Course Coordinator:Damian Hills (dhills1@usc.edu.au) School:School of Science, Technology and Engineering
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Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
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Enterprises generally own various operational systems and data storage across departments and locations. The integration of their processes and data becomes vital to achieve the goal of "Intelligent Enterprise" and gaining competitive advantage. This course helps you to learn the foundational knowledge and best practices in enterprise application and data integration. You will gain experience in creating strategic business solutions using Web services and integrators to integrate the functionality and data of an organisation's existing applications and future plans.
| Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
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| Lecture | 1hr | Not applicable | Not Yet Determined |
| Laboratory 1 | 2hrs | Not applicable | Not Yet Determined |
| Week | Topic |
| 1 | Introduction |
| 2 | Enterprise information architecture |
| 3 | Service oriented computing |
| 4 | Web services & SOAP |
| 5 | In class Exam |
| 6 | RESTful services & mashups |
| 7 | Cloud computing |
| 8 | Application integration |
| 9 | Data warehousing |
| 10 | Extract Transform and Load |
| 11 | Schema manipulation |
| 12 | Wrappers and query processing |
700 Level (Specialised)
12 units
| Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | |
| 1 | Discuss the recent developments in theory, issues and practice relating to application and data integration. | Knowledgeable |
| 2 | Investigate, evaluate, and plan the lifecycle of data through an organisation |
Creative and critical thinker Engaged |
| 3 | Use scripting languages and tools to manipulate, analyse and transform big data, including cloud-based solutions. |
Creative and critical thinker Empowered |
| 4 | Apply discipline specific knowledge and skills to problems. |
Knowledgeable Empowered |
| 5 | Demonstrate advanced written communication skills in a business context. | Engaged |
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
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Standard Grading (GRD)
| High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Task 1 will be an opportunity to give students feedback on their understanding of their knowledge of enterprise information architecture at a business level.
| Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
| All | 1 | Examination - not Centrally Scheduled | Individual | 20% | 1hr |
Week 5 | Online Test (Quiz) |
| All | 2 | Examination - not Centrally Scheduled | Individual | 40% | 2 hours |
Week 9 | Online Test (Quiz) |
| All | 3 | Artefact - Technical and Scientific, and Written Piece | Individual | 40% | Working code and application plus 750 word report |
Week 12 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
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| Goal: | This assessment task will demonstrate your knowledge of Enterprise Information Architecture and Service Computing covering material from weeks 1 to 4 inclusive. |
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| Format: | This one-hour examination consists of a set of multiple-choice questions and short answer questions to test the understanding and application of concepts. This is an individual assessment. |
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| Goal: | This assessment task will demonstrate your knowledge of all material covered in this course |
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| Format: | This two-hour examination will consist of a set of multiple choice questions and short answer questions to test understanding and application of concepts. This is an individual assessment. |
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| Goal: | You will demonstrate your ability to integrate heterogeneous systems into a cohesive application. |
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| Format: | You will be given a case study and will develop an application to suit the case study's functionality needs. You will use tools developed in computer workshops to achieve the application and data integration requirements. Beside the runnable application, you also need to present your design and analysis in the form of a written report. A guideline structure will be provided on Blackboard. |
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A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
You need regular access to the resource(s) below. Many texts are available as ebooks through the Library at no additional cost.
| Required? | Author | Year | Title | Edition | Publisher |
| Required | AnHai Doan, Alon Halevy, and Zachary Ives | 2012 | Principles of Data Integration | Morgan Kaufmann | |
| Required | Mario Godinez, Eberhard Hechler, Klaus Koenig, Steve Lockwood, Martin Oberhofer, Michael Schroeck | 2010 | The Art of Enterprise Information Architecture: A Systems-Based Approach for Unlocking Business Insight | n/a | IBM Press |
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