Information Systems Management

Course Outline

Information Systems Development

• What is systems development?
• The five phases of the systems development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Accomplishing system definition
• The users’ role in the requirement phase
• Designing the five components
• Implementing an IS
• The tasks for system maintenance
• Problems with the SDLC

Information Systems Management

• Functions and organisation of the IS department
• How do organisations plan the use of IS?
• Advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing
• User rights and responsibilities

Information Security Management

• The goal of IS security
• How big is the computer security problem?
• Responding to security threats
• Technical safeguards
• Data safeguards
• Human safeguards
• Responding to security incidents

Target audience

• Those who wish to assess, evaluate, and apply emerging information systems (IS) technology to business.
• Those who wish to take an active role in systems development to create an IS that meets their needs.
• Those who need to learn how to employ IS to accomplish their job tasks.
• Those who want to use IS to achieve their business strategies.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to understand:

• The development of information systems.
• The primary responsibilities of the IS department.
• The reasons for outsourcing IS services, the most common and popular outsource alternatives, and the outsourcing risks.
• The rights and responsibilities regarding services provided by the IS department.
• The threats to computer security.
• Techniques that should be employed to protect computing devices and data.
• Technical, data, and human safeguards.
• How organisations should respond to security threats and incidents.