Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student knows:
- How to define the organization's internal and external data flows and sources of information in business value creation.
- The life cycle of the data and the steps involved, production, transfer, utilization, reliability level, and validity period.
- Common methods and tools to collect and process the data.
- The appropriate visualization methods.

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lessons, exercises and an exam.

Learning environment

Moodle course for enrolled and confirmed students.

Contents

Data business. Big data. Data driven organizations. Data maturity in organizations.
Monetizing data. Data sources. Analyzing data to make better business decisions and to improve operations. Basics of data strategy.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

AL00CM21 Tietokannat or other course on relational databases.

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student knows:
- How to define the organization's internal and external data flows and sources of information in business value creation.
- The life cycle of the data and the steps involved, production, transfer, utilization, reliability level, and validity period.
- Common methods and tools to collect and process the data.
- The appropriate visualization methods.

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lectures, assignments, and final assignment in teams.

Timing and attendance

Active presence is recommended. Teaching on Mukkula campus.

Learning material and recommended literature

Material announced by the lecturer

Working life cooperation

Business cooperation is recommended in the final assignment. And it's recommended students start searching for business partners at the beginning of the course.

Exam retakes

The renewal option is valid for one year after the end of the course.

Learning environment

Implementation on the Mukkula campus.

Student time use and work load

27 h of student work is equal to 1 cr.

Contents

The student learns to identify the internal and external data flows and data sources, as well as data formats in digital environments, the life cycle, and the importance of data in data management and factors related to data protection and usability. The data is a value maker in the business.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Business Basics

Assessment criteria

Active participation in lectures and completion of class assignments. The final assignment is compulsory.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not achieved the objectives of the course sufficiently.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student has achieved the objectives of the course sufficiently. The student understands the meaning of data in business processes and understands data-related factors from a usability perspective.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student has achieved the objectives of the course well. The student understands the importance of information in business processes and can draw up a plan for developing and utilising information for business development.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student has achieved the objectives of the course excellently. The student understands the importance of information in business processes and can draw up a plan for developing and utilizing information for business development. The student can compare data sources and design an information management plan based on the organization's needs.

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- ideate and plan a digital service using user driven methods
- utilize co-creation methods
- visualize a digital service
- analyze a meaning of a digital service in business
- know the affecting regulation eg GDPR for a planning of a digital service

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- plan and apply working methods to a team to ensure effectiveness
- divide a project into meaningful parts and estimate the time requirements
- implement their part of an application and documentation on the project
- choose a process model applicable to the project and apply it

Implementation and methods of teaching

Project work in groups, as well as short lectures on chosen topics.

The student can choose what they focus on during the project, but in some cases this might limit the maximum grade.

Timing and attendance

During the Spring of 2024. Mandatory participation in the project kick-off and project hand-off.

Learning material and recommended literature

Various WWW-based instructions, as well as the materials from the other courses in the module.

Alternative completion methods

Negotiable

Working life cooperation

Project topics are real working life problems based on discussions with professionals from various areas. In some cases, depending on availability, these outside professionals can also participate as the client.

Learning environment

LAB Moodle, project teams, project hours at C246, other environments as chosen by the teams.

Student time use and work load

Typical five credit course. Students plan their own time use regarding the course within the given parameters.

Much of the work is group work, which is organized by the teams. Suggested number of hours a student should use for the course is 10-15 or one to two days per week.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Participation in the other two courses of the module or similar understanding of PHP, JavaScript, SQL, HTML and software architectures gained from other sources.

Assessment criteria

Based on the quality of the project as well as being able to work with the project team. Includes both self-assessment and assessment by the teachers.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student does not participate in team activities actively, does not take responsibility for the team or does not indicate ability to work with the chosen technologies.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student participates in group work, but only passively. The students exhibits only basic understanding of the technologies.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student participates actively in the teamwork. The student exhibits an ability to work with the technologies involved.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The team has chosen harder of the two optional subjects. The student has actively participated in the teamwork and has been a part of advancing the team's methodology or processes. The student exhibits advanced ability to work with the technologies involved.

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- define, implement and report an iterative project
- act in different roles of a software development project
- implement a HTML user interface following the design
- implement the business logic of a web application
- programmatically parse required data from a structured data set

Implementation and methods of teaching

Development project done in small groups to solve a given development task.

Timing and attendance

Most of the course work is done at times best suitable for the group members. Few compulsory sessions exist, the dates and times will be communicated in course Moodle page. Students are responsible in following these instructions.
Rough schedule/timing (subject to changes):
Week 5 Kick off, all students MUST participate. Check exact time from schedule!
Weeks 5 - 6: Project plan
Week 7: Project plan wrap up + kick off for the project work (compulsory for all students to participate)
Weeks 7 - 17 : Iterative project work in teams
Week 17: Final presentations to teacher, all group members MUST be present at session

Alternative completion methods

Similar project done and documented elsewhere.

Learning environment

Material & task with project timing delivered through Moodle.

Contents

Practical project work that utilizes tools, skills and methods learned on the two other courses in the same module.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Basic programming skills: Passed or simultaneously participating an introductory programming course
Basic web technologies: HTML, CSS.

Assessment criteria

Group and personal performance in the project work, peer assessment & teacher assessment.
Grade 0 - 5

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- install and maintain content management and publishing systems and their add-ons securely
- use publishing systems to publish content
- identify needs and make choices between different publishing systems
- take into account usability and accessibility when designing the website

Implementation and methods of teaching

Contact teaching: lectures and seminars on group work (3 pcs).
Team work in a team (3 pcs), Design work as individual task (1 pcs), Guest lecturer from Fujitsu and lecture diary.

Timing and attendance

Mandatory attendance at seminars. Student Teams organize their work to produce the end result of team work and prepare presentations for seminars.

Learning material and recommended literature

Materials in Moodle, literature, various internet sources

Working life cooperation

Possibly Visiting Lecturer

Learning environment

Classroom, Moodle, Teams and Internet

Student time use and work load

5 cr -> 135 h

Contents

- Lectures UX / UI
- Team works with various CMS (2 pcs) and heuristic analysis (1 pcs)
- Installation and deployment of XAMP (or equivalent) and various CMSs
- User interface design task (individual task)

Assessment criteria

Evaluation of team work, outputs and outcome from teamwork. User interface design task. Peer and self evaluation.All tasks are mandatory.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

Poor participation in teamwork and/or failure to complete mandatory tasks

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student...
C1 ... is able to act as a member of the team.
B1 ... uses learned techniques / work methods and models / processes
B3 ... can describe the basis, needs, and justifications for their actions
C3 ... shows that he has researched and studied the problem provided to the team

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student...
C1 ... is able to act as a goal oriented member of the team.
B1 ... applies a wide range of learned techniques / work methods and models / processes
B3 ... can research and define the basis, needs and justifications for their actions
C3 ... can suggest solutions to the problem provided to the team

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student...
C1 ... is able to act as an organizing member of the team.
B1 ... selects the appropriate techniques / work methods and models / processes for the operation and justify their choice
B3 ... can compare multiple solutions to a problem and take a justified course of action accordingly
C3 ... can solve the problem provided to the team in a fitting manner

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- collect and apply information to implement a software development project
- analyze client needs and write corresponding project requirements
- design and implement a software project that uses data storages
- apply agile methods on a practical project
- act alone and as a project group member to fulfill the project goals

Implementation and methods of teaching

Student project which applies the tools, skills and knowledge (Object oriented programming & databases) learned on the other courses of the module.
Project implementation with C#.

Timing and attendance

Compulsory lectures at kick off, intermediate follow ups & final presentation

Learning material and recommended literature

As presented by teachers, also materials from previous courses

Alternative completion methods

Following supervisor instructions a similar work done and documented elsewhere. This is always agreed separately.

Working life cooperation

Possibly.

Learning environment

Group work for a project. Learning environment consists of the team itself, Moodle, as well as the technical and operational tools used by the team and the physical classroom, which is available for students every Tuesday.

Student time use and work load

Need 8 - 12 hours per week, also outside lectures marked in schedule.

Contents

Project work, which includes object-oriented structure, database connection, working as a team, as well as optional software project related topics, such as using graphical UIs and testing processes.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Simultaneous participation or previously passed the other courses of the module, or corresponding skills gained previously with other methods

Assessment criteria

Evaluation is based on the observations of the supervisors made during the project and on the quality of the produced artifact.

First the whole group work is assessed on scale 0 - 5. This assessment considers with equal weights the technical performance and the metaskills of the group. The metaskills include, for example, project coordination, project reporting, following the plan and the progress, group behaviour when problems occur, share of roles and work within the group, internal and external communication and ability to present group work and products. The technical part of the assessment looks at the ability to make decisions between different technologies, mastering design methods and tools, documentation of the design and the product, selecting and mastering the tools and methods, version control, structure and quality of the program code and usability and maintainability of the application. The group evaluation form the basis for the individual assessment.
The individual assessment takes the group assessent as the basis and the individual performance can upgrade or downgrade it. Assessement is based on the peer assessment done between the group members, the role picked up by the student and commitment to take care of the corresponding tasks, activity as a member of the group and personal performance in the group presentation. In individual assessment also all those group assessment criteria are considered where the student individual commitment can be separated and observed.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

Student did not properly participate in group work or did not show skills and knowledge required to project work

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student has participated in group work only partially OR the project work did not meet the minimum requirements but the student has been active in trying to help the group meet the requirements on the whole

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The group result exceeds the minimum technical requirements and the role of the student in project group work has been equal or greater than that of the other students

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The group result exceeds the minimum technical requirements in large scale and the role of the student in project group work has been very significant for the project group work

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- recognize the opportunities and limitations presented by application frameworks
- apply commonly used design patterns
- design and implement and application based on server-client principles
- install and maintain a three-tier architecture application

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lecture series of 10, starting with short introduction to PHP, continued with a three-tier architecture based framework Laravel mostly around CRUD (create, read, update, delete) and finally an introduction to software architectures in general and in comparison to three-tier architectures. Additionally, there is an example of programming with AI.

