Information Infrastructure & e-Services

Course Description

Welcome to the Information Infrastructure & e-Services Module. This module introduces e-service and information infrastructure concepts. In this module, we focus on principles and critical factors and examples of e-services and information infrastructure as well as different perspectives on e-services and information infrastructures, such as technical, economical, organizational, and societal. It also includes methods for developing information infrastructure such as TOGAF as well as models for analysis and assessment of information infrastructure and e-services.

Course Objectives

The student should after the course:

• be able to understand and describe different definitions of and perspectives of e-services
• be able to analyze and assess e-services
• be able to understand and describe different definitions of information infrastructure and reflect on its meaning from different perspectives, such as technical, organizational, and societal
• be able to identify, understand and describe information infrastructure frameworks such as Enterprise Architecture (EA), Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
• be able to critically reflect on the relation between e-services and information infrastructure
• be able to analyze and assess a design for information infrastructure
• be able to develop conceptual models related to both technical and organizational aspects of e-services and information infrastructure
• be able to develop e-service and information infrastructure designs.

Main Content of the Course

• Introduction to e-service and information infrastructure concepts.
• Principles and critical factors and examples of e-services and information infrastructure.
• Examples of different e-services and their infrastructural context. 
• Different perspectives on e-services and information infrastructures, such as technical, economic, organizational, and societal.
• Design and implementation of e-services.  
• Methods for developing information infrastructure such as TOGAF.
• Models for analysis and assessment of information infrastructure and e-services.

Teaching Methods

Teaching is in the form of lectures, seminars, and practical work. Participation in practical work, as well as seminars, is mandatory.