School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Enterprise Architecture
  • Unit Code

    MAN6936
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    7
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Xuequn WANG

Description

Strategic goals and business requirements should drive Information Technology (IT) solutions. The unit examines how Enterprise Architecture (EA) and enterprise modelling contribute to this process. Enterprise architecture is about understanding all of the different people, processes, business and technology elements that make up the enterprise and how those elements interrelate. The unit emphasises the importance of planning and managing IT from an architectural perspective and highlights how an agile enterprise architecture can more effectively support changes in business strategy. Students examine selected common EA frameworks and documentation so they can use modelling techniques that support strategy and business-driven views of the enterprise.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MAN6930, MIS5707

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise the constituents of enterprise architecture.
  2. Evaluate global frameworks used for enterprise architecture and their application in different sectors including private and government.
  3. Assess how governance frameworks support the strategic alignment of enterprise architecture.
  4. Create enterprise architecture using standard notations to support strategy and business driven views of the enterprise.

Unit Content

  1. Enterprise architecture role in linking strategic, business and technology planning.
  2. The value and risks associated with completing an enterprise architecture.
  3. Common architectural approaches.
  4. Enterprise modelling techniques and tools.
  5. The governance role of enterprise architecture.
  6. Enterprise architecture as a profession.
  7. The dichotomy between the professed theory of enterprise architecture and its evidence in practice.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

The unit focuses on the practice of EA as compared to the complex theory of EA demonstrated in recognised EA frameworks. EA frameworks are poorly adopted and provide little practical guidance. Alternatives are suggested and examined and supported by including industry guest speakers to present their use of EA in practice. The unit assessments seek to examine EA failure and to provide a logical process by which this can be examined. The learnings provide a strong base for determining the root causes of poor IT adoption generally.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportProject Workbook50%
AssignmentAssignment 50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportProject Workbook50%
AssignmentAssignment 50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Bente, S., Bombosch, U., & Langade, S. (2012). Collaborative enterprise architecture: Enriching EA with lean, agile and enterprise 2.0 practices. Amsterdam: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/806467897

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Enterprise Architecture
  • Unit Code

    MAN6936
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    7
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Xuequn WANG

Description

Strategic goals and business requirements should drive Information Technology (IT) solutions. The unit examines how Enterprise Architecture (EA) and enterprise modelling contribute to this process. Enterprise architecture is about understanding all of the different people, processes, business and technology elements that make up the enterprise and how those elements interrelate. The unit emphasises the importance of planning and managing IT from an architectural perspective and highlights how an agile enterprise architecture can more effectively support changes in business strategy. Students examine selected common EA frameworks and documentation so they can use modelling techniques that support strategy and business-driven views of the enterprise.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MAN6930, MIS5707

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise the constituents of enterprise architecture.
  2. Evaluate global frameworks used for enterprise architecture and their application in different sectors including private and government.
  3. Assess how governance frameworks support the strategic alignment of enterprise architecture.
  4. Create enterprise architecture using standard notations to support strategy and business driven views of the enterprise.

Unit Content

  1. Enterprise architecture role in linking strategic, business and technology planning.
  2. The value and risks associated with completing an enterprise architecture.
  3. Common architectural approaches.
  4. Enterprise modelling techniques and tools.
  5. The governance role of enterprise architecture.
  6. Enterprise architecture as a profession.
  7. The dichotomy between the professed theory of enterprise architecture and its evidence in practice.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

The unit focuses on the practice of EA as compared to the complex theory of EA demonstrated in recognised EA frameworks. EA frameworks are poorly adopted and provide little practical guidance. Alternatives are suggested and examined and supported by including industry guest speakers to present their use of EA in practice. The unit assessments seek to examine EA failure and to provide a logical process by which this can be examined. The learnings provide a strong base for determining the root causes of poor IT adoption generally.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportProject Workbook50%
AssignmentAssignment 50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportProject Workbook50%
AssignmentAssignment 50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Scott A. Bernard, S. A. (2012). An Introduction to Enterprise Architecture (3rd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/900304201
  • Bente, S., Bombosch, U., & Langade, S. (2012). Collaborative enterprise architecture: Enriching EA with lean, agile and enterprise 2.0 practices. Amsterdam: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/806467897

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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