COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Business Information Systems (English)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜZIN ÖZDAĞOĞLU

Offered to

Business Information Systems (English)
Business Administration (English)

Course Objective

This course aims at gaining the viewpoint of business model and architecture; understanding of reference architecture structures through functional, informational, organizational, and resource aspects, integrating vision and goals of the enterprise with business architecrture via a business model, discussing the relationship between business model and business integration.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions, G. Hohpe and B. Woolf, Addison Wesley Professional. ISBN:0321200683.
2. Enterprise Modeling and Integration: Principles and Applications, F.B.Vernadat, Springer. ISBN 978-0412605505.
3. Business Modeling With UML: Business Patterns at Work, M. Penker, H. E. Eriksson, Wiley.
4. Writing Effective Use Cases, Alistair Cockburn, Addison-Wesley Professional. ISBN 978-0201702255.
5. The Business Analyst's Handbook, Howard Podeswa, Course Technology PTR. ISBN 978-1598635652.
6. Related books, book chapters and articles will be used.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, group work, presentations, class discussions.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Exams are applied to see students knowledge about fundamentals of architeture modeling and integration in an enterprise.
2. Class discussions will be performed through business case studies and participation level will be evaluated.
3. Project will measure the performance on real life application of decision and analysis methods used in business modeling.

Assessment Criteria

GENERAL RULES:
1. Midterm and Final Exam:Students will be assessed on their knowledge of concepts and theories through an essay-type written exam.
2. Term Project: Groups will do a research in a real business environment about business architectures and models and prepare a written report based on the format given by the instructor. They are expected to share their observation with their class-mates through oral presentations.
3. Class Discussions and Presentation: Students will be given certain cases or questions related to the concepts covered in the class. Groups will debate on the topics and present their opinions. Students are expected to contribute to class discussions.

RUBRIC FOR ASSIGNMENT:

1. The student is able to design a business scenario with the operational details (5 pts).
2. The student is able to identify actors, stakeholders, inputs and outputs and other environmental factors of the business model (5 pts).
3. The student is able to identify main functions of the selected business model (5 pts).
4. The student is able to discover the business processes across the functions (10 pts).
5. The student is able to discover the interactions among the processes and the related stakeholders (10 pts).
6. The student is able to categorize the processes as managerial, core, and support processes (10 pts).
7. The student is able to combine all these settings in a process architecture (5 pts).
8. The student is able to use BPMN constructs to model processes (tasks, flows, pools/swim lanes, objects, stores, events, etc.) (15 pts)
9. The student is able to analyze the current performance of the processes with qualitative techniques (10 pts).
10. The student is able to analyze the current performance of the processes with queuing and simulation models and relevant KPIs (15 pts).
11. The student is able to develop TO BE process structure by improving the performance of the processes (10 pts).

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. Students are expected to participate actively in class discussions.
4. Students are expected to attend to classes on time.
5. Students are expected to prepare ahead of time for class.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

guzin.kavrukkoca@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced at the first lecture.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes