Bachelor
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Innovating digital systems and services
Type:
Compulsory course
Area of studies:
Business Informatics
Delivered by:
Department of Business Informatics
Where:
Graduate School of Business
When:
3 year, 2-4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Alexander Kiryushkin,
Alexander Rusnak
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
6
Contact hours:
60
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course covers methods, values, attitudes and techniques for building complex digital systems for business and society. It provides an understanding of the need for innovation and rigour. The course enables students to select and apply relevant methodological approaches to the development of well-designed and innovative digital systems and services.
Learning Objectives
- Describe and discuss the expectations, pressures and problems faced when innovating digital systems within today's organisational context
- Critically assess the processes, tasks, practices, and tools that support digital systems innovation
- Explain how systems development processes can be applied in innovation
- Discuss the adoption of agile approaches for innovative system development
- Explain how mature software engineering practices are incorporated into system and service innovation within contemporary organisations
- Discuss the relevance of design features and principles within the process of digital systems innovation
- Assess the role of digital infrastructures in the development of innovative digital systems and services
- Identify and discuss the main innovation project activities in the context of today's organisations
- Demonstrate, through project work, the ability to analyse, design and evaluate a digital system and the ability to write a detailed report on the development process.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Critically assess the processes, tasks, practices, and tools that support digital systems innovation
- Describe and discuss the expectations, pressures and problems faced when innovating digital systems within today's organisational context
- Discuss the relevance of design features and principles within the process of digital systems innovation
- Explain how systems development processes can be applied in innovation
Course Contents
- Background
- System innovation within a digital economy
- Innovating digital systems – the process
- The idea of agile innovation
- Agile in practice
- Technology startups – competing for the future of software
Assessment Elements
- Final examYou must pass an exam to successfully complete the course
- Classroom assessmentPerforming presentations in the classroom to simplify the development of the material
- Intermediate controlIntermediate midterm control based on the results of module 3 It's consists of: 1. Checking the completed part of the project according to the course 2. Oral test
- Course project
- Intermediate controlIntermediate midterm control based on the results of module 2 It's consists of: 1. Checking the completed part of the project according to the course 2. Oral test
- HomeworksIndependent study of additional material
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 4th module0.1 * Course project + 0.1 * Course project + 0.1 * Course project + 0.6 * Final exam + 0.05 * Intermediate control + 0.05 * Intermediate control
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Raees A. Khan, A. A. (2014). Software Engineering: A Practitioners Approach. [N.p.]: Alpha Science Internation Limited. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1990282
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Beynon-Davies, P. (2013). Business Information Systems (Vol. 2nd edition). Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1523300
- Wieringa, Roel J. Design science methodology for information systems and software engineering. Springer, 2014.