Course Brief Overview:

This capstone course focuses on the design and management of an overall organizational system consisting of three interacting subsystems: (1) the enterprise itself- its structure, core processes, and relationships with external entities such as customers, suppliers, and outsourcers; (2) the IS function and its role in marshaling information technologies and information assets to support the strategy of the organization, and (3) the information technology architecture consisting of the organization’s networks, hardware, data, and applications. The student will learn how to integrate and synthesize these three aspects of the enterprise, how IT must be aligned with the strategy of the organization, and how to make appropriate choices about architecture in relationship to overall organizational goals.

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

Rationale:

BMIS 690 is the integrated capstone for the Masters’s in Information Systems degree at Liberty University. Its objective is to synthesize the entire core of the management of information systems program and apply this by using a final, integrated Capstone Thesis Project.

Measurable Learning Analyses:

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. • Integrate biblical principles within an information systems solution.
   • Analyze relevant management of information system challenges within diverse business environments.
   • Evaluate synthesized information from various complex information system contexts.
   • Develop an appropriate information systems solution.

Course Assignments Details:

Textbook readings and lecture presentations

Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Syllabus at liberty university, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions Sessions (5)

• The student is required to create a thread in response to the provided prompt for each discussion.
• The discussions build upon literature reviews, systems analysis, and systems design.
• Peer review helps provide feedback on capstone project progression throughout the course.

Capstone Project

The Capstone Project will take place in 3 separate phases. The first phase includes the identification of a problem that requires a resolution within information systems and a supporting review of related literature. Phase two includes defining a methodology to solve the problem and an associated systems analysis. Phase three concludes with a proposed information systems solution and the managerial implications of the capstone results.