CLASSES

Each week you should attend three hours of lectures, a two-hour mixed class (a tutorial and a practical combined in a single session). For details of days, times and rooms consult the timetables webpage.

Note that the mixed classed commence in week 2.

You should have selected a mixed classed enrolment. You should attend the mixed class you are enrolled in. If you do not have a class, or if you wish to change one, you should see the enrolment operators in the E7B courtyard during the first two weeks of the semester. Thereafter you should go to the Student Centre.

REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND/OR MATERIALS

Textbook

The textbook for ISYS301 used this semester is:

• Papazoglou, M., Ribbers, P., (2006) e-Business: Organizational and Technical Foundations John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Chichester West Sussex U.K.

• There is also a companion website by the publisher at www.wiley.com. This site contains links to example material and more.

The following are supportive (i.e. recommended for enthusiastic students!) readings for the course (across the 13 weeks).

• Mili, H., Guy Tremblay, G., Jaoude, G., Lefebvre, E., Elabed, L., Boussaidi, G., (2010) "Business process modeling languages: Sorting through the alphabet soup" Computing Surveys 43(1) November pp: 4(1)-4(56).
• Kabak, Y., Dogac, A., (2010) " A survey and analysis of electronic business document standards" Computing Surveys 42(3) March pp: 11(1)-11(31).
• Eckhardt, A., Rosenkranz, C., (2010) "Lost in translation?!: the need for a boundary spanner between business and it" SIGMIS-CPR '10 May pp: 75-82.
• Jacobs, A., Nakata, K., (2010) "Evolving the social business: a look at stages of growth for Web 2.0 integration with business activities" IWCSC '10 September pp: 1-6.
• Sindhgatta, R., Sengupta, B., (2009) " An extensible framework for tracing model evolution in SOA solution design" OOPSLA '09 Otober 2009 pp: 647-658.
• Zarvić, N., Wieringa, R., van Eck, P., (2008) "Checking the alignment of value-based business models and IT functionality" SAC '08 March pp: 607-613.
• Rech, J., Schwach, W., Dietrich, M., Stuhec, G., (2010) "Intelligent assistance for collaborative schema governance in the German agricultural eBusiness sector" iiWAS '10 November pp: 867-870.
• Ko, R., (2009) "A computer scientist's introductory guide to business process management (BPM)" Crossroads 15(4) June pp: 11-18.
• Ionita, A., Catapano, A., Giuroiu, S., Florea, M., (2008) S"ervice oriented system for business cooperation" SDSOA '08 May pp: 13-18.
• Shahzad, K., Johannesson, P., (2009) " An evaluation of process warehousing approaches for business process analysis" EOMAS '09 June pp: 1-14.
• Kalbande, D., Thampi, G., Deotale, N., (2011) "e-procurement for increasing business process agility" ICWET '11 February pp: 761-764.
• Khoo, B., (2010) " RFID- from Tracking to the Internet of Things: A Review of Developments" GREENCOM-CPSCOM '10 December pp: 533-538.
• Cimino, A., Costantino, F., Di Gravio, G., Longo, F., (2009) "Reverse logistics of refillable glass bottles: a simulative approach" SpringSim '09 March pp: 1-6.
• Zhou, L., Xie, Y., Wild, N., Hunt, C., (2008) " Learning and practising supply chain management strategies from a business simulation game: a comprehensive supply chain simulation" WSC '08 December pp: 2534-2542.
• Margaria, T., Steffen, B., (2007) "Middleware: just another level for orchestration" MNCNA '07 November pp: 1-6.
• Paradies, M., Malaika, S., Nicola, M., Xie, K., (2010) " Comparing XML processing performance in middleware and database: a case study" Middleware Industrial Track '10 November pp: 35-39.
• Ramesh, J., Singh, S., Sharma, M., (2011) " Development of private cloud for educational institution using Aneka grid container" ICWET '11 February pp: 244-247.
• Heart, T., (2010) "Who is out there?: exploring the effects of trust and perceived risk on saas adoption intentions" SIGMIS Database 41(3) August pp: 49-68.
• Nitu (2009) "Configurability in SaaS (software as a service) applications" ISEC '09 February pp: 19-26.
• Norta, A., (2011) "A choreography language for eBusiness collaboration" SAC '11 March pp: 468-469.
• Samavi, R., Yu, E., Topaloglou, T., (2008) "Applying strategic business modeling to understand disruptive innovation" ICEC '08 August pp: 1-10.
• Rajam, S., Cortez, R., Vazhenin, A., Bhalla, S., (2010) "Design patterns in enterprise application integration for e-learning arena" HC '10 December pp: 81-88.
• Jiang, K., Winer, C., (2009) "Introducing an application integration course in IT curriculum" SIGITE '09 October pp: 33-36.
• Bernstein, P., Haas, L., (2008) "Information integration in the enterprise" Communications of the ACM 51(9) September pp: 72-79.
• Clavreul, M., Barais, O., Jézéquel, F., (2010) " Integrating legacy systems with MDE" ICSE '10 May pp: 69-78.
• Sánchez Ramón, O., Sánchez Cuadrado, J., García Molina, J., (2010) " Model-driven reverse engineering of legacy graphical user interfaces" ASE '10 September pp: 147-150.
• Rebstock, M., (2009) " Technical opinion: Semantic ambiguity: Babylon, Rosetta or beyond?" Communications of the ACM 52(5) May pp: 145-146.
• Huemer, C., Liegl, P., Motal, T., Schuster, R., Zapletal, M., (2008) "The development process of the UN/CEFACT modeling methodology" ICEC '08 August pp: 1-10.

