Master 2022/2023

Enterprise Architecture Perfecting

Type: Compulsory course (Business Analytics and Big Data Systems)

Area of studies: Business Informatics

Delivered by: Department of Business Informatics

Where: Graduate School of Business

When: 1 year, 1 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of all HSE University campuses

Instructors: Alexander I. Deryabin, Svyatoslav Kotusev, Yuri Zelenkov

Master’s programme: Business Analytics and Big Data Systems

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Contact hours: 32

Course Syllabus

Abstract

A famous entrepreneur once said that in his company all the employees speak human language, but the IT people speak goat one. Therefore, a translator is needed between the users of digital technology, and those who create it. Moreover, employees from different departments view the company through their functional responsibilities, but effective management requires a holistic and consistent model that integrates all points of view. The interpreter for creating an integrated model of the company is the enterprise architect, and enterprise architecture (EA) is a discipline that includes a set of methods and tools to build this model. In this course, students undertake a project to develop a digital transformation strategy, consistently mastering the tools of strategic company analysis and EA modeling at the business, data, application and technical levels.

Learning Objectives

• Assess the impact of digital innovations on processes, products, and business model.
• Design a target architecture for the digital organization

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Be able to identify areas of efficiency improvement through digital technology
• Be able to assess alternatives for improving efficiency through digital technology
• Be able to describe Enterprise Architecture using ArchiMate
• Be able to develop a digital transformation strategy

Course Contents

• Context of Digital Transformation
• Modeling the Digital Transformation. Part 2: Motivation.
• Modeling the Digital Transformation. Part 1: Strategy Analysis
• Modeling the Digital Transformation. Part 3: Modelling Enterprise Architecture.
• Modeling the Digital Transformation. Part 4: Implementation.

Assessment Elements

• Cumulative grade
  Average grade for the workshops
• Quiz
  Open book test, 20 min, 10 questions randomly selected from the set of 40+ multiple choice questions 
• Exam
  Final presentation of the digital transformation strategy

Interim Assessment

• 2022/2023 1st module
  0.25 * Quiz + 0.5 * Cumulative grade + 0.25 * Exam

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

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Grant, R. M. (2016). Contemporary Strategy Analysis (Vol. Text, Ninth edition). Chichester: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1639480

Authors

• BEKLARYAN ARMEN LEVONOVICH
• Kotusev Svyatoslav Ur'evich
• ZELENKOV YURIY ALEKSANDROVICH