ECTS - Foundations in IT Management
Foundations in IT Management (ISE501) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Foundations in IT Management | ISE501 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Information Systems Engineering Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Ph.D. |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The objective of this course is to provide an overview of IT services. The course is comprised of sessions where each session covers an IT service and will use case studies to introduce students to real-world examples of the services provided by IT corporations for their customers. The focus will be on the essential concepts and methodologies used to architect, implement, and support companies requesting IT services. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Computing infrastructure overview; introduction to IT Services: event and fault management; problem management; change management; configuration management; asset management (inventory and software distribution); performance and capacity management;security management; network management; storage management; workload management; backup and recover |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Computing Infrastructure Overview | Ch. 2-5 |
| 2 | Introduction to IT Services | Ch. 6-7 |
| 3 | Event and fault management | Ch. 9-12 |
| 4 | Problem management | Ch. 13 |
| 5 | Change management and configuration management | Ch.14, 16 |
| 6 | Asset management | Ch. 17-18 |
| 7 | Performance and capacity management | Ch. 19 |
| 8 | Security management | Ch. 22 |
| 9 | Network management | Ch. 23-24 |
| 10 | Storage and workload management | Ch. 25-26 |
| 11 | Backup and Recovery management | Ch. 27 |
| 12 | End-user services | Ch. 30 |
| 13 | Reporting management | Ch. 31 |
| 14 | BPM fundamentals | Ch. 32-33 |
| 15 | Final Examination Period | Review of topics |
| 16 | Final Examination Period | Review of topics |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Foundations in IT Services - Lecture Notes, IBM Corporation, 2007. |
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| Other Sources | 2. van Bon, J., Foundations of IT Service Management: based on ITIL, Van Haren Publishing, 2005. |
| 3. Sturm, R., Morris, W., Foundations of Service Level Management, Sams, 2000 | |
| 4. Fitzsimmons, J., Fitzsimmons, M., Service Management: Operations, Strategy, Information Technology, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 6th edition, 2007. | |
| 5. Addy, Rob. Effective IT Service Management – To ITIL and Beyond! Springer, 2007. | |
| 6. Orand, B., Foundations of IT Service Management: The Unofficial ITIL v3 Foundations Course in a Book, BookSurge Publishing, 2009. | |
| 7. Hurwitz, J., Bloor, R., Kaufman, M., Halper, F., Service Management For Dummies, For Dummies, 2009. | |
| 8. Betz, C., Architecture and Patterns for IT Service Management, Resource Planning, and Governance: Making Shoes for the Cobbler's Children, Morgan-Kaufmann, 2006. | |
| 9. Case, G., DuMoulin, T., Spalding, G., Dissanayake, A. C., Service Management Strategies that Work - Guidance for Executives, Van Haren, 1st edition, 2007 |
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 | |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | X |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To become familiar with the state-of-the art and the literature in the software engineering research domain | |||||
| 2 | An ability to conduct world-class research in software engineering and publish scholarly articles in top conferences and journals in the area | |||||
| 3 | Be able to conduct quantitative and qualitative studies in software engineering | |||||
| 4 | Acquire skills needed to bridge software engineering academia and industry and to develop and apply scientific software engineering approaches to solve real-world problems | X | ||||
| 5 | 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. | X | ||||
| 6 | An understanding of professional, legal, ethical and social issues and responsibilities related to Software Engineering. | X | ||||
| 7 | 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. | X | ||||
| 8 | An understanding about the impact of Software Engineering solutions in a global, environmental, societal and legal context while making decisions. | |||||
| 9 | Promote the development, adoption and sustained use of standards of excellence for software engineering practices. | X | ||||
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 | ||