Information Systems Engineering

Course
452CIS-3
Spring Semester 2023-2024
By: Dr. Mesfer Alrizq
msalrizq@[Link]

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CLASS INTRODUCTION
 Course syllabus!

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ACADEMIC HONESTY
 Do not use work from uncited sources.

 Default penalty:
(F) grade + other disciplinary procedures

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COURSE COMMUNICATION
 All class materials will be on the Blackboard
– Lecture notes, handouts, papers to read, etc.
 – So why should you read the required books?

 You can always ask questions.

 The best way to communicate with me is through

email. My email address is msalrizq@[Link]
 Office Room Number: C047 on 2nd floor. You MUST

email me before you come.

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MY POINT OF VIEW
 A good Information System Engineers can never
stop thinking.

 Creating Software is Awesome.

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CREATING SOFTWARE IS AWESOME
 It’s like art:
 Your project is your baby.
 It’ ll keep you up at night, make you proud…
 • It’s not like art:
 • It’s like engineering …

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An Introduction to Software
Engineering

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OBJECTIVES
 Describe principles, concepts and practice of
software engineering for Information Systems.
 Explain the methods and processes of

constructing the different types of software

systems.
 Apply techniques and tools of software

engineering within the context of systematic

construction of quality Information Systems.

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TOPICS COVERED
1 Topics to be Covered No of Contact hrs
Weeks

The Digital Firm 1 2

Managing the Making of Information Systems 2 4

Software Process Models for Information Systems
2 4
Development
Software Requirements Engineering 2 4

An Introduction into Object-Orientation 1 2

Software Architecture 1 2

Software Detailed Design 2.5 5

Software Testing 1.5 3 9

Software Projects Management 1 2

 MATERIALS
1. Required Text(s)
(i)Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, 10th edition, Addison-Wesley, 2015.
2. Essential References
(i)Laudon, K. & Laudon, Management Information Systems: Managing the digital
Firm, 2016.
(ii)Ammann & Offutt, Introduction to Software Testing.
(iii)Karl Eugen Kurbel, The Making of Information Systems: Software
Engineering and Management in a Globalized World, Springer, 2008.
(iv) Bernd Bruegge and Allen Dutoit, Object-Oriented Software Engineering:
Using UML, Patterns and Java, Third Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2009.
(v) Martin Fowler & Kendall Scott, UML Distilled, 3rd edition, Addison-Wesley,
2003.
Note: Handouts will be distributed in class and labs, when appropriate, to cover some
of the course topics (via Blackboard) 10

Lectures and labs handouts will be posted on Blackboard.

INFORMATION SYSTEMS
 Information Systems are becoming the
foundation of business models and processes
 They allow for the distribution of knowledge
 IT AND IS
 What is Information Technology?
 Any form of technology used by people to handle
information.
 What are Information Systems?
 Integrated components processing, storing and
disseminating information in an organisation.
 Interdisciplinary study of systems that provide
information to users in organizations.

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Pyle, I.C. & Illingworth, V. (Eds) (1996). Oxford Dictionary of Computing, 4 th Edition. Oxford / New York: Oxford University
Press
 DEFINITIONS
Data
Raw facts such as an employee’s name and number of hours
worked in a week, inventory part numbers or sales orders.
Information
A collection of facts organized in such a way that they have
additional value beyond the value of the facts themselves.

Data Information

$35,000 12 Units Salesperson: J. Jones

$12,000 J. Jones Data Sales Territory:
Western Region Processing Western Region
$100,000 100 Units Current Sales: 147 13
35 Units Units = $147,000
 Definitions
Information Systems
An information system(IS) is typically considered to be a set of
interrelated elements or components that collect(input),
manipulate(processes), and disseminate (output) data and
information and provide a feedback mechanism to meet an objective.
Open System
Close System

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TYPES OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

1. Informal Information System

2. Formal Information System

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COMPUTER-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEM

An Information System is an organized combination of people, hardware,

software, communication networks and the data resources that collects,
transforms and disseminates information in an organization.

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 Payroll
IS VS IT System

INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY Inventory
System
Hardware
Software are used to build
INFORMATION
Databases SYSTEMS
Networks
Marketing
Other related System
components

Customer
Service
System 17
 CLASSIFICATION OF IS
Information Systems

Operations Support Management

System Support System

Transaction Office Management Decision Executive

processing Process control automation support information
systems information
systems systems systems systems systems

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INFORMATION AND DATA
 Information
 Clusters of facts meaningful and useful to human
beings in processes such as making decisions
 Data
 Streams of raw facts representing events such as
business transactions – meaningless without
structure

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EXPERIENCES OF IT AND IS
 Examples of IT
 Hardware (PC, UNIX server)
 Software (e-mail, Internet, Windows, Word)
 Consumer devices (mobiles, train times)
 Examples of IS
 Filesystems, databases, e-mail servers / clients
 e-commerce
 SAP, student records

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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
 MIS
 The study of information systems focusing on their
use in business and management.
 Approaches
 Technical
 Behavioural
 Sociotechnical

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 APPROACHES TO IS
TECHNICAL APPROACHES

COMPUTER
OPERATIONS
SCIENCE
RESEARCH

MANAGEMENT
SCIENCE
MIS
SOCIOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGY POLITICAL
SCIENCE
SOCIOTECHNICAL
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BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES
WHY IS IS IMPORTANT?
 For an organisation to survive and prosper
 More locations (networking, Internet)
 New products and services
 Improve jobs and work flows:
 Efficiency
 Cost

 Ethical and social issues

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WHY IS IS IMPORTANT?
 Worldwide changes:
 Global economy
 Knowledge- or information-based society
 Business enterprise
 Digital firm

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GLOBAL ECONOMY
 Growing percentage of economy relies upon
import and export
 Need to operate globally

 IS can provide global trading infrastructure

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CHANGES TO SOCIETY
 Change of employment profiles:
 Less farming
 Less ‘blue collar’ – manufacturing
 Increased service
 Increased ‘white collar’ – office-based
 USA: 55% of work force are in knowledge- or
information-based activities
 Shift of manufacture to low-wage countries

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BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
 Change from hierarchical organizations
 Now flat, decentralised

 Relies on instant information

 Flexibility with customer focus, with increasing

importance

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DIGITAL FIRM
 An organization where:
 Nearlyall relationships with customers, suppliers and
employees is digital
 Business processes accomplished through digital
networks
 Flexible
 Dependent upon on IT

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COURSE OBJECTIVES
 Provide an understanding of
 IS and underlying IT
 Impact on organizations of IS
 Implementation and management of IS
 IS and global organizations
 Provide awareness of IS in your role as a
professional

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QUESTIONS
 What is Information System?
 What is difference between IT and IS?

 Define data and information with at least one

example?
 Draw the diagram of the classification of IS?

 Why IS is important?

 Define Digital firm?

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THANK YOU!

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