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MAN6936 Enterprise Architectures

Completing this assignment will help you achieve Course Learning Outcome (CLO) 2

Apply critical thinking and technical skills to solve authentic business problems [AQF S2, S3]:

2.1. Conceptualise problems or situations (critically investigate, analyse, synthesize and evaluate).
2.2. Apply technical skills to authentic situations.
2.3. Solve complex problems.

In addition to the above following unit learning outcomes are assessed:

• Appraise the constituents of enterprise architecture.
o You need to first understand the constituents of EA framework before your evaluation.
• Evaluate global frameworks used for enterprise architecture and their application in different sectors including private and government.
o The assignment allows you to evaluate how a certain EA framework is applied in a specific context.
• Assess how governance frameworks support the strategic alignment of enterprise architecture.
o The assignment allows you to evaluate how a certain EA framework helps promote the alignment between strategy and technology (or not).
• Create enterprise architecture using standard notations to support strategy and business driven views of the enterprise.
o The assignment requires to model the framework with ArchiMate

Structure of your report

Your report could follow the structure below (though you do not have to):

Introduction - provide the background and purpose(s) of this report. The background need to let readers understand the importance of EA. The purpose needs to be clearly stated to help readers understand what this report is about.

Case Description - briefly introduce the case. This part needs to give readers reasonable information of the case, such as which industry it is from, whether it is a large or a small-to-medium organization, products/services provided, etc.

Architecture in the case - Discuss the EA framework in the case. In this part you need to discuss different levels (or sections) of the framework, as well as EA components in different levels (or sections).

You need to use ArchiMate to model the framework in the case in this section (please also provide the original framework from the article so that we can see whether the framework is correctly represented).

Comparison - Discuss how the EA framework in the case is different from the EA3 cube framework in the textbook (table/figure can be used). In this part you need to compare the levels (or sections) of the case framework with the EA3 cube framework, and describe how these levels (or sections) are similar to or different from each other.

Conclusion - State the benefits of the EA framework implemented in the case; Discuss if the EA framework in the case is more appropriate in the context of the case than the EA3 cube framework (if so, why; if not, why not). It is possible that the EA framework in the case is quite similar to the EA3 cube framework. You could argue that it is just an adapted version of the EA3 cube framework. It is preferred that you use the literature to support your argument.

Referencing style: the preferred style for this report is APA.

Attachment:- Enterprise Architectures.rar