The grading is based on 5 assignments.

Timing and attendance

A series of 10 lectures during the Fall semester.

Participation in lectures recommended.

Learning material and recommended literature

EBook Laravel starter the definitive introduction to the Laravel PHP web development framework and materials provided by the teacher.

Note: Please keep in mind that Laravel is updated regularly and the recommendations can change with every version, so make sure you follow the correct recommendation.

Alternative completion methods

Negotiable with the teacher.

Learning environment

Technical: LAB Moodle, XAMPP + Laravel, optionally ChatGPT

Otherwise: optional group work, lectures, Laravel manuals, search engines and their results

Student time use and work load

The course includes five assignments with increasing complexity. These require research and implementing information learned during the research and lessons. The course assignments are partly structured around the idea of easing the student into thesis work.

Contents

The student is able to
- recognize the opportunities and limitations presented by application frameworks
- apply commonly used design patterns
- design and implement and application based on server-client principles
- install and maintain a three-tier architecture application

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

General understanding of programming, HTML and relational databases required. Two of the assignments require that the student has access to the code from a software project the student has previously participated in.

Assessment criteria

The student is unable to show understanding of software architectures

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student is unable to show understanding of software architectures

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student is able to show basic level understanding of possible benefits of software architectures.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student shows ability to utilize software development frameworks.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student is able to show an ability to choose between software architectures

Learning outcomes

The student knows:
- How to model business processes, information flows and data warehouses using formal notations methods.
- The business process IT-systems: supply chain and network systems (SCM), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) systems, as well as competence management (CM) and other management systems (DSS, MIS).
- The importance of quality control in business processes and information systems.

Implementation and methods of teaching

Contact lessons, excercises, individual work and project.

Timing and attendance

Independent working, participating to team work, active precense at contact sessions

Learning material and recommended literature

Material will be given at the beginning of the course

Learning environment

Material and activites will be in the moodle

Student time use and work load

About 135h

Contents

Modelling business processes, information flows and data storages in different levels in organization using some modelling framework like ie. BPMN

Practical informationsystem assignment

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

No previous studies are required.

Assessment criteria

Assessment is based on self evaluation (25%), peer evaluation (20%) and returned work (60%)

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

Student has not achieved the objectives of the course sufficiently.

Assessment criteria: assessment scale failed/approved

Approved
Student has achieved the objectives of the course well. Student can model business processes and understands the meaning of modelling. Student is able to evaluate business information systems.

Fail
Student has not achieved the objectives of the course sufficiently.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student has achieved the main learning objectives of the course. Student understands the principles of modelling business processes, information flows and data storages in different levels in organization and knows information systems of the business

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student has achieved the objectives of the course well. Student is able to model business processes and understands the meaning of modelling. Student is able to evaluate business information systems

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student has achieved the objectives of the course very well. Student understands and manages main business processes and is able to participate organizations development work from process and information systems point of view.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- describe the work steps of software development processes
- describe the features of modern and commonly used software development processes
- use tools that support software development processes

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lectures and exercises.

Timing and attendance

Studying takes place independently and in groups based on lectures, some of the compulsory exercises are done in lectures, so attendance is recommended. Failed, late or unreturned exercises lower the grade. The course program and exercises are explained in Moodle or communicated separately during the course.

Learning material and recommended literature

Lecturer's material

Learning environment

The material and assignments are distributed on the Moodle pages of the course and the assignments are returned to Moodle.

Student time use and work load

27 hours of student work equals one credit.

Contents

The student gets an understanding of different software development processes and their suitability for different needs. The student learns to use, choose and apply the key methods of software development. The student learns to use suitable software development tools.

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- apply a modern software development environment (SDE)
- apply the basic structures of programming
- implement an interactive and modular application

Implementation and methods of teaching

Flipped classroom. Students get familiar with the course material i.e. videos and presentation material before the contact lessons. On contact lessons the students will concentrate on solving programming tasks with the help of teacher and other students. Student may proceed on the course after the teacher or the automatic test process has approved the solutions to given test problems.

Timing and attendance

Course kick off on week 2 (8.1. - 12.1.2024). Recommended that all students attend this kick off session. Also recommended that all students participate in supervised lessons throughout the course but, if student is able to solve the given programming problems without help and ahead of given schedule, the lessons are not compulsory. Student may enroll on the course exam when he/she thinks being ready for it and the teacher approves it. Course exam in the end of the course.

Learning material and recommended literature

Material delivered in course Moodle

Alternative completion methods

Show corresponding skills in general retake or by a separate project. Project must be defined by the student and approved by teacher before starting the work.

Learning environment

Material (videos, presentations, exercises) distributed through Moodle environment.

Student time use and work load

Approximately 110 hours in total i.e. about 8 - 10 hours weekly.

