Department of
Business Information Systems
Master Program: “Business Information Systems”
Advanced Business Information Systems
Development
Course Holder: Claudiu BRANDAS, PhD Associate Professor
Course Assistants: Otniel DIDRAGA, PhD Assistant Professor
Mihaela KAPPEL, SAP Expert, Dräxlmaier Group
Main objective
 To provide advanced knowledge for the development
and implementation of Enterprise Information
Systems Architectures based on complex platforms
and business processes, focused on SAP Solution
Manager.
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Learning objectives
By the end of the course, successful students will be able
to:
 Apply appropriate methodologies, methods and
advanced techniques for information systems
development (UP, MDA, MVC, ASAP).
 Model and document business processes and
information systems by BPMN, UML, SysML.
 Develop and manage SAP ERP implementation
projects in SAP Solution Manager.
 Use applications development support systems and
tools like: ARIS and SAP Solution Manager.
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Main Topics
1. Advanced concepts in Business Information Systems
2. Methodologies, techniques and tools for Business
Information Systems Development
3. BPM (Business Process Modeling) and SAP Business
Blueprinting
4. Business Information
Implementation
5. Business
Maintenance
Information
Systems
Systems
Design
Operations
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1. Advanced concepts in Business Information
Systems (Week 1)
 SOA (Service Oriented Architecture): SAP Enterprise
SOA – Fundamentals (Study Case)
 Cloud Computing in Business (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS):
SAP HANA (Study Case); SAP Business ByDesign
 Mobile Technology in
Platform (Study Case)
Business:
SAP
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Concepts Map
Enterprise Arhitecture
SAP Enterprise Arhitecture
Service Oriented Architecture
(SOA)
SAP SOA
Cloud Computing
SAP HANA
SAP Solution Manager
SAP Business ByDesign
Mobile Technology
SAP Mobile Platform
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2. Methodologies, techniques and tools for Business
Information Systems Development (Weeks 2 – 4)
 Understand and applying the latest methodologies, techniques and
tools for Business Information Systems Development like: UP
(Unified Process); MDA (Model Driven Architecture); MVC
(Model View Controller)
 Overview of UML/sysML: UML to ABAP; ABAP to UML
 SAP Solution Manager overview, SAP Application Lifecycle
Management and ASAP
 Information Systems Project Management (PM): Using SAP
Solution Manager for General PM
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3. BPM (Business Process Modeling) and SAP
Business Blueprinting
(Weeks 4 - 6)
 Business Process Management
Modeling: SAP BPM with ARIS
and
 Business
Blueprinting
with
SAP
(Documentation)
 Blueprinting the Organizational Structure
 Blueprinting Master Data requirements
 Blueprinting Process Requirements
Business
Process
Solution
Manager
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4. Business Information Systems Design and
Implementation
(Weeks 7 to 11)
 SAP SM: Solution Implementation (Weeks 7 and 8)
 SAP SM: Template Management (Weeks 8 and 9)
 SAP SM: Test Management (Weeks 10 and 11)
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5. Business Information Systems Operations and
Maintenance
(Weeks 11 to 13)
 SAP SM: Change Management (Week 11)
 SAP SM: Application Incident Management and Technical
Operations (Week 12)
 SAP SM: Business Process Operations (Week 12)
 SAP SM: Maintenance Management (Week 13)
 SAP SM: Upgrade Management (Week 13)
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Course final review and final project wrap-up
(Week 14)
Evaluation
 Workgroup practice project during the semester, consisting in
solving case studies (60% of the final mark)
 Written exam during the exam session, consisting of multiple
choice questions (40% of the final mark)
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References
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[ITG2013] International Technology Group, Cost/Benefit Case for SAP HANA Deployment Comparing Costs and Effectiveness of IBM and
Competitive Solutions, February 2013.
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[SAPSOLB, 2013] SAP Solution Brief, SAP HANA® Enterprise Cloud – The Power of Real-Time Business and Simplicity of the Cloud.
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[DEREK, 2007] Derek, P., Enterprise Architecture Techniques for SAP Customers, AMR Research, 2007.
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[LOPEZ, 2007] Lopez, F., SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework Unveiled: Aligning IT to the Business, SAP TechTour ’07, Palo Alto, 9th
August 2007
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[HACK, 2007] Hack, S., Lindemann, M.A., Enterprise SOA Roadmap, Galileo Press, 2007
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[Krakovski, 2012] Krakovski, J., Stoddard, E., Get Ahead of the SAP Solution Manager 7.1 Curve, SAP Insider, Dec 2012.
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[Melich, 2013], Melich, M., Unlock SAP HANA value with SAP Solution Manager, 2013
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[Minoli, 2008], Minoli, D., Enterprise Architecture A-Z: Frameworks, Business Process Modelling, SOA, and Infrastructure Technology,
CRC Press, 2008.
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[Brandas, Megan, Didraga, 2013] Brandas, C., Megan, O., GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS:
MOBILE AND CLOUD APPROACH, 2013
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[Rosen, 2008] Rosen, M., Lublinsky, B., Smith, K.T., Balcer, M., Applied SOA: Service-Oriented Architecture and Design Strategies, Wiley
Publishing, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-470-22365-9
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[SOFTWAREAG, 2012] Software AG, INTELLIGENT GUIDE TO ENTERPRISE BPM - REMOVE SILOS TO UNLEASH PROCESS
POWER, June, 2012.
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[Magal, 2009] Magal, S.R., Word, J., Essentials of Business Process and Information Systems, John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
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[DUMAS, 2013] Dumas, M., La Rosa, M., Mendling, J., Reijers, H.A., Fundamentals of Business Process Management, Springer, 2013.
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[Underdahl, 2013] Underdahl, B., Business Process Management For Dummies, 2nd IBM Limited Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
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[BPMN, 2007] OMG, BPMN 2.0 by Example, OMG Document Number: dtc/2010-06-02
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[OMG BPMN 2.0.2, 2013] OMG, Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN), Version 2.0.2, 2013.
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[Schafer, 2011] Schafer, M.O., Melich, M, SAP Solution Manager, Galileo Press, 2011.
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