Business Information Systems

…because the course ends, for you, only on February 12 at noon – do not miss the deadline for handing in your project documentation (cover sheet, exposition, handout and/or blog printout + upload of your .xml on ILIAS) and your individual term paper (cover sheet, blog printout + upload of your .xml on ILIAS), or else. And given what a fantastic run you had with your presentations over the past couple of weeks, I would rather not have to fail you!

one example for many: presentation of Charity4U (photo: bruce spear)

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Source: weeklyreader.com

Another HWR professor (who, incidentally, will take over this course in the fall when i go into my research sabbatical) wrote this to me today:

” I’ve learned of another of my students today having presented her blogging during a job interview and the interviewer was blown away, said this made her stand out from the rest, was curious about what she’d done, and offered her a job. She turned it down for something better, but when she told her story her classmates sat up straight in their chairs. “

do i need to say more?

We closed our epoch on business process management (BPM) by taking a look at UML – Unified Modeling Language – including a few practice examples. Read more »

This was a completely unexpected detour not entirely without selfish purpose on my side: the less you panic because of your exams the more time and energy will you have to complete your assignment for this course – in particular the team project!

Your unconscious is all-knowing. You only need to unpack it.

Here is a short  list of essential tips without any warranty – I’m sure that plenty of tips will surface via your individual blogs: Read more »

As your project blogs near ‘completion’, you will think more and more about how to make them popular with the masses…it is not easy to find really substantial hints on what makes a successful blogs. vlogbrothers (aka nerdfighters) say it all in this video, which explains what exactly you have to serve on your blog to attract male viewers (you’ll be surprised, i promise)…enjoy!
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Both with your individual and with your project blogs, you’ll be getting into deeper waters now…or at least you should! Here is a summary with a few extensions on things to consider for your individual/team blogs.
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A summary on our efforts in the direction of Business Process Management and Modeling…

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This is what happens if you don’t post for three weeks due to illness and other work…fortunately I don’t have to do your homework – but when I look at your blogs, I must say that you’re holding up beautifully!

For your benefit, a short rundown of where we are in this course – what we did and what’s next: Read more »

We are approaching half-term…the time when you get more and more tired, and the exams haven’t even begun yet! Unfortunately, we’ve been going a little slow on our content – last week and this week, we managed to catch up – in this post, I will summarise some of what we talked about:
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I am very impressed by what the large majority of you are doing on your blogs and  also with the feedback (comments) that you give to each other – some great stuff there! And I have now engaged with all of you via blog comments. I am curious how you will develop your art & voices over the next few months.

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