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Week 1
19 Sept
11
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Introduction to IT Law and Professional Issues.
Intellectual
Property - Copyright
Intellectual Property - Trademarks
Intellectual Property
- Patents
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Reading
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Who needs to be a Professional?
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| Week 2
26 Sept 11 |
Pierce
and Henry (1996) Model for ethical decision making related to computer
technology
Intellectual Property Rights – Foley and Fitzpatrick
Legal and Professional
Issues
– Continuous Assessment Assignment No 1.
Professional Institutions
Professional codes of ethics
IEEE-CS/ACM - Software Engineering Ethics and Professional Practice
BCS Codes of Conduct and Practice |
The Patents Office Journal http://www.patentsoffice.ie/PDF%20Documents/2098.pdf
Visit the DIT Library website and link to databases on the left.
Become familiar with resources like ACM, IEEE, OED, British Standards Online
and similar.
Crafting a Research Paper
During this coming week
access the British Standards Online at the DIT Library database link and
download:
BS EN ISO 9000:2005
Quality management systems. Fundamentals and vocabulary
BS EN ISO 9001:2000 Quality management
systems. Requirements
BS ISO/IEC 90003:2004 Software engineering.
Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2000 to computer software
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| Week 3
03 Oct 11
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Respecting Intellectual Property
Introduction to legal issues
for the IS
professional
It will be necessary for you
to formally declare that all assignment material that you submit for this module is
your own work. This will require you to include an appropriate
declaration. Please download, complete and sign the
following
Declaration of own work.
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Irish Courts System
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Handout
.pdf
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Slides
.ppt .pdf
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- Class assignment
(individual)
For an organisation that
you are familiar with use a PESTLE analysis to identify the business and IT
continuity risks that the organisation needs to manage.
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- Access the DIT
Library website and from Databases link to IEEE Xplore
site (IEEE/IET Electronic Library) and download the following:
- Software Risk
Management: Principles and Practices
by Barry Boehm
- A copy of
Boehm's spiral model
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| Week 4
10 Oct 11
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Data Protection
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
and the IT professional
Data Protection and Legislation in Ireland
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Website
of the Data Protection Commissioner. |
| Week
5
17 Oct 11 |
Typical contracts clauses |
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| Week 6
24 Oct 11 |
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IT Law and Professional
Issues
– Continuous Assessment Assignment No 2.
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Schedule of assigned contract and clauses.
People and Information Systems.
Slides handouts
.pdf
Slides
.pdf
Slides
.ppt
Development teams.
Maslow's
hierarchy of needs.
Belbin's
team roles.
Personnel and
Manpower planning
Slides handouts
.pdf
Slides
.pdf
Slides
.ppt
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Cover sheet for your assignment - You will need to edit it to suit your
course, module and assignment.
It will be necessary for you
to formally declare that all assignment material that you submit for this module is
your own work. This will require you to include an appropriate
declaration. Please download, complete and sign the
following
Declaration of own work. |
| Week 7
31 Oct 11 |
Bank Holiday on Monday. CA submission and discussion of
assignment. |
Assignment No 1 due for submission on Wednesday
27th. Read what wiki has to say about shrink
wrap contracts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrink_wrap_contract |
| Week 8
07 Nov 11 |
Legal and Professional
Issues
– Continuous Assessment Assignment No 2. |
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| Week 9
14 Nov 11 |
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International
Standards
.ppt
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International Standards
.pdf
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International Standards
- handout .ppt
ISO
Stages table
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Quality System - pdf
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Quality System - handout
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Outstanding Feedback for Assignment 1
Mary McAleese on ethics
Michael D. Higgins on an ethically vacuous model
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| Week 10
21 Nov 11 |
- Continuation of
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Quality System - pdf
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Quality System - handout
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Selection
and Acquisition
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Including outsourcing.
Personnel and Manpower Planning
Calculating a chargeout rate. |
Housekeeping Q6A |
| Week 11
28 Nov 11 |
Making a convincing
oral presentation
Assignment 2 Research time |
Assignment is due next Wednesday 7 December
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| Week 12
05 Dec 11
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Assignment is due Wednesday 7 December
and presentations will be made during the lecture session 10:00am to
13:00pm. Each team will be allocated 20 minutes presentation time which
includes setup time and questions.
Presentations will start at 10:00am with subsequent presentations at 20
minute intervals to the following schedule:
Team 1 will be questioned by Team 4
Team 2 will be questioned by Team 5
Team 3 will be questioned by Team 6
Team 4 will be questioned by Team 7
Team 5 will be questioned by Team 1
Team 6 will be questioned by Team 2
Team 7 will be questioned by Team 3
So, to get started Team 1 will set up, make their presentation, and will
then be questioned by Team 4.
Each student must submit their own set of interview questions and answers
and each team must submit a common set of presentation slides - all in hard
copy. You have to be present in the room to receive a mark for your work
(presentation and questioning).
As a reminder, and to help you to prepare to ask questions on the day the
assignment topics are:
1.
International standards in the daily life of an IS/IT professional.
2.
Forms of contract that the IS/IT professional should be aware of.
3.
Building IS/IT project teams.
4.
An IT organisation’s approach to staff training and development.
5.
How ISO 9000 impacts an IT organisation
6.
Selecting and acquiring new IT systems.
7.
How an organisation approaches IT business continuity management.
Please share with your classmates and good luck on the day. |
| Week 13
12 Dec 11
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Review week.
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19 Dec 11 |
Christmas |
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26 Dec 11 |
Christmas |
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02 Jan 2012 |
Christmas |
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Week 14
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Examinations commence 9
January 2012 |
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Week 15 |
Examinations continue. |
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