ITL22519 Business Software (Spring 2027)
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
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 student 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
Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam
The group must:
- Choose a company to be used as a "case" throughout the semester.
- Submit up to four assignments.
- Attend up to two pre-announced selected lectures.
- Attend a minimum of 4 supervision meetings and 4 status updates - both in groups - during the semester.
The coursework requirements must be approved before the student may take the exam.
Exam
Group based portfolio and oral exam in groups
The exam consists of two components:
- A portfolio comprising of up to 4 deliverables. The deliverables (groups of 3-8 students) 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. The portfolio must have received a passed grade before the oral exam can be given.
- Oral exam in group of 3-8 students: Duration approx. 20-40 min. On the oral exam, each member of the group will be given individual questions related to the curriculum. 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.
Examiners
Conditions for resit/rescheduled exams
In the case of resit or rescheduled examinations, both exam components must be retaken.
In the case of resit exams or rescheduled exams, the project must be discussed with the course instructor.
Resit / rescheduled exam is carried out at the same time as the next ordinary examination. The department management can nevertheless decide to arrange a resit exam in the following semester.
Course evaluation
This course is evaluated by a
- End-of-term evaluation
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 department of Computer Sciences and Communication