PV213 Enterprise Information Systems in Practice

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Miroslav Benešovský, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Zdenko Staníček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Timetable
Fri 5. 3. 8:00–11:50 C511, Fri 26. 3. 8:00–11:50 C511, Fri 9. 4. 8:00–11:50 C511, Fri 30. 4. 8:00–11:50 C511, Fri 14. 5. 8:00–11:50 C511
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course covers the whole system life cycle: from an initial user requirements, thru developing models, writing the code to implementing running software and its maintenance.
At the end of the course students should be able to:
understand processes of enterprise information systems implementation;
be able to identify business needs;
understand the role of information strategy and its relation to business strategy;
undersdtand EAI methods and architectures;
explain role of particular SW development phases namely the role of SW testing
Syllabus
  • Enterprise and SW support of business processes.
  • Specifics of SW development in a large company.
  • ICT strategy, its role and relationship to enterprise strategy and goals.
  • Business processes, the role of business modelling.
  • Basic dimension of SW system specification: information, behaviour, presentation and architecture.
  • Development phases of EIS / SW system: requirements, analysis, design, architecture, development (construction), testing, pilot run, run.
  • Comments to practical use of modelling languages (UML) and CASE tools. Useful skills: interview guidance, documentation writing.
  • Modern methods of SW project management: UP, agile methods (SCRUM, etc.)
  • Organization of development work: useful skills, basic rules and agreements, development, acceptance and run technological frameworks
  • The role of testing in development process, tools supporting testing, basic testing methods
Literature
  • Ward, J., Griffiths, P., Whitmore, P.: Strategic Planning for Information Systems. Willey Publishing, 1990. ISBN 0-471-92002-9
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, group projects
Assessment methods
A seminar work is required to the colloquium.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
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