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
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.
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
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)
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
Brandas C, Didraga O, Kappel M
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
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
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)
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)
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)
References
• [ITG2013] International Technology Group, Cost/Benefit Case for SAP HANA Deployment Comparing Costs and Effectiveness of IBM and Competitive Solutions, February 2013.
• [SAPSOLB, 2013] SAP Solution Brief, SAP HANA® Enterprise Cloud– The Power of Real-Time Business and Simplicity of the Cloud.
• [DEREK, 2007] Derek, P., Enterprise Architecture Techniques for SAP Customers, AMR Research, 2007.
• [LOPEZ, 2007] Lopez, F., SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework Unveiled: Aligning IT to the Business, SAP TechTour’07, Palo Alto, 9th August 2007
• [HACK, 2007] Hack, S., Lindemann, M.A., Enterprise SOA Roadmap, Galileo Press, 2007
• [Krakovski, 2012] Krakovski, J., Stoddard, E., Get Ahead of the SAP Solution Manager 7.1 Curve, SAP Insider, Dec 2012.
• [Melich, 2013], Melich, M., Unlock SAP HANA value with SAP Solution Manager, 2013
• [Minoli, 2008], Minoli, D., Enterprise Architecture A-Z: Frameworks, Business Process Modelling, SOA, and Infrastructure Technology, CRC Press, 2008.
• [Brandas, Megan, Didraga, 2013] Brandas, C., Megan, O., GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS: MOBILE AND CLOUD APPROACH, 2013
• [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
• [SOFTWAREAG, 2012] Software AG, INTELLIGENT GUIDE TO ENTERPRISE BPM - REMOVE SILOS TO UNLEASH PROCESS POWER, June, 2012.
• [Magal, 2009] Magal, S.R., Word, J., Essentials of Business Process and Information Systems, John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
• [DUMAS, 2013] Dumas, M., La Rosa, M., Mendling, J., Reijers, H.A., Fundamentals of Business Process Management, Springer, 2013.
• [Underdahl, 2013] Underdahl, B., Business Process Management For Dummies, 2ndIBM Limited Edition,John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
• [BPMN, 2007] OMG, BPMN 2.0 by Example, OMG Document Number: dtc/2010-06-02
• [OMG BPMN 2.0.2, 2013] OMG, Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN), Version 2.0.2, 2013.
• [Schafer, 2011] Schafer, M.O., Melich, M, SAP Solution Manager, Galileo Press, 2011.
