ITL22519 Business Software (Spring 2021)
Facts about the course
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible faculty:
- Faculty of Computer Sciences, Engineering and Economics
- Campus:
- Halden
- Course Leader:
- Stig Henning Johansen
- Teaching language:
- Norwegian or English
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
The course is affiliated to the following study programme
- Bachelor in Information Systems
Recommended previous knowledge
Teaching semester
Content
- Information System Architectures (Service-Oriented Architecture, Web Services, Cloud Computing, Microservices, Containers, Serverless Computing)
- Business Software as a support for Business processes: Taxonomies and Architectures
- Business Software Selection and Acquisition
- Business Software Implementation, Integration and Customization
- System introduction and organizational change
The student's learning outcomes on passing the course
Knowledge
The student knows
- cutting edge and traditional architectures supporting organizations worldwide
- how to map business requirements and business software features
- how to prioritise and select business software according to a set of business requirements
- main business software available and their purposes
- approaches and guidelines to install and customize business software
- complexity on new system adoption and change management
Skills
The students can
- identify pros and cons of current architectures
- elicit and write business requirements
- apply grounded approaches to support business software selection
- perform a basic installation of a business software
- create an enterprise structure and transactions in the installed business software
- develop a basic customization of the installed software
- integrate the business software with the technological environment
Teaching and learning methods
Workload
Exam
Group project and oral group examination
The assessment consists of two parts:
Group project: Group project comprising of up to 4 deliverables. The deliverables must be delivered within given deadlines and according to specifications given by the course instructor. A tentative individual grade is awarded on the basis of an overall assessment. This grade can be adjusted up to 2 stages at the oral exam. Grading scale A to F.
Oral exam in group: Duration approx. 20-30 min. On the oral exam, each member of the group will be given individual questions related to the project. No support materials permitted. An individual grade is awarded using grading scale A to F.
An overall individual final grade is awarded for the course using grading scale A to F.
If the student decides to challenge the assessment, the project must be re-assessed. If the new assessment affects the tentative grading of the project, a new oral exam will be arranged.
Examiners
Conditions for resit/rescheduled exams
In the case of resit or rescheduled examinations, each part of the examination may be retaken. Partial exam 1 must be taken in connection with the next ordinary course examination.
In the case of resit and rescheduled examinations, the content of the group project must be agreed with the course instructor.
Course evaluation
This course is evaluated by a
- Mid-term evaluation (compulsory)
The responsible for the course compiles a report based on the feedback from the students and his/her own experience with the course. The report is discussed by the study quality committee of the faculty of Computer Sciences.
Reading list
The reading list was last updated 15th of January 2019.
Various web resources available on the on the learning platform.
Recommended literature:
Bradford, Marianne: "Modern ERP: Select, Implement, and Use Today's Advanced Business Systems", 2014, ISBN: 9781312665989