IST 421 Course Task Force
Dr. Stan Aungst (sga103@psu.edu)
Dr. Chao H. Chu (chu@ist.psu.edu)
Dr. Shawn Clark (Sclark@ist.psu.edu)
Dr. John Yen (yen@cs.tamu.edu)
Agenda / Issues
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Course Description
Course Objectives
Core Topics
Draft Syllabus
Software Tools
Problem/project
Text Possibilities
Issues/discussion
Course Description – IST 321
IST 321 focuses on introducing the student to
the role of information systems and
technologies in achieving a variety of system
goals. Emphasis will be placed on the
theories and skills required for planning,
developing, implementing, and managing the
integration of information technology and
different systems.
Course Description – IST 421
IST 421 expands the knowledge gained in IST
321 on the theories and skills required for
planning, developing, implementing, and
managing the integration of information
technology and different systems. IST 421 is
required of all Information Sciences and
Technology (IST) undergraduates who have
chosen the Information Technology Integration
Option in their Baccalaureate degree.
(Continued)
Course Description – IST 421
Upon completion of the course, the student will
have expanded knowledge of information
technology and system integration issues across
multiple application settings. They will also
have a deeper understanding of the specific
information technology that can serve as the
foundation for designing or integrating systems
within an organization or designing B2B
applications, and have experience that fosters an
understanding of the role of IT achieving system
performance goals.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course, the student will have:
• An in depth look at the impact of information technology
on a wide variety of systems applications;
• An expanded knowledge of information technology and
systems integration issues;
• Through the team-based project, hands-on experience in
all phases of a system’s development and implementation;
• Insight to new and different uses of IT to realize system
goals; and
• The organization, technology, and data modeling skills
necessary to integrate legacy systems within an
organization or designing B2B applications.
Relevant Practical Experiences
Activities
Case Studies*
Guest Lectures
Units (hrs)
2-5
1-2
Hands-on Exercises (skills)
Team-Based Project / Management
Project Presentation
System Integration Life Cycle*
Required
Required
3-4
Strategic instead of low level focus*
Focus
* Suggested by Lockheed Martin
Suggested Core Topics
Topics
Review of IT and Systems Integration
Units
2
Advanced Process Modeling and Analysis:
- Advanced Systems Theory
2
- Enterprise Modeling and Analysis
3
Application Integration:
- Supply Chain Management (SCM)
3
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
3
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
2
- Other Applications (Health Care, Government, …)
3
Legacy Integration
3
Business to Business (B2B) Integration
4
Emerging Topics in IT Integration (Wireless, Mobile Computing)
2
Advanced XML Applications (Portals, Java, CORBA, …)
8
Sample Syllabus
• See your handout!
• Please note:
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Order of topics
Rough time allotments
Set of core skills (and some room to add others)
Software tools?
• Implied in this design are:
– Problem/project orientation
– Team-based orientation.
– Writing and speaking skills
Software Tools
• Application/Systems:
– ERP (SAP)
– Oracle
– Others?
• Project Management tool:
– Microsoft Project
• XML / Java / CORBA ?
Problems/Project
• Nested set of problems/ projects:
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Individual vs. Group Exercises
Enterprise Modeling
Systems Integration Life Cycle
Differing approaches to systems Integration
Project Management
One big project vs. several smaller ones
• These need to be developed….
Possible Texts
• No one best text.
• Choices are to:
• Develop customized text
• Develop web-based collection
• Develop some combination of collected
pieces (web/written/articles...)
• Pick a text (or two) and supplement.
Suggested Textbooks
Systems Integration:
• Linthicum, David S., Enterprise Application Integration,
Addison-Wesley Pub Co., 1999.
or
• Linthicum, David S., B2B Application Integration: eBusiness-Enable Your Enterprise, Addison-Wesley Pub Co.,
2000.
XML:
• Goldfarb, C. F. and Prescod, P., The XML Handbook, Third
Edition, Prentice Hall PTR, 2001. ISBN: 0-13-055068-X
or
• Deitel, H. M., Deitel, P. J., Nieto, T. R., Lin, T. M. and
Sadhu, P., XML: How to Program, Prentice Hall, 2001
Supplement Reading Materials
• Enterprise Application Integration:
- EAIQ: http://eai.ebizq.net/
- Search engine (e.g., www.google.com)
- Library database (e.g., ABI/INFORM, ACM, Applied Science &
Tech Abstract, Compendex)
• Enterprise Modeling:
- Enterprise Integration Lab., Department of Industrial Engineering,
University of Toronto. http://www.eil.utoronto.ca/eil.html
- Enterprise Integration, Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute,
UK. http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~entprise/enterprise/
• On-line Teaching Cases:
- isworld.org (http://www.isworld.org)
• Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) Resources
• XML Resources
Issues & Discussion
• Levels of Integration
• Application Domains
• Problems/projects
• Materials/examples
• Text decisions