Subject

Integrated systems

1. Course Title Integrated systems
System Integration
2. Code F23L3S012
3. Study Programme Software Engineering and Information Systems, Software Engineering and Information Systems, Information Technology Management, Software Engineering
4. Organizer of the study programme (unit, institute, department or division) Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering
5. Degree level (first, second, third cycle) First Cycle
6. Academic year / semester 6 / Summer
7. Number of ECTS credits 6
8. Teacher Ivan Chorbev
9. Prerequisites for enrolling in the course Software Requirements Analysis and Design or Software Engineering
10. Objectives of the course programme (competences) Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be equipped to design, select, implement, and manage enterprise IT solutions. They should be able to work in a corporate environment to implement and maintain upgraded enterprise IT solutions. To be able to develop strategies for the technological architectures of complex software systems that serve large-scale data, many users, and a wide range of business processes.
11. Course content The course covers the design, selection, implementation, and management of enterprise IT solutions. The focus is on applications and infrastructure and their alignment with business. Students will learn about frameworks and strategies for managing infrastructure.,
system administration, data architectures, content management, distributed processing, legacy system integration, system consolidation, software selection, total cost of ownership calculation, IT investment analysis
and new technologies. Risk and security management as well as support for standards. Attention will also be paid to students' ability to transfer technology architecture strategies to the general business community. (1) Introduction to IT systems integration (enterprise architecture frameworks). (1) Types of system integration (software, hardware). (1) Enterprise data models, data/information architecture, and data integration. (1) Data/information architecture and data integration (methodologies). (2) Introduction to data warehouses, ETL, and data manipulation. (2) System integration technologies (XML, SOA, Web Services, COTS). (1) Virtualization, Cloud, Software as a Service, Open Source. (2) Enterprise Resource Planning Systems and business process models. (1) Risk management, total cost of ownership and return on investment, auditing and standards. (1) IT strategy and metrics, emerging technologies, system administration
12. Learning methods Lectures using presentations, interactive lectures, exercises (using equipment and software packages), teamwork, case studies, guest lecturers, independent preparation and defense of a project assignment and a seminar paper.
13. Total available time 6 ECTS x 30 hours = 180 hours
14. Distribution of available time 30 + 45 + 15 + 15 + 75 = 180 hours
15. Forms of teaching activities
15.1. Lectures - theoretical instruction 30 hours
15.2. Exercises (laboratory, auditory), seminars, teamwork 45 hours
16. Other forms of activities
16.1. Project assignments 15 hours
16.2. Independent assignments 15 hours
16.3. Home study 75 hours
17. Assessment method
17.1. Tests 10 points
17.2. Seminar paper / project (presentation: written and oral) 15 points
17.3. Activities and learning 10 points
17.4. Final exam 70 points
18. Grading criteria (points / grade)
up to 50 points5 (five) (F)
from 51 to 60 points6 (six) (E)
from 61 to 70 points7 (seven) (D)
from 71 to 80 points8 (eight) (C)
from 81 to 90 points9 (nine) (B)
from 91 to 100 points10 (ten) (A)
19. Requirement for obtaining a signature and taking the final exam Activities 15.2 and 16.1 have been completed.
20. Language of instruction Macedonian and English
21. Method for monitoring the quality of teaching internal evaluation and survey mechanism
22. Literature
22.1. Required literature
1. Scott A. Bernard | An Introduction To Enterprise Architecture: Third Edition | AuthorHouse | 2012
2. Minoli, D | Enterprise architecture A to Z: Frameworks, business process modeling, SOA, and infrastructure technology. | Auerbach. Regis Library | 2008
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22.2. Additional literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year