Learning Objectives
- Experience real-world problem-solving through a student consultancy project
- Apply classroom learning and research to real-world challenges in order to envision innovative IT solutions using the cloud platform
- Understand the changing role of IT modes of delivering solutions
- Apply Design Thinking methodology when building an innovative IT solution
- Build innovative solutions using a cloud platform (e.g. SAP Cloud Platform)
- Use some of the services within a cloud platform (e.g. IoT, analytics, machine learning)
- Learning to learn skills as demanded by the project
- Learn how to work with industry professionals and deliver an IT solution
- Learn how to handle uncertainty in a project
Course Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate understanding of the need for environmental sustainability and how technologies can be used to address sustainability-related challenges
- Investigate and critique tech solutions for sustainability
- Apply design thinking skills to develop solutions to address sustainability-related challenges
- Develop low-fidelity prototypes of a proposed solution
- Apply technologies such as AI, WebApps, IoT, etc to address sustainability challenges
- Develop functional prototypes
Upon completion of the course, student will be able to:
- Showcase expertise in executing a project using knowledge acquired from the courses taken from the IS curriculum
- Experience developing of some technology deliverable for an IT system or proof of concept
- Experience working in a team environment with a sponsored project (internal, external or self-proposed) using project management skills experience throughout the courses taken in IS
- Learn about an industry or technology that is related to his selected track not otherwise available in the course curriculum.
- Work on complex and real project used by the project sponsor
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Explain one or more banking processes and how financial technology can be used to enhance the process
- Apply classroom learning and research to real-world challenges in order to envision innovative financial technology solutions
- Analyse a given business problem and design a solution
- Develop a software application prototype
- Acquire learning to learn skills
- Collaborate within a project team
- Work with industry professionals and deliver an IT solution
The goals of this course are the following:
• Develop a customer centric business solution by understanding the available customer data and how to apply advanced analytics techniques including segmentation, prediction and scoring for increasing profitability of the firms.
• The course focuses on applications of analytics in various industries and one of the main objectives is to build understanding about the use cases in multiple industries where analytics can make an impact
• Gain deep and through understanding of the SAS data mining tool for implementing the devised solution
• Being able to communicate and present complex analytical solutions in an intuitively and articulately
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Gain better understanding of IT management principles and best practices, which include IT Strategy that deliver business value, IT Governance, IT enabled innovations, IT Capabilities management etc
2. Apply the knowledge gained to propose Digital Business Transformation Strategy that enables organisations to better exploit Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing, Social Computing, Advanced Analytics, Internet of Things, AI etc. in delivering business value
3. Understand the challenges relating to management of change in a business setting
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Gain better understanding of IT management principles and best practices, which include IT Strategy that deliver business value, IT Governance, IT enabled innovations, IT Capabilities management etc
2. Apply the knowledge gained to propose Digital Business Transformation Strategy that enables organisations to better exploit Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing, Social Computing, Advanced Analytics, Internet of Things, AI etc. in delivering business value
3. Understand the challenges relating to management of change in a business setting
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Gain better understanding of IT management principles and best practices, which include IT Strategy that deliver business value, IT Governance, IT enabled innovations, IT Capabilities management etc
2. Apply the knowledge gained to propose Digital Business Transformation Strategy that enables organisations to better exploit Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing, Social Computing, Advanced Analytics, Internet of Things, AI etc. in delivering business value
3. Understand the challenges relating to management of change in a business setting
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Gain better understanding of IT management principles and best practices, which include IT Strategy that deliver business value, IT Governance, IT enabled innovations, IT Capabilities management etc
2. Apply the knowledge gained to propose Digital Business Transformation Strategy that enables organisations to better exploit Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing, Social Computing, Advanced Analytics, Internet of Things, AI etc. in delivering business value
3. Understand the challenges relating to management of change in a business setting
The goals of this course are the following:
• Develop a customer centric business solution by understanding the available customer data and how to apply advanced analytics techniques including segmentation, prediction and scoring for increasing profitability of the firms.
• The course focuses on applications of analytics in various industries and one of the main objectives is to build understanding about the use cases in multiple industries where analytics can make an impact
• Gain deep and through understanding of the SAS data mining tool for implementing the devised solution
• Being able to communicate and present complex analytical solutions in an intuitively and articulately