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DEN201 Enterprise Architecture - Sydney International School of Technology & Commerce

Assessment 1 - Individual Reflective Essay

Overview
Enterprise Architecture is an essential component of a business blueprint so it can achieve its strategic objectives by ensuring enterprise-wide Business and IT Strategic Alignment. There are several perspective or ways the business can achieve this outcome. The contemporary approach used by most business is for business strategy to drive its business processes which is then supported by the IT infrastructure. For this assessment, you are expected to demonstrate your understanding of the concepts and theories covered in this unit through an Individual Reflective Essay.

Learning Outcome 1: Restate business architecture and how to support the business to deliver strategic business outcomes;

Learning Outcome 2: Demonstrate an understanding of the components of the CSVLOD Model of Enterprise Architecture: considerations, standards, visions, landscapes, outlines and designs.

Learning Outcome 3: Review and evaluate how Governments use enterprise architecture to deliver citizen services;

Learning Outcome 4: Evaluate and investigate key trends impacting organisations today and how enterprise architects respond to these trends.

Assessment Tasks

For this assignment, you can pick any of the topics that have been covered between weeks 1 to 4 and write a reflective essay on the key concepts and theories that you might have covered during this period. It does not have to cover materials in all the weeks, for example, you might like to examine the Strategic Alignment Model by Henderson and Venkatraman (1999). You can reflect on this model and how it can be applied across different organisations in the private or public sector.

For the reflective essay, you are expected to write at least 1000 words. You can write more than 1000 words but no more than 2000 words. The goal is for you to demonstrate your understanding of the concepts and theories from a practical perspective using critical thinking and reflection. Critical thinking is simply questioning and analysing from different perspectives when putting together your essay. I have provided a link in this section to help you learn more about the importance of reflective writing through the course of your degree with a short 6 minutes video which clearly explain the importance of critical thinking and reflecting on one's work. Reflective Writing Link.

Reflective Essay

1. The write up should be at least 1000 words but it should not exceed 2000 words.

2. The essay should be well researched and written in accordance with APA 7th Referencing style.

3. Everyone should clearly discuss different aspect of their chosen topic(s) and how they link to concepts and theories.

Attachment:- Enterprise Architecture.rar