Lecture Slide List

Ronan Fitzpatrick
School of Computing, Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
Email: ronan.fitzpatrick@dit.ie

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DT249 B.Sc in Information Systems and Information Technology

Professional and Legal Issues in IS/IT

These resources are posted for supplemental purposes. They are not a substitute for attendance at lectures where the sharing of knowledge and work experience is encouraged and general interactive participation is the norm.

Lecture Session 2011-2012
Room Annexe G-027

18:45 - 21:45
Lecture schedule
Reading list
Examination past papers: Link to BCS Examination Papers

Week 1 22 Sept 11	Introduction to Professional and Legal Issues in IS/IT. Intellectual Property - Copyright Intellectual Property – Trademarks Intellectual Property – Patents Professional and Legal Issues in IS/IT – Continuous Assessment Assignment No 1.	Reading – Who needs to be a Professional?
Week 2 29 Sept 11	Intellectual Property Rights – Foley and Fitzpatrick Respecting Intellectual Property Pierce and Henry (1996) Model for ethical decision making related to computer technology Professional Institutions Professional codes of ethics IEEE-CS/ACM - Software Engineering Ethics and Professional Practice BCS Codes of Conduct and Practice	Federation Against Software Theft and Software Asset Management (SAM) Important general information for all students. Regularly visit the course website and link to current students at http://www.comp.dit.ie/dt249/ 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
Week 3 6 Oct 11	Respecting Intellectual Property Professional ethics in computing IS Risk Management Introduction to legal issues for the IS professional It will be necessary for you to formally declare that all material that you submit for this module is your own work. This will require you to complete and sign the following Declaration of own work. Irish Courts System Handout .pdf Slides .ppt .pdf	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. 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
Week 4 13 Oct 11	Data Protection Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the IT professional Data Protection and Legislation in Ireland Data Controller's Responsibilities Data Subject's Rights Data Protection in the Telecommunications Sector	Website of the Data Protection Commissioner.
Week 5 20 Oct 11	Contracts and contract clauses Audit	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 6 27 Oct 11	Calculating a chargeout rate Annual Statement format Legal formation of a company	Continuous Assessment Assignment No 1 due tonight. Read what Wiki has to say about shrink wrap contracts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrink_wrap_contract
Week 7 3 Nov 11	People and Information Systems. Slides handouts .pdf Slides .pdf Slides .ppt Development teams. Maslow's hierarchy of needs. McClelland's Theory of needs. Belbin's team roles.	Outstanding Continuous Assessment Assignment No 1 due tonight.
Week 8 10 Nov 11	International Standards .ppt International Standards .pdf International Standards - handout .ppt ISO Stages table Quality System - pdf Quality System - handout
Week 9 17 Nov 11		Mary McAleese on ethics Michael D. Higgins on an ethically vacuous model
Week 10 24 Nov 11	Selection and Acquisition Including outsourcing. Personnel and Manpower Planning
Week 11 1 Dec 11	Computer management Handout .pdf Slides .ppt .pdf	Feedback for Assignment 1
Week 12 8 Dec 11
Week 13 15 Dec 11	Review Week.
19 Dec 11	Christmas
22 Dec 11	Christmas
02 Jan 2012	Christmas
Week 14	Examinations commence 9 January 2012
Week 15	Examinations continue.

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