Course 2024-2025 a.y.

The course covers architectural, technological and methodological issues related to the  understanding, design, and management of enterprise information systems. In particular, it will cover the following aspects:

PART 1: DATA

- Data models, database technologies, and data management practices

- Static and realtime structured and unstructured data processing

- Datawarehousing and data analytics

- Big data platforms

- Data Integration and Data Analysis

- Invited cases

PART 2: SYSTEMS

- Systems and systems of systems architectures and integration

- EA (Enterprise Architecture)

- BPMS (Business Process Management Systems)

- ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)

- Service-based architectures: microservices, …

- Invited cases

PART 3: CLOUD 

- On premise vs. cloud based solutions

- Cloud and scalable computing

- Invited cases

PART 4: INDUSTRIAL CONTROL 

- Industrial control systems

- Industry 4.0

- Internet of Things / cyberphysical systems

- Plant vs. Delivered IOT

- Multi-tenant solutions

- Invited cases

• The data management and computational needs of organizations
• The methods and technical solutions to address these needs
• Modern data management technologies and practices
• Enterprise-wide system integration issues and methods
• Data sources diversity and relation with business needs

• Take decisions on the kind of data storage and management needs of the enterprise
• Design data solutions for addressing companies’ business needs
• Analyze and model enterprise information systems

• Lectures

Due to the teaching mix, heavily based on case discussion and assignments, attending classes is extremely important.

With the purpose of measuring the acquisition of the above-mentioned learning outcomes the assessment of attending students is based on two components:

1. Group assignments and presentations in class (30% of the final grade) designed to verify the student's ability to: i) choose and apply the most appropriate technologies and processes and evaluate them in the enterprise context; ii) prepare a report, presentation or engage in a discussion on such topics;
2. Final written exam (70% of the final grade), which aims to assess the student’s learning level of theoretical knowledge and the ability to apply it to real scenarios. The exam will include a theoretical part (closed-questions questionnaire, closed book), and a practical part with exercises (open book). A minimum score is required for each part of the exam.

With the purpose of measuring the acquisition of the above-mentioned learning outcomes the assessment of non-attending students is based on one component:

1. Final written exam (100% of the final grade), which aims to assess the student’s learning level of theoretical knowledge and the ability to apply it to real scenarios. The exam will include a theoretical part (closed-questions questionnaire, closed book), and a practical part with exercises (open book). A minimum score is required for each part of the exam

• Laudon, K. and Laudon, J., Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, Editore: Pearson, Anno edizione: 2010
• R. Shipsey, Information systems: foundations of e-business, Anno edizione: 2010 https://london.ac.uk/sites/default/files/study-guides/information%20systems-foundations-e-business.pdf
• Martin Kleppmann, Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems, Editore: O'Reilly, Anno edizione: 2017, ISBN: 978-1449373320