UNIT WEBPAGE AND TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED

echo360

Digital recordings of lectures are available. Read instructions here.

Technology

Technology used will include IBM BP Modeller, Adonis etc. Students are also expected to make use of MS Word, MS Excel and MS Powerpoint and editing software to undertake XML and BPEL.

Discussion Boards

When groups are allocated for the group assignment. Students will have the opportunity to discuss issues amongst their groups on iLearn.

Standards

Four standards, namely HD, D, CR, P summarize as many different levels of achievement. Each standard is precisely defined to help students know what kind of performance is expected to deserve a certain mark. The standards corresponding to the learning outcomes of this unit are given below:

For each task, those standards translate into a mark and the different component marks are added up. You will then be given a grade that reflects your achievement in the unit. The following description of the different grades is still in draft form and therefore not official as yet

• Fail (F): does not provide evidence of attainment of all learning outcomes. There is missing or partial or superficial or faulty understanding and application of the fundamental concepts in the field of study; and incomplete, confusing or lacking communication of ideas in ways that give little attention to the conventions of the discipline.
• Pass (P): provides sufficient evidence of the achievement of learning outcomes. There is demonstration of understanding and application of fundamental concepts of the field of study; and communication of information and ideas adequately in terms of the conventions of the discipline. The learning attainment is considered satisfactory or adequate or competent or capable in relation to the specified outcomes.
• Credit (Cr): provides evidence of learning that goes beyond replication of content knowledge or skills relevant to the learning outcomes. There is demonstration of substantial understanding of fundamental concepts in the field of study and the ability to apply these concepts in a variety of contexts; plus communication of ideas fluently and clearly in terms of the conventions of the discipline.
• Distinction (D): provides evidence of integration and evaluation of critical ideas, principles and theories, distinctive insight and ability in applying relevant skills and concepts in relation to learning outcomes. There is demonstration of frequent originality in defining and analysing issues or problems and providing solutions; and the use of means of communication appropriate to the discipline and the audience.
• High Distinction (HD): provides consistent evidence of deep and critical understanding in relation to the learning outcomes. There is substantial originality and insight in identifying, generating and communicating competing arguments, perspectives or problem solving approaches; critical evaluation of problems, their solutions and their implications; creativity in application.

You will pass the unit if you

• perform satisfactorily in the assignments. A pass will mean you have satisfied the requirements stated in the assignment specification. Higher grades will mean you have shown evidence of using the set literature, particularly at grades Distinction and High Distinction.
• will be present and deliver some slides for your group presentation. Groups are only allocated after the census date (31/8), therefore if you are allocated to a group, you are still considered formally enrolled in the course.
• peform satisfactorily in the exam.

You stand a chance of failing if you do not submit satisfactory attempts at the assignments on time, you do not turn up at the group presentation without good reason and you do not perform satisfactorily in the exam.