Alignment of Business and IT / Enterprise Architecture

FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Spring Semester 2017

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. Business Model Generation
3. Enterprise Architecture, incl. TOGAF
4. Enterprise Architecture: Zachman Framework
5. Enterprise Architecture Modeling with ArchiMate 3.0 - Overview
   ArchiMate 3 Core Framework
   Enterprise Architecture Views and Viewpoints in ArchiMate
6. Business Motivation Modeling
   ArchiMate Motivation and Strategy
   OMG Business Motivation Model
7. ArchiMate Modeling in Practice - The BriteLite Case
8. Modeling Details of Business Architecture
9. Guest Lecture: EAM Practice
10. Meta-Modeling and Modeling Languages
11. Enterprise Architecture Management

Powerpoint version of the slides can be provided on request. Please send an Email to

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