Creating a microcosm of industry in the classroom
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Abstract
Electronic Commerce has challenged traditional business thinking. Electronic Businesses are expected to be always available, from anywhere in the world, rich in content and experience, customizable to the user, and conform to technology standards. Features available in such an enterprise must support both Business-to-Customer (B2C) and Business-to-Business (B2B) electronic commerce. We have designed an innovative course that teaches students how to develop an organization's Enterprise Architecture that becomes part of a microcosm of the consumer entertainment industry in the classroom. Seven groups represent each of three levels of businesses within the industry (manufacturing, distribution, and retail) and together they develop an online community to sell movies, books and music to the general public - a la Amazon.com. Students were given three major projects designed to lead to a fully-functioning, integrated industry architecture: an enterprise portal, internal messaging system and B2B communication via XML. Because students were overwhelmed by the amount of work required to complete the projects, we plan to break the tasks into weekly lab assignments for the next offering that build up to the overall working architecture.
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