Master 2020/2021

Enterprise Architecture Perfecting

Type: Compulsory course (Business Informatics)

Area of studies: Business Informatics

Delivered by: Department of Business Informatics

Where: Graduate School of Business

When: 1 year, 1, 2 module

Mode of studies: distance learning

Instructors: Svyatoslav Kotusev, Yuri Zelenkov

Master’s programme: Business Informatics

Language: English

ECTS credits: 4

Contact hours: 32

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The syllabus of the course Enterprise Architecture Perfecting declares the minimum requirements to the knowledge and the skills of students obtained after adopting the course content. It determines the content of classes and the type of knowledge control (examination). The course of enterprise architecture perfecting is dedicated to the utmost urgent and actual problem of management of the digital transformation. Students will be able to discover the impact of modern technologies on business models and business ecosystems and develop the abilities of the team working on the basis of interrelated goals for the cross-cutting project.

Learning Objectives

• The course Enterprise Architecture Perfecting is aimed at acquiring the advanced level of knowledge in the field of Digital Transformation (DT) and its impact on the Enterprise Architecture. This course provides a step-by-step guide to planning Digital Transformation and tools for describing Business Model, Enterprise Architecture, and establishing a DT projects portfolio.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Competencies providing an understanding of business architecture, the impact of introducing new IСT technologies on the efficiency of enterprise management, changing the value chain
• Competencies to prepare analytical materials for developing and evaluating strategic decisions in the field of ICT
• Competencies to analyze the innovation activity and innovative potential of the enterprise
• Competencies to apply systems analysis and modeling methods to analyze, improve and design enterprise architecture
• Competencies to formulate an enterprise architecture development strategy and lead its implementation

Course Contents

• Context of Digital Transformation.
  Industrial Revolutions. General-purpose technologies. Business Model. Digital Business Models. Innovation stack. Review of EA frameworks and modelling tools. The Open Group Architectural Framework (TOGAF).
• Excluded: Enterprise Architecture.
  Review of EA frameworks and modeling tools. The Open Group Architectural Framework (TOGAF). Business architecture. Application and Data architecture. ArchiMate modeling Language.
• Excluded: Internal and External Environments of Organization.
  Technologies of 4th Industrial Revolution. Big Data. Cloud Computing. Internet of things. Additive Manufacturing. Artificial intelligence. Blockchain. External Environment: stacked structure of industry. New Business Models: Long Tail, Sharing Economy, Digital Platforms, Community-based. Cloud (social) manufacturing. Internal environment: People & Organization. Decision Making Process. Organizational design from information processing point of view.
• Excluded: Digital Transformation Framework.
  Digital Transformation Framework. Digital Strategy. Digitizing the Core. Customer Journey. Design Thinking. Agile.
• Modelling the Digital Transformation. Part 1: Motivation.
  Modelling the motivation to change using ArchiMate.
• Modelling the Digital Transformation. Part 3: Modelling Enterprise Architecture.
  Design the target Enterprise Architecture of a digital organization using ArchiMate.
• Modelling the Digital Transformation. Part 4: Implementation.
  Design a digital transformation implementation model.

Assessment Elements

• Activity at workshops
  This course is based on the flipped classroom model - a type of blended learning in which students are introduced to content at home and practice working through it in the classroom. The audience is divided into teams (max of 5 people). During the course, each team will go through the sequential stages of Digital Transformation strategy development. At each stage, using online training materials, each team prepares the next step of the Digital Transformation strategy at home. Results are discussed and refined in classroom workshops.
• Test
• Exam
  Examination format: The exam is taken written. The platform: The exam is taken on the MS Teams platform. Students are required to join a session 5 minutes before the beginning. The computers must meet the following technical requirements: https://docs.microsoft.com/ru-ru/microsoftteams/hardware-requirements-for-the-teams-app. A student is supposed to follow the requirements below: - Check your computer for compliance with technical requirements no later than 5 days before the exam; - Sign in with your corporate account (@edu.hse.ru); - Check your microphone, speakers or headphones, webcam, Internet connection (we recommend connecting your computer to the network with a cable, if possible); - Prepare the necessary writing equipment, such as pens, pencils, pieces of paper, and others. - Disable applications on the computer's task other than the MS Teams application or the browser that will be used to log in to the MS Teams platform. Students are not allowed to: - Turn off the video camera; - Leave the place where the exam task is taken (go beyond the camera's viewing angle); - Involve outsiders for help during the exam, talk to outsiders during the examination tasks. Students are allowed to: - Write on a piece of paper, use a pen for making notes and calculations; - Use a calculator; - Turn on the microphone to answer the teacher’s questions; - Ask a teacher for additional information related to understanding the exam task. Connection failures: - A short-term communication failure during the exam is considered to be the loss of a student's network connection with the MS Teams platform for no longer than 1 minute. - A long-term communication failure during the exam is considered to be the loss of a student's network connection with the MS Teams platform for longer than 1 minute. - A student cannot continue to participate in the exam if there is a long-term communication failure appeared. - The retake procedure is similar to the exam procedure. In case of long-term communication failure in the MS Teams platform during the examination task, the student must notify the teacher, record the fact of loss of connection with the platform (screenshot, a response from the Internet provider). Then contact the manager of a program with an explanatory note about the incident to decide on retaking the exam.

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (2 module)
  0.7 * Activity at workshops + 0.2 * Exam + 0.1 * Test

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Lankhorst, M. (2017). Enterprise Architecture at Work : Modelling, Communication and Analysis (Vol. Fourth edition). Berlin, Germany: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1403033
• Nambisan, S., Lyytinen, K., & Yoo, Y. (2020). Handbook of Digital Innovation. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Arthur M. Langer, & Lyle Yorks. (2018). Strategic Information Technology : Best Practices to Drive Digital Transformation: Vol. Second edition. Wiley.
• Olleros, F. X., Olleros, F. X., & Zhegu, M. (2016). Research Handbook on Digital Transformations. Edward Elgar Publishing.