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 | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree |
| 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 | 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Ability to apply knowledge on Mathematics, Science and Engineering to advanced systems. | |||||
| 2 | Implementing long-term research and development studies in major areas of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. | |||||
| 3 | Ability to use modern engineering tools, techniques and facilities in design and other engineering applications. | X | ||||
| 4 | Graduating researchers active on innovation and entrepreneurship. | |||||
| 5 | Ability to report and present research results effectively. | |||||
| 6 | Increasing the performance on accessing information resources and on following recent developments in science and technology. | |||||
| 7 | An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. | |||||
| 8 | Increasing the performance on effective communications in both Turkish and English. | |||||
| 9 | Increasing the performance on project management. | |||||
| 10 | Ability to work successfully at project teams in interdisciplinary fields. | 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 | ||