IS 425 Enterprise Information LECTURE 1 Winter 2006-2007

IS 425

Enterprise Information

LECTURE 1

Winter 2006-2007

IS425 Spring 2005-2006 Session 1 2

Agenda Introduction Survey Course Overview Requirements Readings & Online Resources MSIS 2007 Competency Modules Basics about Enterprise Information Value Chain Framework Information Values Next Week


Course Goals By the end of the course the student will be

able to: Analyze the major business forces that influence IT usage in

organizations, Analyze the major business processes and information flows in

organizations, Evaluate the current IT conflicts and use critical thinking skills to

argue positions, Analyze characteristics of the major IS professional competencies.


Readings No required textbooks to purchase. All readings (required and recommended) are web

available. Most come from Books 24x7 service available to all

DePaul students IS 425 Course homepage has instructions DePaul Online Library's 24x7 E-Books is the starting

point Printable files on DL Web. Assigned weekly readings are found at the weekly topic

page: http://condor.depaul.edu/~schan/425home/425week.htm


Requirements

Prerequisites: IT 215 or SE 325 30% 4 Quizzes / Homework 30% Individual Paper -- due week 5 30% Team Debate -- weeks 10 and 11; report due

week 11 1/3 (10 points) individual contribution based on peer

evaluation. 2/3 group performance.

10% Participation -- attendance/discussion/marketnews

discussion forum (DL)


Quizzes and/or Homework

30% of final grade Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 9 Submit homework (week2) and quizzes (for DL

students) Sorry –

No makeup quizzes allowed No late homework submissions allowed


Individual Paper Due Week 5 An IS Competency Analysis of your choosing Use at least 5 primary web-accessible sources 4-5 pages (12 point font, double spaced) Sections:

1. Introduction (What is the competency?) 2. What are the characteristics of this competency?3. Why is this competency important to employers?4. What skills does this competency draw on (courses)?5. What makes a person more valued than others in exercising

this competency?6. Why are you interested in this competency?

**Avoid direct quotes from the CTI Web site for curriculum and course description.


Team Debate Two teams will debate an issue (pro/con) 4-6 members on each team At least one member of each team “argues”. All members provide research and analysis. Debate takes place in week 10/11 sessions. Assign debate topic by week 4. Agree on definition/scope by week 6. Paper is due week 11.


Participation

10% maximum of the grade How earned? For in-class section (1% per session):

Class Attendance and in-class discussion Market News:

Circulating copies of a news article that covers some aspect of a course topic & summarizing is class

For DL section Participating in weekly discussion forums within due date

(1% per session) Attendance of guest lectures


MS-IS 2007 Curriculum

Competency based The Four Phases

Pre-requisite Phase Java (2), Stats, A&D, Internet Apps

Foundation Phase Gateway Course – IS 425 OO Modeling – SE 430 Database Design – CSC 451 (CSC 449) Distributed IS – ECT 425

Advanced Phase (competency modules) 8 courses (3 500-level)

Capstone course – IS 577


CSC 212Programming

in Java II

ECT 425Technical

Fundamentals Of Distributed Info Systems

CSC 451Database

Design

SE 430Object-Oriented

Modeling

IS 425Enterprise Information

IT 215Analysis &

Design Techniques

IT 223Data

Analysis

ECT 310Internet

Application Development

CSC 211Programming

In Java I

ApplicationDevelopmentDatabase I

E-BusinessSystems

Data Mining& Analytics

Network Design

CapstoneIS 577

Level I

Level III

Level II

Foundation Phase

Prerequisite Phase

HCI MethodsInternet

ApplicationDevelopment

Database IIInformation

Assurance &Security

EnterpriseSystems

Integration

IT Project Management

I

Wireless &Mobile

Applications

Knowledge Management

IT Planning& Strategies

GlobalSystems

& Strategies

Competency Modules for MSIS

Legal & Social

Issues

Advanced Internet Tech.

IT Architecture

Design

SoftwareEngineering

IT Project Management

II


Competencies

19 competency modules groupingsIT Management Oriented (5)

Internet Oriented (2)

Design/Development Oriented (5)

Data Oriented (4)

Infrastructure Oriented (3)

Competency Cross-list Worksheet

https://www.cti.depaul.edu/programs/2007/Download/competencycourse-xlstgrouped2007.xls


IT Management Oriented IT Project Management I

IT Project Management II

IT Planning & Global Strategies

Legal & Social Issues

IT Regulatory Compliance

Internet Oriented Internet Application Development

Wireless/Mobile Applications

Infrastructure Oriented Network Design

Information Assurance & Security Design

IT Architecture Design

Design/Development OrientedApplication Development Software Engineering e-Business Systems HCI Methods Enterprise Systems Integration

