IS 615: Enterprise Cloud Design and Development

Contents
After completing the class, students will be able to:

Understand specific issues and challenges of cloud-based enterprise software;
Understand basic issues and challenges in enterprise software development;
Understand and apply large-scale agile development based on lean principles;
Understand the principles of multi-team coordination and planning as well as
Understand empirical process control and traceability management in enterprise software development;
Understand and apply Design Thinking and related innovation practices;
Understand and evaluate business models for enterprise software solutions;
Understand and apply how to bring all of this together in enterprise reality;
Understand and evaluate state-of-the-art software engineering methods;
Understand and explain particular success strategies recommended by practitioners.

Learning outcomes

Necessary prerequisites
–

Recommended prerequisites
attendance of IS 613 in the same semester is recommended

Forms of teaching and learning	Contact hours	Independent study time
Lecture	2 SWS	15 SWS

ECTS credits	6
Graded	yes
Workload	180h
Language	English
Form of assessment	Written exam (60 min., 80%), case study (mandatory, 20%)
Restricted admission	yes
Further information	Chair’s Website (www.bwl.uni-mannheim.de/heinzl)

Examiner

Performing lecturer

Prof. Dr. Tobias Schimmer

Frequency of offering	Fall semester
Duration of module	1 semester
Range of application	M.Sc. MMM, M.Sc. WiPäd, M.Sc. VWL, M.Sc. Wirt. Inf.
Preliminary course work	–
Program-specific Competency Goals	CG 1, CG 2
Literature	Team and Organization Design: Skelton, M., & Pais, M. (2019). Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow. It Revolution. Forsgren, N., Humble, J., & Kim, G. (2018). Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations. McChrystal, G. S., Collins, T., Silverman, D., & Fussell, C. (2015). Team of teams: New rules of engagement for a complex world. Penguin. Process and Methodology: Cohn, M. (2005). Agile estimating and planning. Pearson Education. Cohn, M. (2004). User stories applied: For agile software development. Addison-Wesley Professional. Reinertsen, D., & Bellinson, T. (2014). The principles of product development flow: second generation lean product development. Sutherland, J., & Schwaber, K. (2013). The scrum guide. The definitive guide to scrum: The rules of the game. Scrum. org, 268. Sommerville, I. (2011). Software engineering 9th Edition. ISBN-10, 137035152, 18. Tate, K. (2005). Sustainable software development: an agile perspective. Addison-Wesley Professional. Tools and Technology: Martin, R. C. (2009). Clean code: a handbook of agile software craftsmanship. Pearson Education.
Course outline	The course will be held in workshop format: 1) Kick-off event (90 min): 2) Workshop Day 1 (full day): Lean Development and Agile Engineering. 3) Workshop Day 2 (full day): Design Thinking & Product Design 4) Workshop Day 3 (full day): Business Innovation 5) Guest Lecture (90 min)

IS 615: Enterprise Cloud Design and Development

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