Credit Points: 6

Semester: 1

Lecturer: Prof. Carolin Weißhaar

Examination Form: Project Work

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, the students should become designers of digital transformation:

• Students should understand digital transformation and acquire methods for actively shaping transformations of products, services and processes in companies and society.

• Students should acquire core digital competencies that enable them to understand digital technologies and apply them effectively in practice.

• Students will recognize the effects of digital technologies and digital change on ethics and society, learn to assess them and evaluate their impact.

Contents:

1. Introduction to Digital Transformation (History, Drivers, Success Factors)

2. Basics of Data Analysis (data as a success factor, challenges of Big Data, analysis methods, visualizations)

3. Designing Digital Products and Services (user stories, wire frames, agile methodologies, Scrum, user-centered design)

4. IT Security (hackers and their targets, IT security risks, attack vectors, protection measures, security zone model, security by design)

5. Ethics and Culture of Digital Society (challenges, opportunities and risks of digital technology in relation to elections, currency, privacy, wars, artificial intelligence)