inf655 - IT-Controlling (Complete module description)

This module emphazises the importance of IT-Controlling within an enterprise. The students gain knowledge on practically orientated technologies in order to leave a better understanding for the application and conversion possibilities of IT-Controlling.
Professional competence
The students:

• name general tasks and functions of IT-Controlling.
• recognize the importance strategical IT-Controlling applications.
• learn strategies and methods of IT-Controlling.
• identify the existence of an IT-Strategy as a pre condition of IT-Controlling.
• know about the risks of IT-Outsourcing.
• use IT-Controlling tools (e.g. information systems, portfolio analysis, benchmarking IT-Reporting).

Methodological competence
The students:

• use their knowledge by independently compiled presentations on recent IT-Controlling subjects.

Social competence
The students:

• discuss their results essentially and appropriately in this subject.
• present their subjects to the group.

Self-competence
The students:

• understand and analyse their own state of knowledge.
• reflect their own effects on groups

The employment of information technologies for enterprises is usually a key factor. By the change of our society to an information society, information gains more and more importance and takes a central role within ICT systems. The specifics of the ICT area cannot be supported by the classical economic controlling. The application of a strategical IT-Controlling becomes more and more important. The result of a study shows that in the meantime in about 80% of the German enterprises an ICT strategy was compiled. However, the study makes also clear, that about two out of three enterprises use no methods of strategical IT-Controlling. The new discipline of IT-Controlling provides plans and methods to avoid isolated applications.

• Gadatsch, Andreas (2021): IT-Controlling: Von der IT-Kosten- und Leistungsverrechnung zum Smart-Controlling, 2., aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage, Springer Vieweg
• Gadatsch, Andreas, Mayer, Elmar (2014): Masterkurs IT-Controlling: Grundlagen und Praxis für IT-Controller und CIOs, Balanced Scorecard, Portfoliomanagement, Wertbeitrag der IT, Projektcontrolling, Kennzahlen, IT-Sourcing, IT-Kosten- und Leistungsrechnung, 5., aktualisierte Auflage, Springer Vieweg
• Horváth, Péter, Gleich, Ronald und Seiter, Mischa (2020): Controlling, 14., komplett überarbeitete Auflage, Verlag Franz Vahlen
• Krcmar, H: Informationsmanagement. 6. Auflage. Springer Verlag, 2015
• Marx Gómez, Jorge, Junker, Horst und Odebrecht, Stefan (2009): IT-Controlling – Strategien, Werkzeuge, Praxis, Erich Schmidt Verlag

 usually within two weeks after the end of the lecture period

1 examination (Project oder Portfolio) or 2 examinations (Practical exercises and Written examination)

specific type of examination will be announced prior to the beginning of the course