IFN561 Enterprise Systems Lifecycle Management
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| Unit code: | IFN561 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | ((IFN552 and IFN558) or IFN585) OR (admission to IN14 or IN17 or IN23 or IN25 or PM20 or PV20 or PQ20 or PV21) |
| Equivalent(s): | IFQ561 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Basic IT knowledge |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,164 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,816 |
| International unit fee | $5,352 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | IFN561 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | ((IFN552 and IFN558) or IFN585) OR (admission into IN14 or IN17 or IN23 or IN25 or PM20 or PV20 or PQ20 or PV21) |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Basic IT Knowledge |
| Coordinator: | Alistair Barros | alistair.barros@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This is a transitionary unit, providing students with fundamental information systems skills relating to different practices in managing information systems in large, enterprise-level organisations. Information systems and enterprises are becoming inextricably interwoven. It has become nearly impossible to talk meaningfully about enterprises that are not dependent on information systems of one type or another.
An important role of managers is to understand what type of information system they should use to achieve the business strategic objectives or to improve existing business capabilities. This unit provides students with fundamental skills that business analysts or IT managers are required to have in order to be able to analyse business strategies, evaluate how information systems may enable enterprises to achieve strategic objectives, and understand how such an information system can be developed and implemented within an enterprise.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Explain the technical and socio-economic foundations of enterprise systems and their use in different corporate settings.
- Recommend a range of IT strategies and justify how these relate to First Nations Australians.
- Communicate effectively in professional and scholarly contexts to a variety of stakeholders.
- Analyse technology trends relating to enterprise systems.
- Analyse a real-world case study to explain how service management facilitates continuous improvement in enterprise systems.
- Collaborate with others in a team environment to deliver an outcome for a client.
Content
The unit will cover areas such as a general introduction to enterprise systems based in information technology, economics, and social sciences. We will touch upon these pillars by introducing you to fundamental information technology that is deployed as part of an information system as well as managerial and organizational foundations that go along with it. For example, the unit will introduce IT strategic analysis and strategy map, digital firms and business models, systems building blocks such as principles of system acquisition, development, implementation and maintenance. You will further learn fundamentals of enterprise systems-related technologies.
Learning Approaches
The unit consists of weekly lectures and tutorials. You will engage in collaborative activities to identify, analyse, present and report on challenges and solutions to business IT systems. This unit engages you in your learning through a real-world case-based learning approach, where you will have the chance to apply information systems skills while exploring business cases, emerging technologies, and challenges in deploying and using enterprise systems. We emphasise a real-world learning experience, where you can build up and deepen your enterprise information systems proficiency by contributing existing knowledge and experiences from your professional background in projects that form the assignments of this unit.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Tutorials are designed to be engaging, with tutors providing ongoing feedback on tutorials and assessment pieces.
- Consultation times can be booked with members of the teaching team throughout the teaching period.
- Individualised written feedback will be provided on marked assessments.
- Feedback will also be provided to the cohort based on common areas for improvements identified throughout the tutorials.
Assessment
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Solution Proposal
The encompassing idea of this assessment is to propose a strategy to solve a problem in an organisation. By completing this assessment, you will develop your understanding of how organisations can design strategies and plan for enterprise systems to address problems in large, enterprise-level organisations. In addition to performing these activities, you will be required to orally pitch your overall approach in week 6.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions
Assessment: Request for Proposal
In this assessment, you will prepare a request for proposal (RFP), which will provide a comprehensive description of the approach to be taken to develop a new information system. In addition to performing these activities, you will be required to orally pitch your overall approach in week 9.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Enterprise Systems Lifecycle Analysis
In this assessment, you will extend your skills by explaining and evaluating different approaches of an enterprise systems implementation. You will be required to use the 7-step improvement process to explain aspects of service management and lifecycle development. In addition to performing these activities, you will be required to submit the slides of your presentation in week 12.
The assessment requires a student’s physical or virtual presence to complete.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Costs
No extraordinary charges or costs are associated with the requirements for this unit.
Resources
Learning materials for this unit are available in your Canvas site. There are no other extraordinary charges or costs associated with the requirements for this unit.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no unusual health or safety risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.IN20 Master of Information Technology
- Demonstrate advanced specialist IT knowledge in at least one information technology discipline.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Solution Proposal, Request for Proposal, Enterprise Systems Lifecycle Analysis - Critically analyse complex IT problems and opportunities and use creativity and problem-solving skills to generate innovative and novel solutions that are convincingly justified.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, ULO5, Request for Proposal, Enterprise Systems Lifecycle Analysis - Integrate advanced, industry-best practice, IT methods, tools and techniques to develop and implement complex IT systems, processes and/or software.
Relates to: ULO5, Enterprise Systems Lifecycle Analysis - Employ leadership and initiative in both self-directed and collaborative contexts to create value for others.
Relates to: ULO6, Request for Proposal, Enterprise Systems Lifecycle Analysis - Communicate effectively in IT professional and scholarly contexts to specialist and non-specialist audiences using written, visual and oral formats.
Relates to: ULO3, Solution Proposal, Enterprise Systems Lifecycle Analysis