1 Technologies for Electronic Commerce and EBusiness Walt Scacchi, Ph.D. FEMBA 290 Winter 2003

2 Overview Introductions Course audience and demographics Administrative matters Foundational concepts Course topics Questions Topic 1: Overview of EC and EB

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 2:30-4:30pm, 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 –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 technologies 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 –Two iteration cycles Overall value of course to you: –You will learn fundamental concepts of technologies 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: Textbooks: –(REQUIRED) Davis & Benamati, E-Commerce Basics: Technology Foundations and E-Business Applications, Addison-Wesley, Boston, MA, 2003 (Amazon info); available at UCI BookstoreAmazon info –(Recommended) Kalakota and Robinson, e-Business 2.0, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, Boston, MA, 2000, (Amazon info); available at UCI BookstoreAmazon info

13 Foundational concepts  EC and EB technologies, applications, and services  EC/EB Infrastructure (Internet, Web)  Technology and Business Planning for EC and EB  Problems and Protections for EC and EB  Open source software for EC and EB  Learn by Doing (team projects) and Shared Experience (class discussions)

14 Course topics Overview of EC and EB EC/EB Infrastructure World Wide Web and Web Information Systems The business of EC and EB Consumer-focused EC

15 Course topics EBusiness and Corporate Intranets B2B ECommerce and EC Grids Cybercrime Security and Privacy Future (Applications) of EC and EB

16 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?