Groupware Applications for Electronic Commerce

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Who should attend
Prerequisites
Course Objectives
Course Outline

This course will run if there is sufficient interest shown. It is normally held from 9am-5pm over two days. Cost is approximately $775 (this may be subject to change). If you are interested in this course, please complete and submit this web form to register your interest. Possible starting dates are not available at this time.

Who Should Attend

People who are setting up applications that use groupware or Intranet/Internet/WWW technologies, eg. consultants, government and industry managers, business analysts, team leaders, system designers, designers of Interactive websites.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of how to use personal computers. No prior knowledge of the Internet or World Wide Web is needed.

Course Objectives

The course will cover use of groupware and WWW technologies in developing distributed business applications. It will describe ways to choose and use groupware technologies for business advantage, including ways to extend systems to clients and to set up business alliances and trends to virtual organizations. On completion attendees will have an understanding of the kinds of technologies now becoming available and ways to choose and implement the best technology for their business needs. A functional description of alternate technical implementations will be given, together with outlines of how to choose and integrate with databases, and adapt the technologies to meet business requirements.

Course Outline

(Indicative only)

Examples of Commercial Systems	Ways groupware has been used to gain business advantage
Defining strategic directions	Extending to clients, business alliances and virtual organizations, integration with database
Identifying business needs	Defining new activities to meet strategic goals
Technologies	Internet, WWW and Intranet
	Workflow systems
	Middleware and standards
	Discussion systems
	Support for knowledge development and sharing
Design and technology selection	Design criteria - what is a good system
	Database requirements
	Shared workspaces for distributed work
	Adding special features
Technology integration	Technology integration - middleware or core technology
	Database integration
Development process	Ways to adapt technologies to business needs

Presenter

Prof. Igor Hawryszkiewycz, Faculty of Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney

Texts and References

Hawryszkiewycz, I.T. Designing the Networked Enterprise Artech House, Boston

For more information, contact Igor Hawryszkiewycz