These skills are in high demand by consultants and companies of all sizes. The course focuses on the analysis of business systems for the purpose of developing requirements for business process reengineering and information systems development. This is an action-learning course in which students work individually on weekly assignments and jointly on a term project. Students will develop conceptual, analytical, and practical skills in modeling business processes. Results of this type of analysis is normally used to determine which processes need to be reengineered, to describe potential improvements to existing processes, and to determine which information technology applications need to be developed.
Students also learn how to develop project plans.
It examines the fundamental technologies required to implement these activities and gives students hands-on experience with a sample of them. For each type of business, students are encouraged to examine the conditions under which it could be economically viable. At least one other CIS elective is desirable. The changing nature of work has both been caused by and is causing changes in information technology. This course examines this relationship.