SISAT

School of Information Systems & Technology

Faculty of Informatics

                                                                                                                                                              

ITCS950 Patterns for eBusiness

Subject Outline

Autumn Session 2007

                                                                                                                                                              

Head of School –Associate Professor Peter Hyland, Student Resource Centre, Tel: (02) 4221 3606

 

General Information

Subject Coordinator

Dr Jun Shen

Telephone Number:

02 4221 3873

Email:

jshen@uow.edu.au

Location:

Building 3, Room 204

 

Dr Shen’s Consultation Times During Session

 

Day

Time

Monday

Tuesday

10:30 – 12:30

13:30 – 15:30

 

lecturer

Dr Ping Yu

Telephone Number:

02 4221 5412

Email:

ping@uow.edu.au

Location:

39.150C

 

DrYu’s Consultation Times During Session

 

Day

Time

Tuesday

11:30 – 1:30pm

Thursday

12:30 – 2:30pm

 

Subject Organisation

Session:

Autumn session, Wollongong Campus

Credit Points

6 credit points

Contact hours per week:

1 hr lecture, 2 hrs tutorial/lab

Lecture Times & Location:

Tuesday  15:30 – 16 30  35.G20

Tutorial Day, Time and Location can be found at:

http://www.uow.edu.au/student/sols/timetables/index.html

 

 

Students should check the subject’s web site regularly as important information, including details of unavoidable changes in assessment requirements will be posted from time to time.  Any information posted to the web site is deemed to have been notified to all students.

 

Content

 

This subject explores advanced 'pattern-oriented' approaches to the design and development of eBusiness solutions. The 'Patterns for eBusiness' initiative provides a conceptual framework that can be exploited at all stages in the eBusiness software lifecycle. In particular, this conceptual framework and vocabulary bridges the communications gap between business analysts and systems developers seeking to devise integrated solutions for eBusiness.


Objectives

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. describe how a pattern-oriented approach (specifically 'Patterns for eBusiness') supports the design of integrated solutions for eBusiness. This pattern-oriented design approach spans the entire eBusiness solution space from eBusiness problems through to eBusiness technology choices.

2. analyse eBusiness problems in terms of patterns for eBusiness;

3. choose and adapt the appropriate application patterns and integration patterns to support the business patterns;

4. map the application patterns onto an adaptable software application framework;

5. experiment with technologies and products that implement the software application framework.

 

Lecture Schedule (Subject to Variation)  

 

Topic

1

 Subject outline, introduction to solutions for a digital economy

 

 

2

 Introduction to patterns for e-business 

 

 

3

High Level Business Descriptions (HLBDs) and Solution Overview Diagrams (SODs)

 

 

4

 Business patterns

 

 

5

 Integration patterns and composite patterns

 

 

6

Application patterns for self-service business pattern

 

 

7

Application patterns for collaboration business pattern

 

 

8

 Application patterns for information aggregation business pattern

 

 

9

 Application patterns for extended enterprise business pattern

 

 

10

 Application patterns for integration patterns

 

 

11

Application patterns for integration patterns

 

 

12

 “What’s next?” runtime patterns, product mappings, other issues

 

 

13

 Subject review

 

Attendance Requirements

It is the responsibility of students to attend all lectures/tutorials/labs/seminars/practical work for subjects for which you are enrolled.

 

Attendance and participation in lectures, tutorials and web-mediated activities is a requirement for the successful completion of this course.  Failure to do so may result in a fail grade being recorded.  A good indicator of satisfactory attendance is approximately 80% of the allocated contact hours.  Attendance per se is not an assessable component of the course.

 

It should be noted that according to Course Rule 003{Interpretation Point 2 (t)} each credit point for a single session subject has the value of about two hours per week including class attendance.  Therefore, the amount of time spent on each 6 credit point subject should be at least 12 hours per week, which includes lectures/tutorials/labs etc.


 

Students MUST attend their allocated tutorial unless they have the written permission of the subject coordinator.


 
Method of Presentation

 

The subject uses lectures, tutorials (conducted in labs) sessions. Satisfactory attendance at lectures, tutorials is an essential requirement for the successful completion of this subject. Failure to comply may result in a fail grade being recorded. Satisfactory attendance is deemed to be attendance at approximately 80% of the allocated contact hours. There will be no tutorials or lab sessions in week 1. Any information posted to the web site is deemed to have been notified to all students. Information about this subject and its content are available via UOW e-Learning (http://www.uow.edu.au/student/elearning/)


 

Subject Materials

 

The set textbook for this subject is: Adams, Koushik, Vasudeva, Galambos. Patterns for e-business - A Strategy for Reuse, IBM Press, 2001

 

The contents of this textbook are essential reading. It is highly recommended that you purchase a copy (from UniShop). Most up-to-date materials are available from IBM’s Web site at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/patterns/. This web site will be complementary to the above textbook to study this subject.  It’s strongly recommended to bookmark relevant pages. A UOW e-Learning site will be brought on-line for the subject using the web address http://www.uow.edu.au/student/elearning/

 

These readings/references are recommended only and are not intended to be an exhaustive list.  Students are encouraged to use the library catalogue and databases to locate additional readings

 
Assessment

 

This subject has the following assessment components.

