After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

• describe the different aspects of IT Governance
• explain the practical relevance of IT governance for a company
• analyse a practical case study and develop a proposed solution
• justify this proposed solution and discuss its advantages and disadvantages

• IT Governance
• IT Strategy

• Tasks of an IT department
• Functions of an IT department
• What do I have to do by myself?
• Forms of organizations in IT
• IT governance processes (incl. COBIT, ITIL, and CMMI)

• Managing an IT department
• IT development
• Portfolio Management
• IT controlling / IT reporting
• Compliance in IT

• IT Sourcing
• Architecture
• Data Governance
• Cloud-based Solutions
• Internet of Things & Industrie 4.0
• Data & Analytics
• SAP-based Solutions
• Information Securtiy
• Sector-specific trends (Banking, Energy, Production)

In the first part of the course, students will be introduced to the subject area from the perspective of business practice by means of lectures on various IT governance topics. In the second part of the course the students have to work on a practical case study, write a seminar paper about it and present it.

Proof of performance is provided by the case study, the ministry paper written on it and its presentation.

Previous attendance of the course Enterprise Architecture in the wind semester is recommended but not mandatory.