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252-3811-00L 3 Credits BSC , MSC D-INFK

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Case Studies from Practice Seminar

Lecturers & Examiners: Dr. Marc Brandis

Number of participants limited to 24. The deadline for deregistering expires at the end of the second week of the semester. Students who are still registered after that date, but do not attend the seminar, will officially fail the seminar.

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Abstract

Participants will learn how to analyze and solve IT problems in practice in a systematic way, present findings to decision bodies, and defend their conclusions.

Objective

Participants understand the different viewpoints for IT-decisions in practice, including technical and business aspects, can effectively analyze IT questions from the different viewpoints and facilitate decision making.

Content

Participants learn how to systematically approach an IT problem in practice. They work in groups of three to solve a case from a participating company in depth, studying provided materials, searching for additional information, analyzing all in depth, interviewing members from the company or discussing findings with them to obtain further insights, and presenting and defending their conclusion to company representatives, the lecturer, and all other participants of the seminar. Participants also learn how to challenge presentations from other teams, and obtain an overview of learnings from the cases other teams worked on.

Resources

Lecture Notes

Methodologies to analyze the cases and create final presentations. Short overview of each case.

General Information

Language: English
Levels: BSC , MSC
Frequency: Yearly recurring

Examination

Type: graded semester performance

The grade is determined based on the presentation and defense, information gathered and analyses conducted while solving the case, and contribution to the discussions in class.

Registration & Places

Signup End: 04.10.2020

Course Components

Type	Title	Time & Place	Hours
seminar	Case Studies from Practice Seminar The lecturers will communicate the exact lesson times of ONLINE courses.	Tue 17:00-18:00 (ON LI NE)	2 h weekly

Offered In

Computer Science Bachelor
- Seminar (Um das vorhandene Angebot optimal auszunutzen, behält sich das D-INFK vor, Belegungen von Studierenden zu löschen, die sich in mehreren Veranstaltungen dieser Kategorie eingeschrieben haben, bereits die erforderlichen Leistungen in dieser Kategorie erbracht haben oder aus anderen organisatorischen Gründen nicht auf die Belegung der Veranstaltung angewiesen sind. Es kann auch ein Seminar aus dem Master in Informatik gewählt werden. Es liegt in der Verantwortung der Studierenden, sicherzustellen, dass sie die Voraussetzungen für diese Lehrveranstaltung erfüllen.)
Computer Science Master
- Master Studies (Programme Regulations 2020)
  - Seminar
- Master Studies (Programme Regulations 2009)
  - Focus Courses
    - Focus Courses General Studies
      - Seminar in General Studies