Management Information System
ECTS : 6
Description du contenu de l'enseignement :
Course description and objectives
This course will provide a general and practical overview of the issue of managing information systems in contemporary organizations. The course helps students analyze information systems problematics by using a multi-focal perspective on IS issues, focusing on information, technological and organizational dimensions of all IT projects. In order to do so, students will have to deal with a detailed case study, which they will have to solve in group and in 12 weeks, thanks to a sequence of activities. These activities are mostly carried out on line, the in-class hours being dedicated to answering students’ questions and framing their work.
Course structure
- Introduction to Management of Information Systems
- Business Process Modeling
- Business Process Reengineering
- Informational analysis
- Technological Analysis
- Organizational Analysis
- Needs Analysis
- Change Management in IT Projects
- Risk Management in IT Projects
- Privacy related issues in IT Projects
- Drafting functional specifications
- Defense.
Compétence à acquérir :
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to
- Identify, model and improve business processes
- Analyze the informational dimensions of an organizations (information flux, information quality, information processing)
- Analyze the technological dimensions of an organization (technological constraints related to software, hardware, network and database issues)
- Analyze the organizational dimensions of the IT project (identify key stakeholders, describe organizational culture, find key leverages for change management)
- Formulate a plan of action for the project scope (features, business process changes, use cases)
- Formulate a plan of action for project management (communication plan, implementation plan)
The course will also provide students with elements of IT culture relevant for future managers involved in IT Projects.
Mode de contrôle des connaissances :
Assignments and grading
- Weekly activities are required from each student, conducted in group. These assignments are graded by peers. Consequently, one of the weekly assignments is the grading of another groups’ assignment.
- At Week 6, students deliver a first version of the need’s analysis. This first deliverable is defended in front of a teacher, acting as senior consultant (20 %)
- At week 12, students deliver the final version of the functional specifications (40 %). This deliverable is defended in front of a panel of teachers, acting as the client company. The defense is attributed a grade (40 %).
The numerical grade distribution will dictate the final grade. The passing grade for a course is 10/20.
Class participation: Active class participation – this is what makes classes lively and instructive. Come on time and prepared. Class participation is based on quality of comments, not quantity.
Academic integrity
Be aware of the rules in Université Paris Dauphine about plagiarism and cheating during exams. All work turned in for this course must be your own work, or that of your own group. Working as part of a group implies that you are an active participant and fully contributed to the output produced by that group.
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