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