Enterprise Architectures

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Understand fundamentals of enterprise architecture, such as concepts, architectures, and types.
• Understand enterprise architecture frameworks
• Understand enterprise architecture tools
• Understand the process of establishing an enterprise architecture for organizations
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Reference Textbooks:

• Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution by Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, and David C. Robertson
• An Introduction to Holistic Enterprise Architecture" by Scott A. Bernard, 4th, 2020
• Enterprise Architecture at Work: Modelling, Communication and Analysis by Marc Lankhorst, et al. 2017 version.
• Mastering ArchiMate Edition 3.1: A serious introduction to the ArchiMate(R) enterprise architecture modeling language by Gerben Wierda

Other Readings

• Selected journals, conferences papers and chapters from other books will be assigned for reading.
• Lectures’ slides, and handouts.

Supplementary material

• Tools will be introduced during the course

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Responsible Unit: School of Technology and Innovations
Right to participate: Max. 60 students are accepted to the course

Admission priority: Students who were originally intended for this course will be admitted first. Others may be admitted if there is space available.

Additionally, the course develops:

• Problem-solving and decision-making: Ability to select an appropriate EA framework for a company.
• Analytical and critical thinking: Ability to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of EA frameworks.
• Digital skills: Ability to use software or tools for EA work.

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Five places have been reserved for Open University students for this implementation.