This module will address the following topic areas:

Business topics
- Business Models / Strategies / Business Plans
- IT Management
- Web and Social Media for Business
- Digital Transformation: Customers, Competition, Data, Innovation
- Working in a company scenario
- Communication with clients
- Competitor Analysis

Project based topics
- Working as a team
- Project Management in the IT world
- Collaborative Working
- Agile methods used in web development
- Requirements Analysis
- Global Issues
- Version Control
- Professional Bodies, Ethics and Codes of Conduct relevant for the computing professional
- Legal and ethical issues for IT Projects

PRESENTATION: Will consist of a group project in which an inter-disciplinary cooperative team develop a substantive business technology solution (typically a web-based application). The legal and ethical issues encountered during the development and as a result of this will be considered during the presentation (Learning Outcomes 1, 2 and 3).

WRITTEN: Will be a reflective report considering the performance of the individual group members and their performance during the development of the group technology project (Learning Outcomes 3 and 4).

There will be a series of lectures, which will use appropriate expertise, to introduce key concepts and explore indicative content. These will be complemented with a series of supporting practical workshops and tutorials.

To show application and to develop specific areas students will work individually and within groups in workshops and tutorials. Formative feedback will be given on a regular basis in class to help student development. Group discussions will take part in these sessions as well.

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the role information and communication technologies play in a business environment.

2. Evaluate and select appropriate ICT to solve and support business problems.

3. Collaborate with other technology specialists for the analysis of requirements, design, and development of an application for a business scenario.

4. Evaluate and reflect on individual performance and the performance of a group whilst undertaking a technology-based project.

Appropriate hardware and software development environments to design, develop and document the required system.

Texts appropriate to the issue/problem being investigated, as well as general research guides.

Vaz, N. (2021), Digital Business Transformation: How Established Companies Sustain Competitive Advantage from Now to Next, Wiley; 1st edition, ISBN-10: 111975867X

Kerzner, H. and Kerzner, H.R., (2017). Project Management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN:1119165350
Kerzner, H., (2018). Project management best practices: Achieving global excellence. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN:1119470773
Costa, J.T., (2017). Service Learning, Project Management and Professional Development. Business Education Innovation Journal, 9(2).

Cobb, C. G. (2015) The Project Manager's Guide to Mastering Agile, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, ISBN:978111899104

Belew, S. and Elad, J. (2017). Starting an Online Business All-In-One for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, ISBN:9781119315520

Rogers, D. (2016), The Digital Transformation Playbook: Rethink Your Business for the Digital Age, Columbia University Press. ProQuest

You will work in a small team to produce an application in response to the needs of a third-party client. The module gives you the ownership of the project management as well as the development of a solution to the brief, within which not only must you aim to satisfy and exceed the client’s needs, but you must also consider and apply the relevant Legal, Social, Ethical, and Professional Issues associated.