Lecturer: Gianmario Motta  

Course name: Design of Information Sysytems
Course code: 502998
Degree course: Ingegneria Informatica
Disciplinary field of science: ING-INF/05
L'insegnamento è caratterizzante per: Ingegneria Informatica
University credits: CFU 6
Course website: n.d.

Specific course objectives

This course illustrates the architecture and design roadmap for the information systems that support activities inside the enterprises , namely ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) SCM (Supply Chain Management) e BI (Business Intelligence).
This course is completed by its brother course on CRM (Customer Relationship Management) given n the subsequent semester.
The teaching approach combines lectures on foundations, discussions of case studies and lab team work.

Course programme

Introduction to ERP Systems
History of ERP software
The ERP paradigm
Functional coverage of ERP systems
The ERP software platform architecture
The ERP offering: proprietary ERP, open source ERP
Impact of ERP systems onto enterprises

Design and management of ERP projects


Phases of ERP projects: a case study

Request For Proposal (RFP)
Design and Requirements Analysis
Customization
Test and roll-out
Exercise on a real case

IT Project Management : foundations

Breakdown structures: ABS, PBS, CBS ecc.
Management of the ERP project
Customization of the roadmap to an individual project: case study

Supply Chain Management (SCM) e di Product Life Cycle Management: an overview


Main functions
Case studies

Integration between enterprise systems, Business Intelligence and internet context


The issue of integrating information across the enterprise: vertical and horizontal integration Horizontal integration: EAI e SOA
Vertical integration between events and business transactions processing: CIM, RFID and Internet of things
Vertical integration between events and business decision making: Business Intelligence

Course entry requirements

We highly recommend a good command on Information systems foundation, such as the one provided by 062167 – Information Systems offered in the undergraduate major in Informatics of this same University

Course structure and teaching

Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 28
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 20
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 20

Suggested reading materials

G. Bracchi, C. Francalanci, G. Motta. . Sistemi informativi per l'impresa. McGraw-Hill Italia Milano 2009.

Reference text book.

An English version is in preparation.

Gianmario Motta (ed.) . Course Notes .

Download from "copisteria Virtuale" on the Unipv website .

Testing and exams

Student teams perform an assignment of analysis/ design of an ERP system . At the examination session the student defends his assignment and discusses also conceptual foundations. The mark sums (1) team assignment (2) assignment defense (3) oral explanation of conceptual foundations. Students who cannot participate to the team assignment will go through a written exercise and an oral discussion.