Contents

General software development tools and environments, basic structures of programming languages.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

No prerequisities. To study outside the class room, student needs a computer with Visual Studio (2015 or later) programming environment, Community version is ok. Computer should be powerful enough to run the development environment, the bigger the screen, the better. To submit solutions to exercises, a working web connection is required.

Assessment criteria

Final exam. If student is active with exercises she gets some bonus points to be added on top of the exam points.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

Student is not able to solve simple programming problems.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student is able to apply some basic programming structures to solve simple standard programming tasks.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student is able to apply all basic programming structures to solve programming tasks.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student is able to assess the suitability of different programming structures and by applying the best approach to solve advanced programming problems.

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- convert numbers from one number system to another
- perform basic arithmetic operations with binary numbers
- construct and simplify compound propositions

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- explain the key concepts of object oriented programming
- design and implement applications with object oriented language
- apply efficiently a modern software development environment
- design a maintainable software architecture
- design unit test

Implementation and methods of teaching

Weekly contact lessons, each week with new topic lectured and demonstrated. Home exercises for each week to be solved individually. Done and approved lesson and home exercises collect bonus points that are added on top of the exam points in course evaluation. To collect the points, the home tasks must be marked being solved prior the exercise session and the student must be able to present and explain the solution to the class.

Timing and attendance

Course start week 36. No compulsory lectures but to collect exercise points, student must have submitted the weekly exercise solutions to the VPL tool before the deadline (next lesson).

Learning material and recommended literature

Material distributed through Moodle or otherwise shown by teacher

Alternative completion methods

General exam with some programming language passed

Learning environment

Course has Moodle pages. All material can be found there.

Student time use and work load

Solving weekly exercises will require 5 -10 hours weekly so attending the lectures is not sufficient alone. Students should take this in account when making the schedule for the semester.

Contents

Programming language C#.
Topics covered:
classes and objects with C#
constructing objects
class attributes
class methods
object type attributes
static members
inheritance
enum type
struct type
property of .NET
interface
polymorphism

Assessment criteria

Course exam. Home and lecture exercises can collect bonus points which are added on top of exam points. 50% of the maximum exam point sum required to pass.

Assessment scale

1-5

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student is able to construct classes with attributes and methods, instantiate objects and utilize them to implement simple object oriented design application.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student is able to develop, following a given architecture, a modular application consisting of several classes. Student is able to design and implement simple Object Oriented classes and utilize them as objects in a computer program. Student is able to import and utilize external classes in her own program.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student is able to design and implement object oriented application that solves a given business problem utilizing the key concepts and patterns of object oriented design.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- present www content dynamically with JavaScript and its extensions
- form a dynamic one page application using JavaScript frameworks and libraries
- install an application server and maintain it securely
- publish information and host applications on a server

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- form a business plan for a software product
- recognize the unique aspects of software business
- communicate their ideas regarding software business to stakeholders

Implementation and methods of teaching

The course has four touchpoints for the student:

1) kickoff
2) a lesson
3) optional guidance session
4) deadline for the work

The course work can be done in groups.

Zoom-link provided seprately through Moodle for each meeting.

Timing and attendance

No mandatory participation in meetings. Recommended participation in the lesson and guidance.

Learning material and recommended literature

Materials provided by the teachers. Other materials needed are based on the chosen topic, which leaves the student partly responsible for finding them.

Alternative completion methods

Optional prototype, which may provide you with extra credits

Working life cooperation

It is allowd to do the business plan for your own company or employer, but please make sure the stakeholders are fine with this.

Learning environment

LUT Moodle, WWW, various sources of data and team work

Student time use and work load

Students plan their own time usage.

Contents

On this course, the students form a business plan for a software product, emphasizing the distinct attributes of software business.

This includes ecosystems, business models, product life-cycles, cost structures, legal issues and ethics.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

No requirement for skills.

This course leads into Software Productization and Software Business Environment.

Assessment criteria

Based on the written work by the student or student group.

Assessment scale

Approved/Failed

Assessment criteria: assessment scale failed/approved

The student is able to show understanding of the unique problems in software business.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- create an HTML site that uses CSS and effectively edit an existing site
- identify needs for static and dynamic content
- use the built-in tools of the web browser to study the structure of the dynamic content and the view of the browser
- describe the principle of server / client architecture

Implementation and methods of teaching

Course consists of lectures, practical assignments/task

Timing and attendance

Participating to the contact lessons is not mandatory if student is able to do independent work

Learning material and recommended literature

Slide-sets and Internet resources. All material is available online and all assignments that need to be returned will be also available online.

