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Course Syllabus

Bachelor 2021/2022

Enterprise Architecture

Type: Compulsory course
Area of studies: Business Informatics
Delivered by: Department of Business Informatics
Where: Graduate School of Business
When: 3 year, 1 module
Mode of studies: offline
Instructors: Svyatoslav Kotusev
Language: English
ECTS credits: 2
Contact hours: 20

Course Syllabus

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Abstract

Enterprise architecture can be understood as a set of specialized documents and associated techniques for planning information systems and improving business and IT alignment in organizations. Enterprise architecture is necessary for managing the evolution of extensive IT landscapes of large organizations in a way aligned with their business goals and strategies. This course provides an overall introduction to enterprise architecture, discusses core concepts relevant to the subject and covers in detail several popular types of enterprise architecture artifacts.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The acquisition of the broad theoretical knowledge of enterprise architecture as well as the practical skills for developing specific types of enterprise architecture artifacts
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Able to develop a landscape diagram for the organization based on its organizational structure
  • Able to develop an enterprise system portfolio for the organization based on its business goals and organizational structure
  • Able to develop and heatmap a business capability model for the organization based on its business goals and organizational structure
  • Able to develop architecture principles for the organization based on its business strategy and goals
  • Knows the meaning of enterprise architecture, enterprise architecture artifacts, their purposes, lifecycles and other properties
  • Knows the popular types of enterprise architecture artifacts, their typical informational contents and usage scenarios
  • Knows the three key processes constituting enterprise architecture practices in organizations and their relationship
  • Understands the conceptual analogy between enterprise architecture and city planning practices and the six types of relevant documents
  • Understands the role of IT in modern organizations, the problem of achieving business and IT alignment and the concept of enterprise architecture as a solution to the alignment problem
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Introduction to Enterprise Architecture
  • The Concept of Enterprise Architecture
  • Enterprise Architecture and City Planning
  • Processes of Enterprise Architecture Practice
  • Popular Enterprise Architecture Artifacts
  • Architecture Principles
  • Business Capability Models
  • Landscape Diagrams
  • Enterprise System Portfolios
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Exam (Quiz)
  • non-blocking Task 1 (Architecture Principles)
  • non-blocking Task 2 (Business Capability Models)
  • non-blocking Task 3 (Landscape Diagrams)
  • non-blocking Task 4 (Enterprise System Portfolios)
  • non-blocking Exam (Quiz)
  • non-blocking Task 1 (Architecture Principles)
  • non-blocking Task 2 (Business Capability Models)
  • non-blocking Task 3 (Landscape Diagrams)
  • non-blocking Task 4 (Enterprise System Portfolios)
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2020/2021 4th module
    0.2 * Task 2 (Business Capability Models) + 0.2 * Task 1 (Architecture Principles) + 0.2 * Task 3 (Landscape Diagrams) + 0.2 * Exam (Quiz) + 0.2 * Task 4 (Enterprise System Portfolios)
  • 2021/2022 1st module
    0.2 * Task 2 (Business Capability Models) + 0.2 * Task 1 (Architecture Principles) + 0.2 * Task 4 (Enterprise System Portfolios) + 0.2 * Task 3 (Landscape Diagrams) + 0.2 * Exam (Quiz)
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Enterprise architecture as strategy : creating a foundation for business execution, Ross, J. W., 2006
  • Strategic enterprise architecture management : challenges, best practices, and future developments, , 2012

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Land, M. O. ’t. (2009). Enterprise Architecture : Creating Value by Informed Governance. Berlin: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=276370
  • McDowall, J. D. (2019). Complex Enterprise Architecture : A New Adaptive Systems Approach. [Berkeley, California]: Apress. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2024284
  • Strategic IT management : a toolkit for enterprise architecture management, Hanschke, I., 2010

Authors

  • Kotusev Svyatoslav Ur'evich