Bridging
ECM Technology and Business (CTGE 443Z, CEUs: 1.2) NOTE:
Fall 2003 was the last semester of the Enterprise and E-commerce Management
Program
Bridging
ECM Technology and Business (CTGE 443Z, CEUs: 1.2) |
This course will review key technologies being developed that facilitate
complete networked business processes, and is designed for the business professional
and manager who needs to advise, choose, and or implement Internet technology
into business process flow. Key technologies described include distributed business
networks, EAI, middleware and Web application development, especially Web services,
and document centric processes bridging databases using XML. Web services, including
legacy integration and middleware, is the new horizon technology for optimizing
ECM using business rules, logic, and applications. The primary focus of this course
is on the business benefit of these technologies. Case studies and vendor profiles
are used to introduce new business models, and integrating business process into
the supply chain and extended enterprise. Concluding will be a review of the n-tier
and 12 layer e-Business model. Topics
include: - What are the key technologies driving networked Business
process? What business problems do they solve?
- What technologies
will be required to participate and remain competitive in the new-networked economy?
- How do businesses manage technology development and process integration?
Why is process modeling critical to success?
- What is the distributed
Internet computing model and n-tier architecture? What role do Web services play
here?
- What role will wireless networks and thin clients play in mobile
e-commerce transactions? Where are these markets?
- A gentle introduction
to Web services, SOAP, and UDDI.
- Case studies from Fortune 500 firms
using Web services.
- Explore the role of XML, SOAP, and UDDI in Web
services and Web application development, and ebXML initiatives.
- Understand
the evolution of the four paradigms of computing
- Introduction to
process mapping, UML, and Web applications, using BPML (Business Process Modeling
Language)
- Explore the co-evolution of technology and business process
in the new net economy, and how to manage it for success.
OBJECTIVE: Give
you a strong foundation of the role of e-commerce technologies driving the new
"networked eBusiness economy" and the new wave of business process modeling,
and key vendors and development strategies. ACTIVITIES:
Demonstrations of key technologies
being used in Web commerce. Class exercises will include writing an actual XML
document and working through a business process model. Active use of on-line resources
will provide tools that those in attendance can use well beyond the course. PREREQUISITES:
At least 3 years of business experience,
significant access to the Web for both e-mail and surfing, desire to understand
how e-commerce effects all aspects of companies, not just how to implement a tactical
solution. READING
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