Alternative completion methods

Course is possible to pass by showing skills learned earlier

Learning environment

Moodle

Student time use and work load

5*27h=135h

Contents

The student is able to
- create an HTML site that uses CSS and effectively edit an existing site
- identify needs for static and dynamic content
- use the built-in tools of the web browser to study the structure of the dynamic content and the view of the browser
- describe the principle of server / client architecture

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

No need for prior knowledge

Assessment criteria

Grading is based on returned individual/pair exercises, assignments, self-evaluation and practical test at the end of the course.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

A student did not meet the learning goals of the course.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student is able to:
A1 Use simple professional terms and show some knowledge of theoretical framework
B1 Use learnt technologies / working models / frameworks
C3 Shows understanding of professional target groups

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student is able to:
A1 Use professional language in good working life level
B1 Utilize learnt technologies / working models / frameworks
C3 Act in a way that professional target groups demand

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student is able to
A1 Use professional language fluently
B1 Choose technologies / working models / frameworks to implement and justify it
C3 Act in a way that professional target group demands are fulfilled

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- design information systems to support business functions
- form a requirement specification for an information system
- model an information system with applicable methods
- utilise basic usability principles in design
- take legal concerns into account in their work regarding information systems

Assessment scale

Approved/Failed

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- form queries using SQL
- apply the basic principles of normalization
- maintain databases
- describe the principles of database transactions
- explain the importance of information security in data storage
- describe alternative data storage types

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- use teamwork software in a variety of ways
- implement the website together with the other members of the team
- prepare the requirements specification, project plan, implementation plan, test plan and maintenance documentation for the website
- carry out the agreed tasks in accordance with the project plan
- install a simple web server securely

Implementation and methods of teaching

Contact teaching: lectures, project and team work.
Online: project work in a team.

Timing and attendance

Mandatory attendance during contact hours. The student team organizes their work to produce the end result of the project.Face-to-face meetings are recommended during project work outside of lecture times.

Learning material and recommended literature

A BOOK: Tiimiäly : Opas muuttuvaan työelämään, 2019
Tekijät: Maaretta Tukiainen, Ida Hakola, Ilona Hiila

Material on the Moodle page, various Internet sources.

Learning environment

Classroom, Moodle, Teams and Internet

Student time use and work load

5 cr -> 135 h

Contents

- project planning: role, division, scheduling, risks and monitoring
- teamwork
- waterfall model
- information security

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

NOTE: Parallel completion of the course with the Static Websites course.

Assessment criteria

Peer and self evaluation.
Evaluation of project team work, outputs and outcome.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

Poor participation in teamwork or the end result of the project does not correspond to the problem presented.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student...
C1 ... is able to act as a member of the team.
B1 ... uses learned techniques / work methods and models / processes
B3 ... can describe the basis, needs, and justifications for their actions
C3 ... shows that he has researched and studied the problem provided to the team

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student...
C1 ... is able to act as a goal oriented member of the team.
B1 ... applies a wide range of learned techniques / work methods and models / processes
B3 ... can research and define the basis, needs and justifications for their actions
C3 ... can suggest solutions to the problem provided to the team

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student...
C1 ... is able to act as an organizing member of the team.
B1 ... selects the appropriate techniques / work methods and models / processes for the operation and justify their choice
B3 ... can compare multiple solutions to a problem and take a justified course of action accordingly
C3 ... can solve the problem provided to the team in a fitting manner

Learning outcomes

The student knows:
- How to define the organization's internal and external data flows and sources of information in business value creation.
- The life cycle of the data and the steps involved, production, transfer, utilization, reliability level, and validity period.
- Common methods and tools to collect and process the data.
- The appropriate visualization methods.

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lessons, exercises and an exam.

Learning environment

Moodle course for enrolled and confirmed students.

Contents

Data business. Big data. Data driven organizations. Data maturity in organizations.
Monetizing data. Data sources. Analyzing data to make better business decisions and to improve operations. Basics of data strategy.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

AL00CM21 Tietokannat or other course on relational databases.

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- plan and apply working methods to a team to ensure effectiveness
- divide a project into meaningful parts and estimate the time requirements
- implement their part of an application and documentation on the project
- choose a process model applicable to the project and apply it

Implementation and methods of teaching

Project work in groups, as well as short lectures on chosen topics.

The student can choose what they focus on during the project, but in some cases this might limit the maximum grade.

Timing and attendance

During the Spring of 2024. Mandatory participation in the project kick-off and project hand-off.

Learning material and recommended literature

Various WWW-based instructions, as well as the materials from the other courses in the module.

Alternative completion methods

Negotiable

Working life cooperation

Project topics are real working life problems based on discussions with professionals from various areas. In some cases, depending on availability, these outside professionals can also participate as the client.

Learning environment

LAB Moodle, project teams, project hours at C246, other environments as chosen by the teams.

Student time use and work load

Typical five credit course. Students plan their own time use regarding the course within the given parameters.

Much of the work is group work, which is organized by the teams. Suggested number of hours a student should use for the course is 10-15 or one to two days per week.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Participation in the other two courses of the module or similar understanding of PHP, JavaScript, SQL, HTML and software architectures gained from other sources.

Assessment criteria

Based on the quality of the project as well as being able to work with the project team. Includes both self-assessment and assessment by the teachers.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student does not participate in team activities actively, does not take responsibility for the team or does not indicate ability to work with the chosen technologies.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student participates in group work, but only passively. The students exhibits only basic understanding of the technologies.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student participates actively in the teamwork. The student exhibits an ability to work with the technologies involved.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The team has chosen harder of the two optional subjects. The student has actively participated in the teamwork and has been a part of advancing the team's methodology or processes. The student exhibits advanced ability to work with the technologies involved.

