IS5314: E-Business Systems Integration - Sem B 2011-12 Self Assessment Rubrics for Term Paper Rubric A for the

following topics How B2B integration through intermediaries such as Alibaba.com is implemented How global distribution systems are integrated with the systems of travel agents, hotels, and airlines How healthcare systems are integrated with the systems of pharmaceutical and insurance companies How legacy systems are integrated into web-based environments How legacy systems integrations are implemented in the manufacturing industry How supply chain integration achieved in retail industry How SOA are being used by organizations in the Far East (Mainland China, Japan, Hong Kong, ) How integration appliances (hardware/firmware based) are used in the healthcare industry

Rubric A Item Weight A - provides a clear statement of the topic including why the topic is important to businesses - gives a good summary of approaches adopted for integration - identifies typical integration technologies used by businesses for the given topic - highlights key benefits and limitations and provides a recommendation based on the specific cases studied - entire summary matches with the rest of the term paper - provides an excellent overview of the topic and the purpose of the integration topic to the businesses is described specific to the business area, if any - integration needs specific to the topic are provided - integration challenges specific to the topic are described with examples - two or three approaches for integration are generalized by analyzing the case studies selected from vendor sties - a good and easy to understand summary of each approach is presented - each approach may either point to some combination of interface integration,data/information integration, process integration, SOA, & EDA OR based on your analysis of specific cases B C D - provides a vague statement of the topic and the importance of the topic to the businesses is not stated - approaches adopted by case companies for integration are not clearly stated or missing - identifies no specific (i.e., generic) integration technologies used by businesses for the given topic - no benefits are identified and no specific recommendation based on the case companies - summary is either incomplete or does not match with the rest of the paper - provides a vague overview of the topic and the purpose of the integration topic to the businesses is not described specific to the business area, if any - only generic integration needs are provided - no integration challenges specific to the topic are described - approaches presented are not generalized from the case studies selected from vendor sites - even the presented approaches are not well summarized - presented approaches rarely distinguishable and do not relate to the different types of integrations

Executive summary 3

Introduction 3

Approaches to Integration

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Weight

Specific Integration Products

selected integration products or solutions are based on the generic approaches identified - selected products are roughly comparable in their functionality but from different vendors - if the selected integration tool is part of a larger system (not a separate tool), the product description highlights such information - selected applications of integration products for each vendor are clearly summarized - all the references to integration products and customer success stories are attached at the end of the term paper - criteria for comparison of approaches is clearly stated (as one of the column tables or as a list) - criteria for comparison of integration products is clearly stated (as one of the column tables or as a list) - strengths and weaknesses of approaches and products are based on the customer success stories - recommendations for approach/product are clearly made with specific types of applicable situations or envioronments - recommendations are justified with references to examples taken from the customer success stories

Comparative Analysis of Approaches and Technologies

Recommendations

selected integration products or solutions are not related to the generic approaches identified - selected products are neither comparable in their functionality nor provided by different vendors - if the selected integration tool is part of a larger system (not a separate tool), the product description does not state such information - selected applications of integration products for each vendor are mostly extracted information from customer success stories - most references to integration products and customer success stories are not attached at the end of the term paper - criteria for comparison of approaches is neither apparent nor explicitly stated - criteria for comparison of integration products is neither apparent nor explicity stated - no attempt was made to identify strengths and weaknesses of approaches and products based on the customer success stories - recommendations for approach/product are not specific types of applicable situations or envioronments (they are very generic) - recommendations are neither justified not based on the examples taken from the customer success stories

Rubric B for the following topics

Technologies used for process integration in service industry such as insurance, banking Tools and technologies used for portal integration Data integration standards and technologies used in healthcare systems integration Data integration standards and technologies used in the electronics industry Item Weight A - provides a clear statement of the topic including why the topic is important to businesses - gives a good summary of standards and/or technologies used for integration - highlights key benefits and limitations and provides a recommendation based on the specific cases studied - entire summary matches with the rest of the term paper - provides an excellent overview of the topic and the purpose of the integration topic to the businesses is described specific to the business area, if any - rationale for standards and/or technologies specific to the topic are provided with examples B C D - provides a vague statement of the topic and the importance of the topic to the businesses is not stated - identifies no specific standards and/or integration technologies used by businesses for the given topic - no benefits are identified and no specific recommendation based on the case companies - summary is either incomplete or does not match with the rest of the paper - provides a vague overview of the topic and the purpose of the integration topic to the businesses is not described specific to the business area, if any - no clear rationale for standards and/or technologies specific to the topic is provided

Executive summary 3

Introduction 3

Rubric B Item Weight A - selected standards and tools/technologies are relevant to the given topic - selected standards and tools/technologies are comparable in their functionality - descriptions for standards and tools/technologies are properly summarized from related documents and customer success stories - all the references to standards and tools/technologies and customer success stories are attached at the end of the term paper - criteria for comparison of standards and tools/technologies is clearly stated (as one of the column tables or as a list) - strengths and weaknesses of standards and tools/technologies are based on the customer success stories B C D - selected standards and tools/technologies are not relevant to the given topic - selected standards and tools/technologies are not at all comparable in their functionality - descriptions for standards and tools/technologies are mostly extracted information from related documents and customer success stories - most references to standards and tools/technologies and customer success stories are not attached at the end of the term paper - criteria for comparison of standards and tools/technologies is neither apparent nor explicitly stated - no attempt was made to identify strengths and weaknesses of standards and tools/technologies based on the customer success stories - recommendations for standards and tools/technologies are not specific types of applicable situations or envioronments (i.e., recommendations are very generic) - recommendations are neither justified not based on the examples taken from the customer success stories

Specific Standards and Tools/ Technologies

Comparative Analysis of Standards and Tools/ Technologies

Recommendations 4

recommendations for standards and tools/technologies are clearly made with specific types of applicable situations or envioronments - recommendations are justified with references to examples taken from the customer success stories