Course content

In this course you learn about managerial challenges related to development, implementation and management of IT solutions in organizations. A specific focus is on the challenges posed by socio-technical, complex, large-scale and interconnected IT solutions. The lectures and readings in the course present approaches, models and frameworks found in IT management practices, and offer a research-based view on the topics. You will participate in a project where you apply this knowledge to an empirical study within a real-world organization.

Learning outcome

After you have completed the course you can:

  • describe common approaches, models and frameworks for IT management and governance, project management and enterprise architectures in organizations.
  • describe theoretical perspectives on the opportunities and challenges associated with IT governance, project management and enterprise architectures.
  • discuss the challenges of inter-organizational and sector-wide IT governance.
  • describe the connection between governance models and enterprise architectures.
  • can plan, organize, and report from a project where you collect and analyze data to document and assess the IT governance model of an organization.
  • utilize your practical and theoretical basis for critical reflection on how IT is managed in organizations.

Admission to the course

Students admitted at UiO must?apply for courses?in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may?apply to take this course as a single course student.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures for international applicants

INF3290 – Store og komplekse informasjonssystemer (continued) og IN5210 – Information Systems

Overlapping courses