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- define, implement and report an iterative project
- act in different roles of a software development project
- implement a HTML user interface following the design
- implement the business logic of a web application
- programmatically parse required data from a structured data set

Implementation and methods of teaching

Development project done in small groups to solve a given development task.

Timing and attendance

Most of the course work is done at times best suitable for the group members. Few compulsory sessions exist, the dates and times will be communicated in course Moodle page. Students are responsible in following these instructions.
Rough schedule/timing (subject to changes):
Week 5 Kick off, all students MUST participate. Check exact time from schedule!
Weeks 5 - 6: Project plan
Week 7: Project plan wrap up + kick off for the project work (compulsory for all students to participate)
Weeks 7 - 17 : Iterative project work in teams
Week 17: Final presentations to teacher, all group members MUST be present at session

Alternative completion methods

Similar project done and documented elsewhere.

Learning environment

Material & task with project timing delivered through Moodle.

Contents

Practical project work that utilizes tools, skills and methods learned on the two other courses in the same module.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Basic programming skills: Passed or simultaneously participating an introductory programming course
Basic web technologies: HTML, CSS.

Assessment criteria

Group and personal performance in the project work, peer assessment & teacher assessment.
Grade 0 - 5

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student knows:
- How to define the organization's internal and external data flows and sources of information in business value creation.
- The life cycle of the data and the steps involved, production, transfer, utilization, reliability level, and validity period.
- Common methods and tools to collect and process the data.
- The appropriate visualization methods.

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lectures, assignments, and final assignment in teams.

Timing and attendance

Active presence is recommended. Teaching on Mukkula campus.

Learning material and recommended literature

Material announced by the lecturer

Working life cooperation

Business cooperation is recommended in the final assignment. And it's recommended students start searching for business partners at the beginning of the course.

Exam retakes

The renewal option is valid for one year after the end of the course.

Learning environment

Implementation on the Mukkula campus.

Student time use and work load

27 h of student work is equal to 1 cr.

Contents

The student learns to identify the internal and external data flows and data sources, as well as data formats in digital environments, the life cycle, and the importance of data in data management and factors related to data protection and usability. The data is a value maker in the business.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Business Basics

Assessment criteria

Active participation in lectures and completion of class assignments. The final assignment is compulsory.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not achieved the objectives of the course sufficiently.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student has achieved the objectives of the course sufficiently. The student understands the meaning of data in business processes and understands data-related factors from a usability perspective.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student has achieved the objectives of the course well. The student understands the importance of information in business processes and can draw up a plan for developing and utilising information for business development.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student has achieved the objectives of the course excellently. The student understands the importance of information in business processes and can draw up a plan for developing and utilizing information for business development. The student can compare data sources and design an information management plan based on the organization's needs.

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- apply a modern software development environment (SDE)
- apply the basic structures of programming
- implement an interactive and modular application

Implementation and methods of teaching

Flipped classroom. Students get familiar with the course material i.e. videos and presentation material before the contact lessons. On contact lessons the students will concentrate on solving programming tasks with the help of teacher and other students. Student may proceed on the course after the teacher or the automatic test process has approved the solutions to given test problems.

Timing and attendance

Course kick off on week 2 (8.1. - 12.1.2024). Recommended that all students attend this kick off session. Also recommended that all students participate in supervised lessons throughout the course but, if student is able to solve the given programming problems without help and ahead of given schedule, the lessons are not compulsory. Student may enroll on the course exam when he/she thinks being ready for it and the teacher approves it. Course exam in the end of the course.

Learning material and recommended literature

Material delivered in course Moodle

Alternative completion methods

Show corresponding skills in general retake or by a separate project. Project must be defined by the student and approved by teacher before starting the work.

Learning environment

Material (videos, presentations, exercises) distributed through Moodle environment.

Student time use and work load

Approximately 110 hours in total i.e. about 8 - 10 hours weekly.

Contents

General software development tools and environments, basic structures of programming languages.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

No prerequisities. To study outside the class room, student needs a computer with Visual Studio (2015 or later) programming environment, Community version is ok. Computer should be powerful enough to run the development environment, the bigger the screen, the better. To submit solutions to exercises, a working web connection is required.

Assessment criteria

Final exam. If student is active with exercises she gets some bonus points to be added on top of the exam points.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

Student is not able to solve simple programming problems.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student is able to apply some basic programming structures to solve simple standard programming tasks.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student is able to apply all basic programming structures to solve programming tasks.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student is able to assess the suitability of different programming structures and by applying the best approach to solve advanced programming problems.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- form a business plan for a software product
- recognize the unique aspects of software business
- communicate their ideas regarding software business to stakeholders

Implementation and methods of teaching

The course has four touchpoints for the student:

1) kickoff
2) a lesson
3) optional guidance session
4) deadline for the work

The course work can be done in groups.

Zoom-link provided seprately through Moodle for each meeting.

