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Business Software (English taught)30537/3857/1617/1/06
Study guide

Business Software (English taught)

30537/3857/1617/1/06
Academic year 2016-17
Is found in:
  • International Curriculum, programme stage 3
This is a single course unit.
Study load: 4 credits
Weight: 4,00
Total study time: 100,00 hours
Possible deadlines for learning account: 01.12.2016 ()

Organisation of education

Teaching Activities, Learning Activities, Assessment Activities
Lecture
Self-study64,00 hours
Seminar24,00 hours
Supervised independent work12,00 hours
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).
Re-sit exam: is possible.
It is not possible to enrol in this course unit under
  • exam contract (to obtain a credit).
  • exam contract (to obtain a degree).
Special admission is required to enrol in this course unit under credit contract.
Co-ordinator: Asselberg Marc
Language course: No
Languages: Dutch
Scheduled for: Semester 1

Objectives

The student knows the most important steps of a project methodology.
The student is able to detect and model the different types of business processes within a customer's specific question.
The student is able to indicate and use the different process flows in ERP software.
The student knows the main risks in an implementation of ERP and the role of business and IT related with managing ERP.

Contents

Understanding of project methodology:
• Create and execute full project plan
• Focus on risk analysis
• Cost/Benefit analysis
• quality measurement

Knowledge of elements of IT governance:
• Advize Make or Buy decision to the customer.
• Using BPM in order to define the requested business processes of a customer.

Knowledge of Business Software (advanced ERP,CRM, MES, EDI):

  • Best practices with the implementation of ERP software
  • Customisation, interfacing and add-ons
  • Collaboration of business and IT during an ERP projec
  • Risks during ERP implementation
  • Change management in an ERP environment
  • Understanding CRM, MES, EDI
  • Implementing the most important business processes in ERP

Order of enrolment

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Prerequisites

IT2Business

Final objectives

Partial Competence 1: Able to manage a project.

Indicators:

  • Alignment of company goals with the project (business case).

  • Operational and financial project planning

  • Mitigate project issues, limit and reduce project associated risks.

  • Closure of projects.


Partial Competence 2: Capability to execute elementary management activities and tasks (AC5):

Indicators:

  • Ability to lead and manage a project team oo small IT department

  • Understanding of IT governance


Partial Competence  3: Know and understand general purpose and logistic business processes of an organization.

Indicator:

  • Knowledge of exiting  Business Software solutions and be able apply this knowledge to develop the necessary processes in the organization.

Organisation of education

Teaching conversation with exercises
Guided (individual) exercises

Study guidance

Individual learning problems may always be communicated to the lecturer who can take remedial action

Evaluation

First exam session:

Non-period bounded evaluation: 100%
Period bounded evaluation : oral exam: 0%

Second exam session:
Non-period bounded evaluation : 100%

Period bounded evaluation : 0%

Study costs

Use of ERP-software : 20€

Book : 30€

Key words

ERP, business process, project-management, ICT