Capstone Seminar in Digital Enterprise

This interactive, fast-paced capstone course focuses on digital technologies as tools for achieving business goals. A digital enterprise is defined as an organization that uses digital technologies for operating its business processes; interacting with customers, employees, and partners; and making connected, smart products and services. Through readings and case studies, we learn how companies transform their products, processes, and systems by implementing digital technologies such as cloud services, mobile communications, social platforms, data analytics, and internet-of-things. Then we roll up our sleeves and build a capstone project, architecting a digital solution for a realistic business scenario. The course brings together topics learned throughout the students' graduate coursework and creates a collaborative learning experience via lectures, readings, case studies, independent research, and intensive teamwork. The course addresses topics that cross the domains of software engineering and management information systems. It focuses on information technology practices in business enterprises, blending managerial and technical perspectives in each topic. A special emphasis is placed on current digital technologies and their transformative impact on the enterprise-scale, complex software systems. Topics covered include enterprise architecture, software application, business process, digital platforms and technologies, service management, and technology implementation framework. We approach from three perspectives: business (how to achieve goals with digital technology, define requirements, and gauge results), technical (how to architect an enterprise business application, integrate it with other systems, and migrate from an old setup to a new one), and operational (how to deploy a digital technology solution, manage user experience, and operate a technology service).