Alignment of Business and IT

FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Autumn Semester 2021

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. Digital Business Strategy
  3. Business Model
    Lean Canvas
    ABIT and Business Models
  4. Enterprise Architecture
    Enterprise Architecture: Zachman Framework
    TOGAF: The Open Group Architecture Framework
  5. Enterprise Architecture Modeling with ArchiMate 3.0 - Overview
    Enterprise Architecture Modeling with ArchiMate
    Archimate Views and Customization
  6. Capability-based Planning
  7. Business Motivation Modeling
    Motivation and Strategy in Archimate
  8. Guest Lecture: EAM - A Practical Approach (Roman Brun)
  9. Enterprise Architecture Management
  10. Conceptual Modeling
  11. Conceptual Metamodeling Example with ADOxx
  12. Architecture Implementation

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