Course : Understanding IT professions and activities
Synthesis course - 2d
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 | Understand the principle of aligning IS with business processes |
| Clearly identifying the roles and missions of the various departments within an IS department |
| Be familiar with the main IS best practice guidelines and their scope of application |
| Gain an overview of the different building blocks that make up an IT infrastructure |
| An introduction to IS architecture and underlying technologies |
| Understand the major families of applications most commonly used in today's enterprise computing, and trends in their use |
Intended audience
Project owners, delegated project owners, users, IT correspondents, organizers.
Prerequisites
No special knowledge required.
Course schedule
1 The information system
- From business processes to IT infrastructures. Definitions, purposes.
- Alignment with the organization's objectives and operations.
2 The IT Department: roles, organization, businesses
- Users' expectations of their IT department, and the division of MOE-MOA roles.
- Various departments (design, development, etc.). Project management and maintenance in operational condition.
- Project management and agile methods. Standards: ITIL®, Prince®, CMMi, PMP®, COBIT®.
3 IT infrastructures
- Mainframes, servers, workstations, smartphones...
- Operating systems (Linux, Windows, Unix, etc.) and networks.
- Programming languages. Data. Main security risks.
- High availability concepts: Mirroring, Raid, SAN, NAS, backups.
Example
Classification of infrastructure components.
4 IT architectures and integration
- Types of architectures. Service-oriented architectures.
- Application servers. Architecture-related activities and professions.
5 The main solutions available to companies
- Specific developments, software, software packages.
- Enterprise resource planning (ERP). Business intelligence (BI).
- Datawarehouse, datamining, predictive analysis, dataweb, OLAP. Electronic document management.
Case study
Position solutions in a business example.
6 The opportunities
- Social networks (Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter)...).
- Mobility (laptops, smartphones, etc.). Rationalization of IT costs.
- IS governance.
- Trends: big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain, connected objects, 5G possibilities, etc.
7 Summary
- Review of key course points.
- How to keep your IT knowledge up to date: websites, books, reading material.
Customer reviews
4,3 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
GWENNAELLE S.
26/05/26
3 / 5
A top-down teaching method is not suitable for distance learning when it comes to engaging trainees. The content is very wordy and identical to what can be found online – i.e. definitions. As the majority of trainees are from EDF, a more targeted approach focusing on our technologies and infrastructure would have been an advantage (perhaps outside the scope of the training specifications?). Practical application seems a long way off. A pedagogical shake-up would also have been welcome. The Kahoo
AGNES D.
26/05/26
5 / 5
I would have liked to spend less time on IT roles and more on vocabulary, as that is what interests me most (and what I lack most) in carrying out my day-to-day work. The course materials are comprehensive, and the theoretical explanations and examples provided by the trainer are very helpful for people who know nothing about IT to begin with. The trainer answered all our questions thoroughly. He has a good grasp of
FLORIANE R.
26/05/26
4 / 5
Very dense content, covering a lot of ground in a short space of time. The course materials should include a bit more detail so that we have the written explanations to refer back to after the training.
Publication date : 03/08/2024
PARTICIPANTS
Project owners, delegated project owners, users, IT correspondents, organizers.
PREREQUISITES
No special knowledge required.
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
Project owners, delegated project owners, users, IT correspondents, organizers.
PREREQUISITES
No special knowledge required.
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TEACHING AIDS AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES
• The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
• The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
This programme is an original creation, developed by the teaching teams at ORSYS Formation. Any reproduction, representation, adaptation or use, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of ORSYS, is strictly prohibited. ORSYS reserves the right to take any action necessary to protect its intellectual property rights.
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This programme is an original creation, developed by the teaching teams at ORSYS Formation. Any reproduction, representation, adaptation or use, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of ORSYS, is strictly prohibited. ORSYS reserves the right to take any action necessary to protect its intellectual property rights.