Timing and attendance

No mandatory participation in meetings. Recommended participation in the lesson and guidance.

Learning material and recommended literature

Materials provided by the teachers. Other materials needed are based on the chosen topic, which leaves the student partly responsible for finding them.

Alternative completion methods

Optional prototype, which may provide you with extra credits

Working life cooperation

It is allowd to do the business plan for your own company or employer, but please make sure the stakeholders are fine with this.

Learning environment

LUT Moodle, WWW, various sources of data and team work

Student time use and work load

Students plan their own time usage.

Contents

On this course, the students form a business plan for a software product, emphasizing the distinct attributes of software business.

This includes ecosystems, business models, product life-cycles, cost structures, legal issues and ethics.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

No requirement for skills.

This course leads into Software Productization and Software Business Environment.

Assessment criteria

Based on the written work by the student or student group.

Assessment scale

Approved/Failed

Assessment criteria: assessment scale failed/approved

The student is able to show understanding of the unique problems in software business.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- describe the work steps of software development processes
- describe the features of modern and commonly used software development processes
- use tools that support software development processes

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lectures and exercises.

Timing and attendance

Studying takes place independently and in groups based on lectures, some of the compulsory exercises are done in lectures, so attendance is recommended. Failed, late or unreturned exercises lower the grade. The course program and exercises are explained in Moodle or communicated separately during the course.

Learning material and recommended literature

Lecturer's material

Learning environment

The material and assignments are distributed on the Moodle pages of the course and the assignments are returned to Moodle.

Student time use and work load

27 hours of student work equals one credit.

Contents

The student gets an understanding of different software development processes and their suitability for different needs. The student learns to use, choose and apply the key methods of software development. The student learns to use suitable software development tools.

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- present www content dynamically with JavaScript and its extensions
- form a dynamic one page application using JavaScript frameworks and libraries
- install an application server and maintain it securely
- publish information and host applications on a server

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- recognize the opportunities and limitations presented by application frameworks
- apply commonly used design patterns
- design and implement and application based on server-client principles
- install and maintain a three-tier architecture application

Implementation and methods of teaching

Lecture series of 10, starting with short introduction to PHP, continued with a three-tier architecture based framework Laravel mostly around CRUD (create, read, update, delete) and finally an introduction to software architectures in general and in comparison to three-tier architectures. Additionally, there is an example of programming with AI.

The grading is based on 5 assignments.

Timing and attendance

A series of 10 lectures during the Fall semester.

Participation in lectures recommended.

Learning material and recommended literature

EBook Laravel starter the definitive introduction to the Laravel PHP web development framework and materials provided by the teacher.

Note: Please keep in mind that Laravel is updated regularly and the recommendations can change with every version, so make sure you follow the correct recommendation.

Alternative completion methods

Negotiable with the teacher.

Learning environment

Technical: LAB Moodle, XAMPP + Laravel, optionally ChatGPT

Otherwise: optional group work, lectures, Laravel manuals, search engines and their results

Student time use and work load

The course includes five assignments with increasing complexity. These require research and implementing information learned during the research and lessons. The course assignments are partly structured around the idea of easing the student into thesis work.

Contents

The student is able to
- recognize the opportunities and limitations presented by application frameworks
- apply commonly used design patterns
- design and implement and application based on server-client principles
- install and maintain a three-tier architecture application

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

General understanding of programming, HTML and relational databases required. Two of the assignments require that the student has access to the code from a software project the student has previously participated in.

Assessment criteria

The student is unable to show understanding of software architectures

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student is unable to show understanding of software architectures

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student is able to show basic level understanding of possible benefits of software architectures.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student shows ability to utilize software development frameworks.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student is able to show an ability to choose between software architectures

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- convert numbers from one number system to another
- perform basic arithmetic operations with binary numbers
- construct and simplify compound propositions

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- use teamwork software in a variety of ways
- implement the website together with the other members of the team
- prepare the requirements specification, project plan, implementation plan, test plan and maintenance documentation for the website
- carry out the agreed tasks in accordance with the project plan
- install a simple web server securely

Implementation and methods of teaching

Contact teaching: lectures, project and team work.
Online: project work in a team.

Timing and attendance

Mandatory attendance during contact hours. The student team organizes their work to produce the end result of the project.Face-to-face meetings are recommended during project work outside of lecture times.

Learning material and recommended literature

A BOOK: Tiimiäly : Opas muuttuvaan työelämään, 2019
Tekijät: Maaretta Tukiainen, Ida Hakola, Ilona Hiila

Material on the Moodle page, various Internet sources.

Learning environment

Classroom, Moodle, Teams and Internet

Student time use and work load

5 cr -> 135 h

Contents

- project planning: role, division, scheduling, risks and monitoring
- teamwork
- waterfall model
- information security

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

NOTE: Parallel completion of the course with the Static Websites course.

