STPS549 IT GOVERNANCE
| Course Code: | 8310549 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Science and Technology Policy Studies |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
Cotemporary issues about IT Governance as a whole; but major concentration upon-IT Organizations & Strategy,-IT Management & Best Practices,-IT Processes & Standards,-IT Project Management,-Business-IT Alignment,-IT Control Standards & Security,-IT Risk Management & Audit issues will be thoroughly discussed and practiced in this course. By focusing on Business Requirements and Business-Technology Alignment; well-applied Global Best Practices, Assessment Methodologies, Process Maturity and IT Risks will examined. Besides experiencing the technology impact and its leverage on business world, the protection & control of information & information assets will be the common perspective of this lecture. In addition to a medium weight of reading materials; membership to and follow-up of some major professional e-groups and discussion lists, research over the Internet, Control Risk Assessment & IT Audit Project assignments, in-class case studies, workshops, simulations and presentations will be the lecture’s in & out of class study/practice material.