ECTS - IT Economy
IT Economy (ISE555) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| IT Economy | ISE555 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | N/A |
| Course Level | Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree |
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| Learning and Teaching Strategies | . |
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| Course Objectives | The course aims at giving the student an understanding of impact of IT and new technology for evolution in modern society and enterprises. The evolution and development of society and industry will be elaborated based on different infrastructural perspectives such as, information systems, technology, economics, process and the perspective of strategizing. The course elaborates on different perspectives of economics, technology, information systems, and business economics on development and growth. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Basics of economics and accounting; strategic decision making; outsourcing; project evaluation techniques; IT operational budget: SaaS, pricing models; service economy; cost tracking and management; IT spending and staffing benchmarks, metrics; performance evaluation. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Introduction | Ch.1 (Tardugno, DiPasquale, Matthews) |
| 2 | IT Investment Management Framework | Ch.2 (Fitzpatrick) |
| 3 | Evaluating and Selecting IT Investments | Ch.3 (Fitzpatrick) |
| 4 | Evaluating and Selecting IT Investments | Ch.3 (Fitzpatrick) |
| 5 | Evaluating and Selecting IT Investments | Ch.3 (Fitzpatrick) |
| 6 | Buyer-Seller Relations | Ch. 3 (Tardugno, DiPasquale, Matthews) |
| 7 | Buyer-Seller Relations | Ch. 3 (Tardugno, DiPasquale, Matthews) |
| 8 | Resource and Cost Model | Ch. 9 (Tardugno, DiPasquale, Matthews) |
| 9 | Resource and Cost Model | Ch. 9 (Tardugno, DiPasquale, Matthews) |
| 10 | Resource and Cost Model | Ch. 9 (Tardugno, DiPasquale, Matthews) |
| 11 | Benchmarking | Ch. 10 (Tardugno, DiPasquale, Matthews) |
| 12 | Benchmarking | Ch. 10 (Tardugno, DiPasquale, Matthews) |
| 13 | Measuring Success | Ch. 11 (Tardugno, DiPasquale, Matthews) |
| 14 | Measuring Success | Ch. 11 (Tardugno, DiPasquale, Matthews) |
| 15 | Final Examination Period | Review of topics |
| 16 | Final Examination Period | Review of topics |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Tardugno, A., DiPasquale, T., Matthews, R., IT Services: Costs, Metrics, Benchmarking and Marketing, Prentice Hall PTR, 2000. |
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| 2. Fitzpatrick, E. W., Planning and Implementing IT Portfolio Management: Maximizing the Return on Information Technology Investments, IT Economics Corp., 1. baskı, 2005. | |
| Other Sources | 3. Hefley, B. (ed.), Murphy, W. (ed.), Service Science, Management and Engineering: Education for the 21st Century, Springer, 2008. |
| 4. Johnson, M. D., Gustafsson A., Competing in a Service Economy: How to Create a Competitive Advantage Through Service Development and Innovation, Jossey-Bass (J-B-UMBS Series), 2003. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 3 | 30 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 5 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | An ability to apply advanced knowledge of computing and/or informatics to solve software engineering problems. | |||||
| 2 | Develop solutions using different technologies, software architectures and life-cycle approaches. | |||||
| 3 | An ability to design, implement and evaluate a software system, component, process or program by using modern techniques and engineering tools required for software engineering practices. | |||||
| 4 | An ability to gather/acquire, analyze, interpret data and make decisions to understand software requirements. | |||||
| 5 | Skills of effective oral and written communication and critical thinking about a wide range of issues arising in the context of working constructively on software projects. | |||||
| 6 | An ability to access information in order to follow recent developments in science and technology and to perform scientific research or implement a project in the software engineering domain. | |||||
| 7 | An understanding of professional, legal, ethical and social issues and responsibilities related to Software Engineering. | |||||
| 8 | Skills in project and risk management, awareness about importance of entrepreneurship, innovation and long-term development, and recognition of international standards of excellence for software engineering practices standards and methodologies. | |||||
| 9 | An understanding about the impact of Software Engineering solutions in a global, environmental, societal and legal context while making decisions. | |||||
| 10 | Promote the development, adoption and sustained use of standards of excellence for software engineering practices. | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | |||
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 5 | 80 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 3 | 15 | 45 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload | 175 | ||