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Evaluation of IT systems, 7.5 Higher education credits

Utvärdering av IT-system, 7,5 Högskolepoäng

Established: 2022-05-19

Established by: School of Business, Economics and IT

Applies from: H22

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding of:

• evaluation of IT systems and knowledge development in development projects according to the Design Science paradigm in Informatics

Skill and ability to:

• develop evaluation plan for evaluation projects
• anchor evaluation of IT systems scientifically according to Design Science
• reflect and document lessons learned from the evaluation process

Judgment and approach to:

• methods and scientific models from the Design Science paradigm for evaluation of IT systems
• scientific concepts from the Design Science paradigm for defining evaluation and IT systems

Entry requirements

General entry requirements and approved result from the following course/courses:

VSA110-Organisational and Systems Development and

PPB302-Work and Project Methodology or the equivalent.

The forms of assessment of student performance

Project work in group and individual assignments

Course contents

The course aims to create an understanding of how, when and why IT systems are evaluated in a development project. The course highlights various important elements in an evaluation process according to scientific literature from Design Science.

Other regulations

Course grading: F/Fx/E/D/C/B/A - Insufficient, Insufficient- more work required before the credit can be awarded, Sufficient, Satisfactory, Good, Very Good, Excellent

Course language: The teaching is conducted in English.

A student who does not fully meet the learning outcomes of a non-supervised examination (hemtentamen), but is close to the grade “pass” can, after a decision by the examiner, be allowed to complement (kan skriva supplement eller revise också) an examination assignment in order to reach the criteria for pass. For supervised examination (salstentamen) complementing is not allowed. Complementing of an examination must be individually adapted based on the learning outcomes or objectives that were not achieved by a student. It must take place within two weeks after informing the student of the examination result and before the next examination opportunity.

General rules pertaining to examination at University West are available at www.hv.se.

If the student has a decision/recommendation on special support due to disability, the examiner has the right to examine the student in a customized examination form.

Course Overlap

Read about course overlap in the Swedish version of this course syllabus.

Cycle

First cycle

Progressive specialization

G2F - first cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements

Main field of study

Informatics