ITL22519 Business Software (Spring 2025)

Facts about the course

ECTS Credits:
10
Responsible department:
Faculty of Computer Science, Engineering and Economics
Campus:
Halden
Course Leader:
Stig Henning Johansen
Teaching language:
Norwegian or English
Duration:
½ year

The course is connected to the following study programs

This course is compulsory in

  • Bachelor in Information Systems

Recommended requirements

Knowledge equivalent to the course Introduction to Programming / Programming 1.

Lecture Semester

4th semester (Spring).

The student's learning outcomes after completing 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

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

Forms of teaching and learning

Lectures, project work and supervision.

Workload

Approx. 250 hours.

Examination

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

One external and one internal examiner, or two internal examiners will be involved in the assessment.

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.

New and postponed exams are conducted simultaneously with the next regular exam. The department management may decide to arrange a postponed exam in the following semester for students with valid absence from the regular exam.

Course evaluation

This course is evaluated by a

  • End-of-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 department  of Computer Sciences and communication

Literature

The current reading list for 2024 Spring can be found in Leganto

Last updated from FS (Common Student System) July 17, 2024 10:15:37 PM