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Information Infrastructure Class #14 Summary and Exam

Dan Truong Le 20/11/2013

INF5210

Plan for today

• Course

▫ Briefly summarize the course

• Exam

▫ Formalities ▫ Tips

• Q&A

Summary of the course

INF5210: Aim of the course

• Course content

The course covers the development and use of large networks aimed at supporting collaborations within and between organisations and different sectors

• f society. Examples include large in-house corporate networks, public

information networks at sector and national level, open electronic market places, digital libraries etc. The course considers various dimensions of such networks, crucial problems linked to their realisation and use, and key topics in current research.

• Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide students with a good understanding of important factors for successfully developing and using information infrastructures, and to enable students to assess how specific plans on establishing such networks can be realised.

Towards a Theory of Information Infrastructures

A Theories of Information Infrastructures (Evolution & Design) Assemblage Theory

Process Strategies Architecture Governance Complexity Science Actor Network Theory Reflexive Modernisation

Towards a Theory of Information Infrastructures

A Theories of Information Infrastructures (Evolution & Design) Assemblage Theory

Process Strategies Architecture Governance Complexity Science Actor Network Theory Reflexive Modernisation

Lecture #5 interaction between the three

Towards a Theory of Information Infrastructures

(NOTE: that the information presented here links concepts to areas of the course – it is a guide, you need to a wider range of concepts than this and in much greater depth)

A Theories of Information Infrastructures (Evolution & Design)

Process Strategies Architecture Governance Complexity Science Actor Network Theory Reflexive Modernisation Information infrastructure as very large scale social-technical systems supporting colloborations within and between organisations: defined as "evolving, shared, open and heterogeneous installed base“ Examples: Health care systems, enterprise resource management systems, the internet

• Side effects (network effects)
• Path Dependencies
• Lock-In
• Enrollment
• Alignment
• Inscription
• Reflexivity & Boomerang effects
• Evolution of installed base shaped by interactions between :
• Process Strategies, Architecture, Governance
• Issues come to the fore when:
• Migrating installed base to new system
• Integrating systems
• Strategies:
• T-D, B-U, specification driven,
• Experimental / learning driven
• Incremental / Iterative

Bootstrapping Gateways / Bridges Vs Standards

• Modularisation
• Degree – loose/tight coupling
• Open (Generaitive) vs Closed
• Layered, SOA, Inttegrated
• Organisation – tight hierarchy vs. loose network
• Legal issues – licenses & contracts
• Tools – PM & communication & info sharing
• Design guidelines for cultivation of installed base:
• Processes: scaling, adoption, innovation
• Simplicity of architecture & governance regime
• Generatiive & Boot strappable - design with not against IB

Assemblage of Theory / Basic Theory

• Complexity Science (lecture # 2)

▫ For example concepts like:

 Side effects (network effects)  Path Dependencies  Lock-In

• Actor Network Theory (lecture #3 and Class #2 and #3)
• For example concepts like:

 Enrollment  Alignment  Inscription

• Reflexive modernizations (Lecture #4 and Class #4)

▫ For example concepts like:

 Globalization  Reflexivity: boomerang effects

Process Strategies

• Bootstrapping
• Top down processes vs. Bottoms up process
• Specification driven, experimental/learning driven
• Lecture #8, #10, and class #11

Architecture

• Architectures:

▫ Institutional Interface Architecture [INA] ▫ Service Provider Architecture [SPA] ▫ Content Provider Architecture [CPA] ▫ Service Oriented Architecture [SOA] ▫ Characteristics: for example: loose/tight coupling

• Generativity (open) VS closed

▫ Zittrain definitions

• Platforms, applications and Architecture (Hanseth and Lyytinen

2010, class #10)

• Architecture: Lecture #6 and Class #6, Generativity: class # 7

Governance regimes

• Organizing
• Tightly controlled hierarchy or loosely coupled informal network
• involvement
• Legal issues –
• licenses & contracts
• Traditional Approach vs. Regulatory Approach (Bygstad & Hanseth 2010)
• Governance: Class #5
• If you want to learn more about IT governance: the course INF5890 IT

management (Spring 2014)

Exam

Exam:

• Examination system

▫ Approved compulsory exercise, essay, oral examination for some candidates ▫ Feedback on the third assignment will be on November 25th.

• Essay (Home exam)
• Some students might be chosen for an oral

examination

Formalities

• Home exam (individual)
• Handed out: November 27th at 15.00

▫ On email and will be published on the course page ▫ 2 weeks

• Deadline: December 13th, 15.00

▫ Devilry (check devilry one week before the deadline)

 If you have problems contact the administration

▫ Studentweb (check studentweb one week before the deadline to find your exam number) ▫ The deadline is final !

Formalities

• The exam format will be:

▫ Maximum 6000 word (examiner will stop reading after reading 6000 words)  Excluding reference list  It does not matter how much you write, but how good your content is.

• It will involve 2-4 papers

 Papers may not be in the syllabus

• Use Course theory

Formalities

• Remember to write:

▫ Your exam number (do not write anything that can identify who you are) ▫ Course number and name ▫ How many words you have used ▫ How many pages

Formalities

• How to prepare for the exam?

▫ Read the Curriculum

 Mandatory readings  Additional readings

▫ Go through Lectures and class presentations ▫ The most important thing you can do is READ!

Formalities

• Use proper referencing
• Do not plagiarize (it will be checked)

Formalities

• If you have any questions before the exam: Ben and I will be

available for you

▫ 26th November – if you want to have a chat about the course theories and concepts.

• If you have any questions during the exam:

▫ Clarification about exam questions: ask Ole Hanseth ▫ problems and so on: talk with the ifi administration

• Ben and I will be unavailable for you during the exam period.

Tips

From someone who has taken the exam

Tips

• Start early (don’t wait till last minute)
• Read the questions carefully
• be accurate and precise

▫ Focus on the exam question do not discuss things that are irrelevant.

• Use course literature in the exam
• Show you have an understanding of the course

Towards a Theory of Information Infrastructures

A Theories of Information Infrastructures (Evolution & Design) Assemblage Theory

Process Strategies Architecture Governance Complexity Science Actor Network Theory Reflexive Modernisation

Tips

• Have a overview over what theory is in what paper
• Take a look at the course page:

Tips: How to get a good grade

• Easy points
• Standard points
• Advances points

Tips: EASY POINTS:

▫ referencing using the Harvard style ▫ page numbering ▫ clearly numbered and named section headings ▫ HINT: make the structure & lay out as easy to read for the examiner

Tips: EASY POINTS

• Structure

▫ Process strategy  The process strategy in this case consists of.. ▫ Architecture  The Architecture presented in this case…. ▫ Governance  The governance presented in this case…. ▫ Easier for the examiner to understand your text!

Tips: EASY POINTS:

• Referencing

▫ See Ben’s lecture ▫ Justify your statement by using good references ▫ As Ben said “don’t bullshit”  Don’t use referencing for references sake, use them to justify your statements

Tips: Standard POINTS

• at the master's level, the key point of the exam is to show that

you understand the theoretical content of the course and that you can analyze information and apply course theory appropriately

• justify your statements
• use theory to make your points

Tips: Advances points

• show that you have read beyond the course material
• apply additional theory not presented in the course syllabus in

a relevant way (hint; other relevant reading in the curriculum (for example: last slide class #6) or google scholar)

• "thinking outside the box" to demonstrate different or

unconventional thinking, or to present a different perspective - remembering to justify your thinking!

Questions?

The End, Thank you for following this course and good luck with your exam