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IST 421 Course Task ForceIST 421 Course Task Force

Dr. Stan Aungst ([email protected])Dr. Chao H. Chu ([email protected])

Dr. Shawn Clark ([email protected])Dr. John Yen ([email protected])

Agenda / IssuesAgenda / Issues

• Course Description• Course Objectives• Core Topics• Draft Syllabus• Software Tools• Problem/project• Text Possibilities• Issues/discussion

Course Description – IST 321Course Description – IST 321

IST 321 focuses on introducing the student to the role of information systems and technologies in achieving a variety of system goals. Emphasis will be placed on the theories and skills required for planning, developing, implementing, and managing the integration of information technology and different systems.


IST 421 expands the knowledge gained in IST 321 on the theories and skills required for planning, developing, implementing, and managing the integration of information technology and different systems. IST 421 is required of all Information Sciences and Technology (IST) undergraduates who have chosen the Information Technology Integration Option in their Baccalaureate degree.

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Upon completion of the course, the student will have expanded knowledge of information technology and system integration issues across multiple application settings. They will also have a deeper understanding of the specific information technology that can serve as the foundation for designing or integrating systems within an organization or designing B2B applications, and have experience that fosters an understanding of the role of IT achieving system performance goals.

Course ObjectivesCourse Objectives

Upon completion of the course, the student will have:

• An in depth look at the impact of information technology on a wide variety of systems applications;

• An expanded knowledge of information technology and systems integration issues;

• Through the team-based project, hands-on experience in all phases of a system’s development and implementation;

• Insight to new and different uses of IT to realize system goals; and

• The organization, technology, and data modeling skills necessary to integrate legacy systems within an organization or designing B2B applications.

Relevant Practical ExperiencesRelevant Practical Experiences

Activities Units (hrs)

Case Studies* 2-5

Guest Lectures 1-2

Hands-on Exercises (skills) Required

Team-Based Project / Management Required

Project Presentation 3-4

System Integration Life Cycle*

Strategic instead of low level focus* Focus

* Suggested by Lockheed Martin

Suggested Core TopicsSuggested Core TopicsTopics Units

Review of IT and Systems Integration 2

Advanced Process Modeling and Analysis:

- Advanced Systems Theory 2

- Enterprise Modeling and Analysis 3

Application Integration:

- Supply Chain Management (SCM) 3

- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) 3

- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) 2

- Other Applications (Health Care, Government, …) 3

Legacy Integration 3

Business to Business (B2B) Integration 4

Emerging Topics in IT Integration (Wireless, Mobile Computing) 2

Advanced XML Applications (Portals, Java, CORBA, …) 8

• See your handout!• Please note:

– Order of topics

– Rough time allotments

– Set of core skills (and some room to add others)

– Software tools?

• Implied in this design are:– Problem/project orientation

– Team-based orientation.

– Writing and speaking skills

Sample SyllabusSample Syllabus

• Application/Systems: – ERP (SAP) – Oracle – Others?

• Project Management tool:– Microsoft Project

• XML / Java / CORBA ?

Software ToolsSoftware Tools

• Nested set of problems/ projects:– Individual vs. Group Exercises– Enterprise Modeling– Systems Integration Life Cycle– Differing approaches to systems Integration– Project Management– One big project vs. several smaller ones

• These need to be developed….

Problems/ProjectProblems/Project

• No one best text.

• Choices are to: • Develop customized text• Develop web-based collection• Develop some combination of collected

pieces (web/written/articles...)• Pick a text (or two) and supplement.

Possible TextsPossible Texts

Suggested TextbooksSuggested Textbooks

Systems Integration:• Linthicum, David S., Enterprise Application Integration,

Addison-Wesley Pub Co., 1999.or• Linthicum, David S., B2B Application Integration: e-

Business-Enable Your Enterprise, Addison-Wesley Pub Co., 2000.

XML:• Goldfarb, C. F. and Prescod, P., The XML Handbook,

Third Edition, Prentice Hall PTR, 2001. ISBN: 0-13-055068-X

or• Deitel, H. M., Deitel, P. J., Nieto, T. R., Lin, T. M. and

Sadhu, P., XML: How to Program, Prentice Hall, 2001

Supplement Reading MaterialsSupplement Reading Materials

• Enterprise Application Integration:- EAIQ: http://eai.ebizq.net/- Search engine (e.g., www.google.com)- Library database (e.g., ABI/INFORM, ACM, Applied Science &

Tech Abstract, Compendex)

• Enterprise Modeling:- Enterprise Integration Lab., Department of Industrial Engineering,

University of Toronto. http://www.eil.utoronto.ca/eil.html- Enterprise Integration, Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute,

UK. http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~entprise/enterprise/

• On-line Teaching Cases:- isworld.org (http://www.isworld.org)

• Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) Resources

• XML Resources

• Levels of Integration

• Application Domains

• Problems/projects

• Materials/examples

• Text decisions

Issues & DiscussionIssues & Discussion

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