Assessment Items & Format

Percentage of Final Mark

Due Date


1. Assignment 1

15%

Due in week 6 (UOW e-Learning)

2. Assignment 2

15%

Due in week 10 (UOW e-Learning)

3. Project

20%

Due in Week 11 (group based, UOW e-Learning)

4. Project presentation

5%

Week 11 and Week 12 (orally)

5. Tutorial session report

15%

Due weekly when tutorials are conducted

6. Final examination

30%

During Examination Period


 

Notes on Assessment

 

Submission and Return of Assignments

Assignments are to be submitted through UOW e-Learning. Penalties may apply to all late work, unless special consideration or an extension has been granted by your subject coordinator. You will be penalised at the rate of 10% of the original, maximum score for each working day overdue. Requests for extensions or special consideration should be lodged through SOLS. Documentation (e.g., medical certificates) to support special consideration requests should be lodged with administration, so that the subject coordinator may have background consider the requests.

 

Students must also retain their own copies of all material that they have posted to the UOW e-Learning site (e.g., for tutorial presentations) and may be required to repost that material to the UOW e-Learning site at any time during the course.

 


Scaling

Final results in this subject may be scaled. The scaling method that will be used in this subject is as follows.

If E is the student exam mark, and A is the student assignment mark, the student final mark will be determined as follows:

 

if E >= 40% of the maximum exam mark: then student final mark is E + A;

if 35% <= E < 40% of the maximum exam mark: then student final mark is /min/{E+A, 47};

               

 

Additional Information

 

Students must refer to the Faculty Handbook or online references which contains a range of policies on educational issues and student matters.


 

Supplementary Exams

 

While the School normally grants supplementary exams when the student does not sit the standard exam for an acceptable reason, each case will be assessed on its own merit and there is no guarantee a supplementary exam will be granted. If a supplementary exam is granted the date will be determined by the University via ARD.  You will be notified via SOLS Mail the time and date of this supplementary exam. You must follow the instructions given in the email message.

 

Please note that if this is your last session and you are granted a supplementary exam, be aware that your results will not be processed in time to meet the graduation deadline.

 

Plagiarism

 

When you submit an assessment task, you are declaring the following

1.        It is your own work and you did not collaborate with or copy from others.

2.        You have read and understand your responsibilities under the University of Wollongong's policy on plagiarism.

3.        You have not plagiarised from published work (including the internet). Where you have used the work from others, you have referenced it in the text and provided a reference list at the end ot the assignment.

4.        Plagiarism will not be tolerated.

5.        Students are responsible for submitting original work for assessment, without plagiarising or cheating, abiding by the University’s policies on Plagiarism as set out in the Calendar under University Policies, and in Faculty handbooks and subject guides. Plagiarism has led to the expulsion from the University.

 

 

 

This outline should be read in conjunction with the following documents:

 

Code of Practice - Teaching and Assessment

http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/codesofprac/teaching_code.html

Key Dates

http://www.uow.edu.au/student/dates.html

Code of Practice - Students

http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/codesofprac/cop_students.html

Information Literacies Introduction Program

http://www.library.uow.edu.au/helptraining/workshops/ilip/

Acknowledgement Practice Plagiarism will not be tolerated

http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/courserules/plagiarism.html

Student Academic Grievance Policy

http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/codesofprac/cop_supervision.html#8

Special Consideration Policy

http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/courserules/specialconsideration.html

Code of Practice-Honours

http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/honourscode.html

Non-Discriminatory Language Practice and Presentation

http://staff.uow.edu.au/eeo/nondiscrimlanguage.html

Intellectual Property Policy

http://www.uow.edu.au/research/researchmanagement/1998IP.html

Occupational Health and Safety

http://staff.uow.edu.au/ohs/commitment/OHS039-ohspolicy.pdf

SISAT Internet Access & Student Resource Centre

http://www.SISAT.uow.edu.au/info/current/internet_access_and_resource.shtml

SISAT Computer Usage Rules

http://www.itacs.uow.edu.au/info/current/support/labs/rules.shtml

SISAT Style Guide for Footnotes, Documentation, Essay and Report Writing

http://www.SISAT.uow.edu.au/info/current/styleguide.pdf

SISAT Student Guide

http://www.itacs.uow.edu.au/info/current/regulations.shtml

Informatics Faculty Librarian, Ms Annette Meldrum, phone: 4221 4637,ameldrum@uow.edu.au

SISAT Subject Outlines

http://www.itacs.uow.edu.au/info/current/subject_outlines/