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ICT Strategic Management

Course code

IFI7013.DT

old course code

IFI7013

Course title in Estonian

Infotehnoloogia strateegiline juhtimine

Course title in English

ICT Strategic Management

ECTS credits

5.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The objective of the course is to give students fundamental knowledge and skills for strategic management of information technology in organisational context

Brief description of the course

The course is based on the Estonian occupational standard of the IT Manager. Although some of the knowledge areas described therein are supported by other subjects, this course seeks to fill the gaps and develop a holistic approach to IT strategy. The following topics are covered:
• Relationships between IT and business strategy
• Business planning
• Software and enterprise architecture
• Software engineering
• IT governance
• Sustainable development
• Business complexity and volatility
• Risk management
• Information security
• Partner management
• Quality management
• Service level management

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- can produce and present an information technology strategy of an organisation;
- can express relationships between IT competence areas and organisational strategyM
- knows the principles of sustainable IT management;
- can develop IT quality management practices of an organisation;
- can relate organisational complexity to changes in IT systems;
- knows the key principles of risk and information security management;
- can relate enterprise and system architecture.

Teacher

Andres Kütt

Additional information

It is compulsory to participate in the group work defence seminar. Lecture attendance is not compulsory

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