1 Database Management for Electronic Commerce and EBusiness Walt Scacchi, Ph.D. GSM 274/FEMBA 274 Spring 2002

2 Overview Introductions Course audience and demographics Administrative matters Foundational concepts Course topics Questions Topic 1: Collecting and Managing Data

3 Introductions Instructor: Dr. Walt Scacchi Teaching assistant(s): –none Administrative support: –Natasha Shuqum

4 Course audience and demographics: what are your career interests ?  Executive (Corporate Officer, Vice President, Division Director, etc.)?  Mid-Career Manager (not an IT department manager)?  IT Consultant ?  Entrepreneur?  Academic Scholar?  Other?

5 Administrative matters Office, office hours and contact –ICS2-242 –Tuesday 1:00-2:30pm, and by appointment –Office: – –Web:

6 Administrative matters Projects and Exams –Team project, final presentation, deliverables –Mid-term exam Assignments and Discussion –Assigned articles and case studies –DB-Web site case studies –Web-based business intelligence gathering

7 Administrative matters Attendance and Participation –Both count!

8 Administrative matters Grading policy –Final project: 50% –Mid-term exam: 20% –Assignments and discussion: 20% –Attendance: 10% Project team formation –Team size: 3-5 people –Start building your team today!

9 Administrative matters Communicating course material: –Am I explaining course materials so that you understand? If not, you must let me know. Course preparation: –All course materials (e.g., lecture notes, readings, assignments) will be posted on the Web Discussion: –Assignments or team project work each week

10 Administrative matters Access: –See my Office hours and TBD hours: contact me! Progress (Grades): –Scheduled assignments and team project work Emphasis of conceptual understanding: –50% lecture and course work on concepts for database management for EC/EB –50% work on putting these concepts into practice, via the team project.

11 Administrative matters Rigor: iterative presentation and exploration –Formal vs. informal –Three iteration cycles Overall value of course to you: –You will learn fundamental concepts of database management for EC/EB –You define your team project to best address your professional goals –You should ask questions about topical issues

12 Course matters -- Reading Materials Required: Recommended (or Required) textbooks: –David Kroenke, Database Processing, (Eighth Edition), Prentice-Hall, –Jim Buyens, Web Database Development : Step by Step, Microsoft Press, –R.J. Muller, Database Design for Smarties: Using UML for Data Modeling, MK, –G. Treese and L. Stewart, Designing Systems for Internet Commerce, Addison-Wesley, 1998.

13 Foundational concepts  Understanding the Value and Consequences of Good/Bad Data  Database-Centric Business Models for EC  Database Management Systems Architecture  Database Administration  Data Assets as a corporate resource requiring management (access control, etc.)  Database Modeling and Transaction Design  Advanced Database Applications: Multi-media, knowledge management, workflow, etc.

14 Course topics Collecting and Managing Databases Database Management Based Business Models for Electronic Commerce Electronic Commerce Database Applications Enterprise Database Systems Architecture: Legacy IS to Web-based

15 Course topics Data Base Management for Data Base Administrators (DBAs) Data and Enterprise Modeling Database Design via Data Models and Meta-Data Models Query Processing and Transaction Design

16 Course topics Data Warehousing (and Spatial Data Warehousing) Data or Information Discovery Knowledge Management Automated Database Content Acquisition or Generation Workflow, Stored Procedures, Triggers Information Logistics and Data Syndication

17 Questions? What do you want to learn or take away from this course? What are your criteria of success? What do you want me to do to help you achieve your success? What about the team project? Others?