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Operational & Strategic Management of Applications (WP)*

Niveau

Master`s course

Learning outcomes of the courses/module

The participants:
• are able to describe the operational design and control options within an IT organisation
• are able to describe details of IT management areas such as personnel planning, quality management, portfolio management, IT strategy management, IT governance, and compliance concepts

Prerequisites for the course

none

Course content

- personnel deployment planning and resource management
- contract management and finance management (cost and activity accounting)
- quality management and quality assurance (reviews, audits, etc.)
- staff information and communication; IT strategy and IT portfolio management;
- risk management; IT governance and compliance
- ITIL, CoBIT
- service level agreements and outsourcing
- balanced score card methodology
- IT management tools (ADOit, etc.)

Recommended specialist literature

- Thomas Söbbing, Axel Funk, Wolfgang Fritzemeyer, Holger Heinbuch, Sandra Neuhaus, Robert Niedermeier, Joachim Schrey: Handbuch IT-Outsourcing: Recht, Strategie, Prozesse, IT, Steuern samt Business Process Outsourcing (Recht in der Praxis), C.F. Müller, 3.Auflage, 2006.
- Ernst Tiemeyer: Handbuch IT-Management. Konzepte, Methoden, Lösungen und Arbeitshilfen für die Praxis. Hanser Fachbuch; 2009.
- Wolfgang Johannsen, Matthias Goeken: Referenzmodelle für IT-Governance. Strategische Effektivität und Effizienz mit COBIT, ITIL & Co, Dpunkt Verlag, 2007.
- Olaf Resch: Einführung in das IT-Management: Grundlagen, Umsetzung, Best Practice, Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2009.

Assessment methods and criteria

Seminar thesis

Language

English

Number of ECTS credits awarded

4

Semester hours per week

Planned teaching and learning method

Lecture, group work, presentation and discussion of tasks

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

3

Type of course/module

Type of course