INN351 Enterprise Architecture for the Digital Age
Credits (ECTS):5
Course responsible:Andrea Carugati
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Engelsk
Limits of class size:90
Course frequency:Annually
Nominal workload:125 hours
Teaching and exam period:Spring
About this course
Learning outcome
Knowledge:
After completing the course, the participants will have knowledge of
- The role of EA in enabling digital transformation
- The role of EA in enabling business processes
- The maturity phases of EA
- The link between EA and IT architecture
- EA commercial frameworks
- EA governance
Skills:
After completing the course, the participants are able to use the concepts, theoretical frameworks, tools, and methods presented in this course to:
- Participate in the development and implementation of the Operating model.
- Participate in the development and implementation of Enterprise Architecture.
- Analyze an organization and formulate architectural principles.
- Participate in designing an architectural roadmap for an organization.
- Evaluate and choose methods, models and tools to implement EA.
- Enterprise Architecture modelling as consisting of: Business capability, process, data, and service modelling.
- Design and evaluate the enterprise architecture governance of an organization
General competence:
- Problem solving in groups
- Clear and effective presentation in a written and oral form
A combination of methods will be utilized:
Case discussions, Lectures, Group assignments, Contributions from external guest lecturers. Active participation is expected.
- The students will receive feedback in connection with case discussion and mandatory assignments. The students will receive feedback and other learning support in connection with the lectures, mandatory assignments, and other occasions specified at the beginning of the course.
- The course assumes a basic understanding of the functioning of organizations and the information systems. This includes an understanding of organizational structures, organizational stakeholders, business processes and how IT supports business processes.
The course will be evaluated with a portfolio assessment based on two group projects where the first project accounts for 40% and the final project 60% of the final grade (A-F).
A retake exam is not organized in this course. Those who do not pass need to take the whole course.
Portfolio Grading: Letter grades Group assignment 1 Grading: Letter grades Group assignment 2 Grading: Letter grades- External examiner will control the quality of syllabus, questions for the final examination, and principles for the assessment of the examination answers.
- One mandatory activity (approved/ not-approved) in groups and/ or individually. These activity may require active participation in the lectures (e.g., presentations/ workshops) and/ or written assignments. The instructions about the mandatory activities will be given at the course start. The students will be organized in groups at the beginning of the course. Active participation in the group work is compulsory to pass the course. Practical information about the group work (including deadlines for joining the groups) will be given at the start of the course when the number of participants is fixed. The mandatory assignments are valid only for one semester, i.e., if a student wishes to retake the course, the mandatory activities also need to be retaken.
- The course is intended for students enrolled in master programmes at NMBU. It is also open for exchange students and other students with sufficient prior knowledge.