I/P/O/S/C
Need to Know:
- Data - separation of I/P/O/S/C components
- Hardware - different types of I/P/O/S devices
- Software - different types of software
Database Design
Need to know:
- Difference between files and databases
- Different types of database structures
- Logical vs. physical view of data
- Advantages and disadvantages of different structures
- Database trends
- Function of Database management systems
Connectivity
Need to know:
- Components of telecommunication systems
- Function of telecommunications systems
- Types of media
- Purpose of modem
- Types of network configurations
- Advantages and disadvantages of different types of configurations
- Types of networks - LAN, WAN, PBX, VAN
- Models of Connectivity & Standards
- Electronic business technologies - ecommerce, EDI, videoconferencing, etc.
- Management issues & challenges
- Benefits to ebusiness technologies
- Internet vs. intranet vs. extranet
Systems Analysis & Design
Need to know:
- Systems Development Life Cycle, Prototyping, End User Development
- Software acquisition - in house, off the shelf, outsourcing
- Tools & methodologies
Types of IS
Need to know:
- Types of IS - KWS, TPS, MIS, DSS, GDSS, ESS, ES
- Artificial Intelligence - ES, Knowledge Base, Inference Engine
Security, Control, Ethics
Need to know:
- Moral dimensions of Information Age
- Ethics
- System vulnerability & abuse
- Quality problems
- Controls - general, application
- Internet
- Cost/benefits
International IS
Need to know:
- Global environment
- Challenges
- Strategies
- Management
- Technical issues & opportunities