-15-2010

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS)

First Advisor

Wayne Pauli

Second Advisor

Ronghua Shan

Third Advisor

Denise Luckhurst

Abstract

This project automates the candidate tracking process used by the Development Division of the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications (BIT) for the State of South Dakota. The Development Division employs approximately 120 to 130 staff. Due to the size of the Division it is common to have one or more positions open at any point in time. Consideration is given to supporting other BIT Divisions' use of the resulting system as well as other agencies. The Division uses a manual process to track candidates for these open positions. The manual process is cumbersome, inefficient and time consuming requiring the updating of a shared spreadsheet and numerous emails between Development Team Managers, the Division Director and the Bureau of Personnel Representative. The Division requested to automate this process in order to attract and hire the most qualified candidates by providing timely feedback to applicants and reducing the time from application to offer for qualified candidates while maintaining accurate information about the recruiting process. This project used the Scrum methodology and was executed in multiple sprints. The Scrum philosophy proved valuable while making scheduling decisions, feature trade-offs and maintaining focus on the business goals.

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