Digital Transformation
BUSA-41011
Assess the Maturity and Effectiveness of IT Organizations
Digital Transformation is essential for IT professionals utilizing technology to strengthen and advance their organizations. It includes the adoption of technology to enhance the business processes in the organization. This goes beyond technology implementation to impact the management, operation, resources, and even the customers of the organization.
This course covers a framework for evaluating technologies such as the timely assessment and selection of applicable emerging technology, the cultivation of environments for successful implementation, and the measurement of their benefits. It includes an overview of several emerging and trending technologies as well, and their projected impact on related businesses and industries. It also includes an assessment of the companies’ capacities for change in this adoption of new technologies.
Course Highlights:
- Digital Transformation
- Changing Landscape of Technology
- Artificial Intelligence
- Blockchain Technology
- Internet of Things
- Cloud Computing
- Cybersecurity
- Technology Implementation Process and Lifecycle
- IT Capacity Planning and Skill Management
- IT Strategic Planning
- Business Impact of Technology Implementation
Course Benefits:
- Create a lifecycle plan for Technology Evaluation, Selection, adoption, and retirement
- Understand new emerging technology and their potential impact on business
- Artificial Intelligence
- Blockchain
- Internet of Things
- Cybersecurity
- Big Data
- Select an agile methodology for evaluating technology considering investment and impact.
- Implement a technological selection and adoption framework that is business centric.
- Develop a long-term IT Vision for the Organization
- Conduct a gap analysis between existing and future IT Vision
- Develop a path to migrate from existing technology to match the IT vision.
- Develop a practical IT Strategic Plan for the organization
- Conduct an analysis of IT organizational capacity vs demand.
Course Typically Offered: Live Online during Spring and Fall quarters
Prerequisites: BSc in Computer Science or related degree, or two years of experience in an IT field.
Next steps: Upon completion of this class, consider enrolling in other courses in the Technology Leadership Certificate.
More information: Contact infotech@ucsd.edu to learn more about Technology Leadership and course offerings.
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This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
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All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.
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- No refunds after: 4/7/2025
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Instructor: Khosrow Khosravani
Khosrow “Koz” Khosravani has been involved in the field of Information Technology for over 3 decades. He started as a Software Engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation (later merged with Compaq) coding Vax-Macro assembly language for VAX mini-computer clusters. He then was involved with many firms as an IT consultant and trainer. His area of specialization includes software engineering, e-business security & back-end integration, distributed relational database management systems, wireless technologies, networking, web development, and distributed applications. He has trained hundreds of employees at major US firms such as Boeing and Raytheon in the areas of web development, online security, and software engineering as well as the integration with back-end systems such as Microsoft IIS web server, SQL server, site server, and the Biztalk server, utilizing Windows advanced server platform.
Koz is currently conducting research on various areas of digital transformation utilizing frontier and emerging technologies such as AI, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, IoT, Big Data, AR/VR and Cloud Computing.
