Alignment of Business and IT / Enterprise Architecture

University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
Autumn Semester 2016

Study Programme: MSc Business Information Systems

This course consists of lecture, exercises and an accompanying case study.

Literature, exercises and case study description are available for registered students at the Moodle course
(restricted access - for participants only)

Topics

1. Alignment of Business and IT - Introduction
2. Enterprise Architecture: Dealing with Complexit and Change
3. Business Model Generation
4. Enterprise Architecture Modeling with ArchiMate 3.0 - Overview
   ArchiMate 3 Core Framework
   Enterprise Architecture Views and Viewpoints in ArchiMate
5. OMG Business Motivation Model
   ArchiMate Motivation and Strategy
6. Business Architecture (Overview)
   Business Processes and their Context
   Organisation Models
   Interactions
   Modeling Business Objects: Data and Documents
7. Meta-Modeling and Modeling Languages
8. Enterprise Architecture Management
9. EAM Practice: The Role of Modeling

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