Data Oriented Database Design I Database Design II Data Mining & Analytics

Knowledge Management


Basics about Enterprise Information What is the most basic goal of a firm? “Make a profit as in Profit = Return* – Costs”

versus “Make a customer” -- relationship To sell something – what must be done? Have something that can be sold for more than it

costs IT is involved in increasing Sales (e.g., CRM) IT is involved in decreasing Costs (e.g., SCM) IT is involved in relationship building and

collaboration (CRM & SCM).*Return = Revenue = Sales for our purposes


Basics continued

Primary activities – those that transform inputs into something that people will buy – a manufacturer: Inbound logistics Operations Outbound Logistics Marketing and Sales Service

Secondary activities – those that support those involved in primary activities Procurement Technology Development Human Resource Management Firm Infrastructure


Figure 3.6: Porter's value chain model for a manufacturing firm. (Source: Reprinted with permission of the Free Press, a Division of Simon & Schuster Inc. from Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance. Copyright © 1985 by Michael Porter.)

Porter’s Value Chain Analysis Model


The Value Chain: Firm’s Perspective


Basics Which Primary activities are categorized as Costs?

As Sales? Input Logistics Operations Output Logistics Sales Service

Which Secondary activities are categorized as Costs? As Sales? Firm Infrastructure Human Resource Management Technology Development Procurement


The Value Chain for Firms Clarifies:

key processes core competencies activities

Strengths Weaknesses Value-adding potentials Cost-reduction potentials

Develops: strategy strategic advantage


The Value Chain for Firms Targeted Activities that improve Value Chain

Find Information Systems to fill need Use Value Chain to analyze each

competitor’s Strengths Weaknesses

Use Value Chain to determine usefulness of employing Inter-Organizational Information Systems (IOIS), e.g., SCM


Suppliers Manufacturer Distributors Customers

OL

IL OL

IL OL

The Value Chain: Industry Perspective

Supplier

Manufacturer

Distributor


Suppliers Manufacturer Distributors Customers

The Market RolesExample: Auto Industry

Create component products or provide services, raw materials or talent

Design and build products, services, and solutions that meets a specific customer or market needs.

Enable buyers and sellers to connect, communicate, and transact business.

Consumers or business willing to pay for a product, service, or solutions.


Suppliers Manufacturer

Distributors

Customers

Customer Direct

Disintermediation

Channel Conflict


Value

So, to determine our value chain, what must we have?

Information? What is a datum or what are data? What is information? What is knowledge? What is the aim as an information systems

professional on “information”?


Information Value

How can a firm enhance information’s value?


Information

Information Asset vs. Information Value What raises information value? Access? Accuracy? Context? Reliability? Synergies with other information? Volume? Now, turning to the profit paradigm?


Information Value: Management

Return Cost

Productivity


Information and Profit

Goal =


Economic Sectors

Sector Costs Return Productivityor Profit

Agriculture Equipment, seed and labor

Produce sales

Yield/acre

Mfg Plant and Production costs

Product sales Pieces/unit of resource

Service Wage and technology

Sale of skill or information

Capacity

Information Wage and technology

Relative information value

Rate of increase in information value



How is information used in each sector?

Agriculture sector? Manufacturing sector? Service sector? Information sector?


The Internet Value Proposition

Transform customer relationship Customer centered, self service, 1:1;

choices; delivery to customer location; customer needs

Displace traditional source of values Physical vs. digital value Economies of scale vs economy of scope Mass produced vs mass customized Information vs. knowledge value Distribution as constraints vs. enabler Local vs. global


Homework Complete and submit Homework #1 on

DLWeb – Assignments by next Tuesday Find 3 "hot" topics for CIOs. Write a short description of the 3 topics explaining if the topic affects some

part of the profit formula. The total description can not exceed 150 words or 50 words for each topic

excluding References. Use at least 3 references for the assignment. Each topic should not be a

summary of the referenced article. All references should be presented in full citations (author, title, sources, date/year, URL). Use superscript or in-text citations for references. Limit the number of direct quotes.

I am expecting an analysis on a topic, NOT a summary of an article. BRING a COPY OF THE ASSIGNMENT TO CLASS SO WE CAN

DISCUSS IN SESSION 2 AFTER SUBMITING ASSIGNMENT ON COL.

For DL students: Complete and submit the Survey and assignment #1 on DLWeb

Read assigned chapters for week 1 & week 2

Documents

IS 425 Enterprise Information LECTURE 1 Winter 2006-2007