Advanced Business Information Systems Development

Master Program: “Business Information Systems”

Department of

Business Information Systems

Course Holder: Claudiu BRANDAS, PhD Associate Professor

Course Assistants: Otniel DIDRAGA, PhD Assistant Professor

Mihaela KAPPEL, SAP Expert, Dräxlmaier Group

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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 objectivesBy 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.

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 Systems Design and

Implementation

5. Business Information Systems Operations and

Maintenance

Main Topics

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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 Business: SAP Mobile

Platform (Study Case)

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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

Concepts Map

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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 and Business Process

Modeling: SAP BPM with ARIS

Business Blueprinting with SAP Solution Manager

(Documentation)

Blueprinting the Organizational Structure

Blueprinting Master Data requirements

Blueprinting Process Requirements

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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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Competitive Solutions, February 2013.

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August 2007

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CRC Press, 2008.

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MOBILE AND CLOUD APPROACH, 2013

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