Online Courses run 3 times per year: Jan 19; June 17, Sept 20
Information Systems CoreCourse Summary:
Module 1: Information Systems, Role, Standards, Business Drivers, Strategies Module 2: Enterprise Architecture Module 3: Hardware Software and Network Infrastructure Module 4: Internet and WWW Module 5: e-Commerce Module 6: Project Management Module 7: Systems Development Module 8: Application and System Types Module 9: Data Management Module 10: Data Modeling Module 11: Decision Support and Business Intelligence Module 12: Ethics, Privacy and Security Textbook:
The textbook used for this course is Management Information Systems for the Information Age by Stephen Haag (University of Denver) and Maeve Cummings (Pittsburg State University), McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 9th edition, 2013, ISBN-10: 007337685X, ISBN-13: 978-0073376851, and can be purchased through www.amazon.com. Data ManagementModule 1: Data Management Process
Module 2: Data Governance Function Module 3: Data Architecture Management Function Module 4: Data Development Function Module 5: Data Operations Management Function Module 6: Data Security Function Module 7: Reference and Master Data Management Function Module 8: Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Management Function Module 9: Document and Content Management Function Module 10: Meta-Data Management Function Module 11: Data Quality Management Function Module 12: Professional Development Textbook:
The textbook is extra and can be purchased through technicspub.com at $74.75 new or at e-reader prices: DAMA-DMBOK by DAMA International, 1st Edition, 2009. 2nd Edition 2017 DMBoK V2. There is also a companion DAMA Dictionary, available through technicspub.com. Business Intelligence & Data AnalyticsModule 1: BI Concepts
Module 2: BI Current State Considerations Module 3: Infrastructures and Tool Functional Areas Module 4: BI and Data Management Module 5: BI and Organizational Roles Module 6: Corporate Performance Management Module 7: Inputs for Decision Making Module 8: Analytics Techniques Module 9: BI Justification Module 10: Evaluation and Selection of a BI Platform and Tool Module 11: BI Solution Lifecycle Module 12: Additional areas for BI Consideration Textbook:
The New Era of Enterprise Business Intelligence: Using Analytics to Achieve a Global Competitive Advantage by Mike Biere, IBM Press, 2011. ISBN-10: 0-13-707542-3, ISBN-13: 978-0-13-707542-3 available through www.amazon.com. Data Foundations
Module 1: Introduction to data foundations
Module 2: Database Development Module 3: Introduction to Data Foundations II Module 4: Introduction to Data Foundations II Cont'd. Module 5: Data Administration Module 6: Data Administration Cont'd. Module 7: Database and Repository Management Module 8: Data Management Environment Modules 9-12: Database Management Environment Cont'd. Course Textbook and Other Resources Principles of Data Management: Facilitating Information Sharing, 2nd Edition, Keith Gordon (2013), BCS Learning and Development Ltd. ISBN -978-1-78017-184-5; PDF ISBN -978-1-78017-185-2 Data Governance and StewardshipModule 1: Data Governance and Stewardship Core Concepts
Module 2: Data Governance Program Overview Module 3:Data Governance Program Business Case Module 4:Data Governance Deployment Methodology: Part I Module 5:Data Governance Program Deployment Methodology: Part II Module 6: Data Stewardship Role Types, Basic Duties, Artifacts, and Tools Module 7: Data Stewardship Activities: Data Architecture Focus and Data Development Focus Module 8: Data Stewardship Activities: Data Operations Focus and Data Security Focus Module 9: Data Stewardship Activities: Data Integration and Interoperability Focus, and Document and Content Focus Module 10: Data Stewardship Activities: Reference and Master Data Management Focus and Data Warehousing / Business Intelligence Focus Module 11:Data Stewardship Activities; Metadata and Data Quality Focus Module 12: Additional Data Governance and Stewardship Considerations The textbook is extra and can be purchased through www.amazon.com at new or various used or e-reader prices. Ladley, John, DATA GOVERNANCE: HOW TO DESIGN, DEPLOY, AND SUSTAIN AN EFFECTIVE DATA GOVERNANCE PROGRAM, Morgan Kaufman, August 10, 2012, ISBN-10: 0124158293, ISBN-13: 978-0124158290 and DAMA International, THE DAMA GUIDE TO THE DATA MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE (DAMA-DMBOK), Technics Publications, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9771400-8-4 at www.technicspub.com/dmbok/