Assessment criteria

Peer and self evaluation.
Evaluation of project team work, outputs and outcome.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

Poor participation in teamwork or the end result of the project does not correspond to the problem presented.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student...
C1 ... is able to act as a member of the team.
B1 ... uses learned techniques / work methods and models / processes
B3 ... can describe the basis, needs, and justifications for their actions
C3 ... shows that he has researched and studied the problem provided to the team

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student...
C1 ... is able to act as a goal oriented member of the team.
B1 ... applies a wide range of learned techniques / work methods and models / processes
B3 ... can research and define the basis, needs and justifications for their actions
C3 ... can suggest solutions to the problem provided to the team

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The student...
C1 ... is able to act as an organizing member of the team.
B1 ... selects the appropriate techniques / work methods and models / processes for the operation and justify their choice
B3 ... can compare multiple solutions to a problem and take a justified course of action accordingly
C3 ... can solve the problem provided to the team in a fitting manner

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- ideate and plan a digital service using user driven methods
- utilize co-creation methods
- visualize a digital service
- analyze a meaning of a digital service in business
- know the affecting regulation eg GDPR for a planning of a digital service

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student knows:
- How to model business processes, information flows and data warehouses using formal notations methods.
- The business process IT-systems: supply chain and network systems (SCM), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) systems, as well as competence management (CM) and other management systems (DSS, MIS).
- The importance of quality control in business processes and information systems.

Implementation and methods of teaching

Contact lessons, excercises, individual work and project.

Timing and attendance

Independent working, participating to team work, active precense at contact sessions

Learning material and recommended literature

Material will be given at the beginning of the course

Learning environment

Material and activites will be in the moodle

Student time use and work load

About 135h

Contents

Modelling business processes, information flows and data storages in different levels in organization using some modelling framework like ie. BPMN

Practical informationsystem assignment

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

No previous studies are required.

Assessment criteria

Assessment is based on self evaluation (25%), peer evaluation (20%) and returned work (60%)

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

Student has not achieved the objectives of the course sufficiently.

Assessment criteria: assessment scale failed/approved

Approved
Student has achieved the objectives of the course well. Student can model business processes and understands the meaning of modelling. Student is able to evaluate business information systems.

Fail
Student has not achieved the objectives of the course sufficiently.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student has achieved the main learning objectives of the course. Student understands the principles of modelling business processes, information flows and data storages in different levels in organization and knows information systems of the business

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student has achieved the objectives of the course well. Student is able to model business processes and understands the meaning of modelling. Student is able to evaluate business information systems

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student has achieved the objectives of the course very well. Student understands and manages main business processes and is able to participate organizations development work from process and information systems point of view.

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- explain the key concepts of object oriented programming
- design and implement applications with object oriented language
- apply efficiently a modern software development environment
- design a maintainable software architecture
- design unit test

Implementation and methods of teaching

Weekly contact lessons, each week with new topic lectured and demonstrated. Home exercises for each week to be solved individually. Done and approved lesson and home exercises collect bonus points that are added on top of the exam points in course evaluation. To collect the points, the home tasks must be marked being solved prior the exercise session and the student must be able to present and explain the solution to the class.

Timing and attendance

Course start week 36. No compulsory lectures but to collect exercise points, student must have submitted the weekly exercise solutions to the VPL tool before the deadline (next lesson).

Learning material and recommended literature

Material distributed through Moodle or otherwise shown by teacher

Alternative completion methods

General exam with some programming language passed

Learning environment

Course has Moodle pages. All material can be found there.

Student time use and work load

Solving weekly exercises will require 5 -10 hours weekly so attending the lectures is not sufficient alone. Students should take this in account when making the schedule for the semester.

Contents

Programming language C#.
Topics covered:
classes and objects with C#
constructing objects
class attributes
class methods
object type attributes
static members
inheritance
enum type
struct type
property of .NET
interface
polymorphism

Assessment criteria

Course exam. Home and lecture exercises can collect bonus points which are added on top of exam points. 50% of the maximum exam point sum required to pass.

Assessment scale

1-5

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student is able to construct classes with attributes and methods, instantiate objects and utilize them to implement simple object oriented design application.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student is able to develop, following a given architecture, a modular application consisting of several classes. Student is able to design and implement simple Object Oriented classes and utilize them as objects in a computer program. Student is able to import and utilize external classes in her own program.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student is able to design and implement object oriented application that solves a given business problem utilizing the key concepts and patterns of object oriented design.

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- design information systems to support business functions
- form a requirement specification for an information system
- model an information system with applicable methods
- utilise basic usability principles in design
- take legal concerns into account in their work regarding information systems

Assessment scale

Approved/Failed

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- form queries using SQL
- apply the basic principles of normalization
- maintain databases
- describe the principles of database transactions
- explain the importance of information security in data storage
- describe alternative data storage types

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- collect and apply information to implement a software development project
- analyze client needs and write corresponding project requirements
- design and implement a software project that uses data storages
- apply agile methods on a practical project
- act alone and as a project group member to fulfill the project goals

Implementation and methods of teaching

Student project which applies the tools, skills and knowledge (Object oriented programming & databases) learned on the other courses of the module.
Project implementation with C#.

Timing and attendance