11 Information Engineering

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11. Information Engineering

Information Engineering is an approach to planning, generating, distributing, analyzing and using col-
lection of data in systems to facilitate decision making and business communication.
A. Differentiating Data and Information

1. Data types
B. Systems Concepts
1. Number systems/codes
2. Computer organization
3. Servers and Virtual Machines (VM)
4. Data Centers
5. Network basics
6. ERP architectures
7. Workflow management systems
8. Web & mobile applications
9. Content management systems (CMS)
10. N-tier architectures
11. Web service architectures
12. Cloud computing and service architectures
13. Ecommerce system architectures
14. Systems integration concepts
C. Information Requirements for Organizations

1. Classification of information
2. Management requirements
3. Decision making requirements
4. Operations requirements
5. Eliciting & gathering requirements
6. Usability and accessibility requirements
D. Designing Information Outputs

1. Filtering
2. Key variable reporting
3. Monitoring
4. Modeling
5. Interrogative
6. Strategic decision center
7. Usability concepts
8. Data visualization concepts
9. Designing dashboards
E. Data Processing Overview

1. Data processing resources used in information systems
2. Organizing data processing resources
3. Cloud and data center processing concepts
4. Big data processing concepts
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F. Data Base Concepts

1. Application vs. data base processing
2. Data base management systems
3. SQL – language; joins; filters, sorting, aggregation, grouping, union/intersection/difference,
ranking
G. Logical Data Organization

1. Trees
2. Relational
3. Star Schema / Data Cube / Multidimensional model
4. NoSQL models
5. Data sharing models - CSV, XML, JSON
H. Physical Data Organization

1. Computer storage media
2. Pointers, chains, rings
3. Types of data structures: lists, dictionaries, queues, stacks, hash tables
I. Storage and Processing

1. Sequential data organization
2. Direct data organization
3. Data file classification
4. File media and file organization
5. File design
6. Replication and distribution
7. Backup and recovery
J. System Analysis
1. Systems development methodology toward information systems
2. Determining the information system demand
3. Requirements modeling
4. Data and Process Modeling
5. Object modeling
6. Development strategies
7. UML and other common diagramming tools in analysis
K. System Design
1. Development of specifications to meet demand
2. Design process
3. Data design
4. System architecture design
5. UML and other common diagramming tools in design

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L. System Evaluation & Justification

1. Obtaining equipment proposals
2. Obtaining software proposals
3. Evaluation of proposals
4. Acquisition considerations
M. Controls
1. Control points for reliable data processing
2. Security controls
3. Encryption
N. Forms, Programs, and Procedures

1. Forms/reports design
2. Program specifications
3. Programming techniques
O. System Implementation
1. Training and education
2. System testing
3. System conversion
4. Implementation follow-up
P. Management Considerations for the Information System

1. Maintenance
2. Auditing
3. Project management
4. Managing change
5. I.T. Governance
R. Data Analytics
1. Machine Learning Concepts
2. Data preparation
3. Feature identification and evaluation
4. Model evaluation
5. Descriptive analysis
6. Clustering models
7. Classification models
8. Predictive analytics models
9. Prescriptive analytics
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Software Engineering. Sommerville, I. Pearson Education, Inc., 10th Edition. 2016.
Requirements Engineering and Management for Software Development Projects.

Chemuturi, Murali. Springer. 2013.

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The Unified Modeling Language User Guide. Booch, G., Rumbaugh, J., and Jacobson, I. Pearson,
2nd Edition. 2005.
Design of Industrial Information Systems, Boucher, Thomas O. and Yalcin, Ali, Elsevier, 2006.
Fundamentals of Database Systems 7th Edition. Elmasri, R., Navathe, S.B. Addison-Wesley Longman,
Inc. 2016.
Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm 14th Edition. Laudon, K.C., & Laudon,
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Data Mining and Business Analytics with R, Ledolter, J., Wiley, 2013.
Python Machine Learning, 2nd edition, Raschka S, Mirjalili V., Packt, 2017.
Systems Architecture, 8th Edition, Stephan D. Burd (2018).
Enterprise Integration and Information Architecture: A Systems Perspective on Industrial Information

Integration, 1st edition, Li Da Xu, CRC Press, 2015.
Information Systems: What Every Business Student Needs to Know, Mallach E., Chapman & Hall,
2015.
Health Information Exchange: Navigating and Managing a Network of Health Information Systems, 1st
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11. Information Engineering

A. Differentiating Data and Information

C. Information Requirements for Organizations

D. Designing Information Outputs

E. Data Processing Overview

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F. Data Base Concepts

G. Logical Data Organization

H. Physical Data Organization

I. Storage and Processing

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L. System Evaluation & Justification

N. Forms, Programs, and Procedures

P. Management Considerations for the Information System

Requirements Engineering and Management for Software Development Projects.

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Systems Architecture, 8th Edition, Stephan D. Burd (2018).

Enterprise Integration and Information Architecture: A Systems Perspective on Industrial Information

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