Data WarehouseModule 1: Data Warehousing (DW) and Business Intelligence (BI) Concepts
Module 2: DW and BI Use Module 3: DW Management Module 4: DW Roles Module 5: DW Architectures Module 6: DW & BI tech. architecture Module 7: DW Analysis Module 8: DW Modeling & Design Module 9: Data Management Process Relationship Module 10: DW Development Module 11: BI Application Development Activities Module 12: DW Implementation & Enchancement Textbook:
TextbookThe textbook is extra and can be purchased through www.amazon.com at $37.74 USD new or at various used or e-reader prices: A Manager’s Guide to Data Warehousing by Laura L. Reeves, Wiley, 2009. ISBN-10: 0470176385, ISBN-13: 978-0470176382. Information Systems ManagementModule 1: Management and Information Systems Concepts
Module 2: Strategy Models Module 3: Strategic Use of Information Resources Module 4: IT, Organizational Design and Management Control Module 5: Technology and Work Design Module 6: Business Process Management (BPM) Module 7: Strategy, Architecture and Infrastructure Module 8: IT/IS Sourcing Module 9: IT Governance and Ethics Module 10: IT Funding Module 11: Project Management Module 12: Data, Information, Knowledge Management and Business Analytics Textbook
The textbook is extra and can be purchased through www.amazon.com at new or various used or e-reader prices. Managing and Using Information Systems by Keri E. Pearlson and Carol S. Saunders, Pearson Education Inc. (John Wiley & Sons), 4th edition, copyright 2010 and 2012 (A Strategic Approach), published Jan. 14, 2009, ISBN-10: 047034343818, ISBN-13: 978-0-470-34381-4. Systems DevelopmentModule 1: Systems Concepts and Roles
Module 2: Systems Development Approaches Module 3: Project Management Process, Methodologies, & Techniques Module 4: Systems Project Planning Module 5: Systems Requirements Determination Module 6: Systems Process Requirements Structuring Module 7: Systems Data Requirements Structuring Module 8: Logical & Physical Design Module 9: Designing Forms, Reports, Interfaces and Dialogues Module 10: Distributed and Internet systems considerations & Documentation Module 11: Implementation Considerations Module 12: Maintenance Considerations Textbook:
The textbook is extra and can be purchased through www.amazon.com at new or various used or e-reader prices. Modern Systems Analysis and Design by Jeffrey A. Hoffer, Joey George and Joe Valacich, Pearson Education Inc. (Prentice-Hall), 6th edition (global international), copyright 2011, published Feb 23, 2010, ISBN-10: 0135094895, ISBN-13: 9780135094891. Data & Information QualityModule 1: DIQ Issues, Definitions and Importance
Module 2: Quality approaches and relationships to information Module 3: Data Quality Frameworks: Methodology, Maturity Models, QM Awards Module 4: Assessment: Data Definition and Information Architecture Quality Module 5: Assessment DIQ Module 6: Measurement Poor Quality Information Costs Module 7: Information Improvement: Data Cleansing Module 8: Information Process Improvement: data defect prevention Module 9: DIQ Tools & Techniques Module 10: DG Governance Function & Stewardship Module 11: Implementation: DIQ Environment Module 12: DIQ - Sustainment, Monitoring, Metrics Reporting Textbook:
The textbook is extra and can be purchased through www.amazon.com at $74.65 USD new or at various used or e-reader prices: Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information Quality by Larry P. English, Wiley, 1999, ISBN-10: 0471253839; ISBN-13: 978-0471253839 |