Topic outline

  • COURSE DESCRIPTION

    • Enterprise architecture management aims to maintain the flexibility, cost-efficiency and transparency of the enterprise architecture using frameworks, modeling and tools both for strategic planning and operational / monitoring tasks.

  • Topic 1. Management IS

    1.1.Description of IS.
    1.2.Requirements to IS.
    1.3.Management IS Modeling.


    Practical component: Lab work ‘Requirements to IS in SME’

  • Topic 2. Architecture management IS

    2.1.Description of architecture management IS.
    2.2.Requirements to architecture management IS.
    2.3.Architecture management IS Modeling.


    Practical component: Lab work ‘Requirements to Enterprise Architecture Levels of IS

  • Topic 3. Objectives and principles of EAM

    3.1.The need of EAM
    3.2. Enterprise architecture models
    3.3. Objectives and methodology


    Practical component: Lab work problem based learning ‘Business strategy of enterprise (mission, vision, goals)’

  • Topic 4. An EAM stakeholders and architecture impact

    4.1 Key blocks of successful EAM 

    4.2 The architecture impact 

    4.3 Estimation of investment efficiency in ІТ sphere


    Practical component: case studies lab work ‘Incentive compatible mechanism of stakeholders’ interests to EAM project’

  • Topic 5. EAM governance and organization

    5.1 Challenges and assessment of existing EAM activities and assets
    5.2. The EA governance model
    5.3. EAM organization models


    Practical component: case studies ‘Successful and failed cases of different IS implementatio n’

  • Topic 6. Embedding EAM into strategic planning

    6.1 Approaching EAM from a strategic perspective
    6.2 Leveraging EAM for strategic planning



    Practical component: ‘Project work Development strategy and its indicators in EAM’.

  • Topic 7. Embedding EAM into the project life cycle

    7.1 The relevance of embedding EAM in the project life cycle
    7.2. Preparing EAcompliant project execution
    7.3 Solution design and implementation


    Practical component: Lab work ‘Critical path of project for different type of enterprise architecture’.

  • Topic 8. Embedding EAM into operation and monitoring

    8.1 Managing operational changes 
    8.2 Monitoring the EA
    8.3 Using EA documentation


    Practical component: Lab work ‘Monitoring of EAM using Gantt chart’.

  • Topic 9. EA frameworks, modeling and tools

    9.1 Frameworks, modeling, and tools
    9.2 EA tools: How to find adequate software support


    Practical component: Lab works ‘Business process modelling for different levels of enterprise architecture’.

  • Topic 10. People, adoption and future of EAM

    10.1 The relevance of the human dimension of EAM
    10.2 Introduction of new application of EAM
    10.3. The future of the EAM discipline


    Practical component: Case study ‘IA and machine learning in EAM’

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