Course Syllabus

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Description

Enterprise Architecture (EA) is the analysis and design of an enterprise in its current and future states from a strategy, business, and technology perspective. It helps to integrate and manage IT resources from a strategic and business-driven viewpoint. This course builds on the topics in EA 871 to understand, analyze, justify, and communicate the solution of enterprise architecture problems. This course is designed to cover the theory, tools, and best practices of enterprise architecture then move to a practical, comprehensive approach to delivering the subject matter involving the application of tools and best practices to case studies and project discussions. Many of the topics in this course are deeper explorations of the introductory materials presented in the EA Foundations I course.

Prerequisites

• EA 871

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• • Apply enterprise architecture principles and purpose critical success factors for enterprise architecture development, adoption, and governance.
  • Analyze where strategic use of technology in an organization can bring strategic advantage.
  • Understand how to translate organizational drivers to architecture outputs and models.
  • Understand key enterprise architecture approaches, standards, and frameworks and the overall enterprise architecture lifecycle.
  • Understand key roles and responsibilities associated with enterprise architectures management.
  • Compare and contrast different industry examples of enterprise architectures best practices.
  • Compare and contrast different approaches for communicating and documenting enterprise architectures across a range of organizational aspects.
  • Understand team formulation, dynamics, and diagnostics, including awareness of implications of cultural issues.
  • Understand key influencing factors related to enterprise architectures and corporate governance key people characteristics and development and career paths related to enterprise architecture.
  • Develop appropriate enterprise architecture governance and management structures.
  • Define appropriate enterprise architecture approaches and processes for different organizations; identify key factors in successful and unsuccessful enterprise architectures.
  • Apply best practices and tools to EA initiatives.
  • Familiarize with how EA as a discipline is developed as well as current and future trends.

Instructor

Dr. David Fusco, djf3@psu.edu (instructor)

Larry Garvin, lwg111@ist.psu.edu (TA - Teaching Assistant)

Instructor information can be found by selecting People in the left menu and selecting the Teacher name.

Please visit your Canvas Inbox for all course-related email, including messages to your instructor(s) and fellow students. Every attempt will be made for the instructor (or a substitute) to respond to email questions within 24 hours.

Materials

• Ross, J., & Weill, P. (2006). Enterprise architecture as strategy: Creating a foundation for business execution. Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business School Press. ISBN 978-1591398394
• 'Cisco Whitepapers' - there are several folders, containing Cisco provided content / whitepapers to assist you in understanding Cisco's specific viewpoint on EA, IoE, and Pervasive Experience; They can be found in Canvas, under 'Course-Wide Resources' as well as our Jive site 'Architecture Talent Program - PSU Collaboration'

Assignments & Grading

Course Policies and Expectations

• Logging into Canvas - Students are expected to login regularly to check for course updates, announcements, emails, discussions, etc.
• Emailing through Canvas - Students are expected to use Canvas for all course email communication.
• Attending virtual meetings - Students are expected to use specified virtual meeting tool(s) for collaboration, meetings, presentations, etc., as needed.

Technical Requirements

Standard World Campus computer technical specifications are assumed for this course. Please test your computer for requirements. In addition, a webcam and a headset with a microphone are REQUIRED for the course. These may be used for virtual meetings, virtual office hours, interactions with classmates and your instructor, and team presentations - which are all conducted with virtual meeting tools. No special software is required.

Resources

Find extensive information and links to many resources, including the Penn State library, web conferencing, course tools, writing help, and much more on the Resources page.

University Policies

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Schedule

The following schedule outlines the topics covered in this course, along with the associated timeframes, readings, activities, and assignments. All due dates reflect Eastern Time (ET). Specifying the time zone ensures that all students have the same deadlines, regardless of where they live.