Admission requirements
Not applicable
Description
This course is about the process and techniques to create an enterprise architecture for an organization. An enterprise architecture is a coherent whole of principles, methods and models that are used in the design and realisation of an enterprise’s organisational structure, business processes, information systems, and infrastructure. It represents a long term view that help organizations to guide the development of their IT over a longer period of time.
An important objective of enterprise architecture is to align the IT strategy with the business strategy and improve organizational efficiency and agility. Therefore the course also covers business and IT strategy, and strategic alignment. Following that the methods and modelling techniques for enterprise architecture are covered. We will use the ArchiMate modelling language to model an enterprise architecture.
In a group assignment, students learn to assess the strategic aligment in an organisation and apply the methods and ArchiMate modelling language in a practical case. This group assignment will be graded.
Course objectives
By the end of the course, the student should be able to:
Explain the process and products of a business and IT strategy
Assess the business and IT alignment in an organisation
Explain the fundamental concepts of enterprise architecture
Reflect on the differences in concept and application between enterprise architecture and software architecture
Apply a structured method to develop an enterprise architecture
Design an enterprise architecture model in the ArchiMate modelling languange
Define sound enterprise architecture principles
Timetable
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Note: Joint Degree students from Leiden/Delft need to combine information from both the Leiden and Delft MyTimetables to see a complete schedule. This video explains how to do it.
Mode of instruction
12 interactive lectures (2 hours each)
Discussion and feedback sessions for the group assignment
Assessment method
1) Exam (75% of the course grade)
2) Group assignment (25% of the course grade)
The group assignment is done in groups of 4 or 5 students. Every student must participate in and contribute to the group assignment.
Both the exam and group assignment must be graded with 5.0 or higher in order to pass the course. The average of all components has to be at least 5.5.
The teacher will inform the students how the inspection of and follow-up discussion of the exams will take place.
Reading list
The following textbook is required
- Enterprise Architecture at Work, Marc Lankhorst et el, Springer, Fourth Edition 2017 (ISBN 978-3-662-53932-3)
The following materials will be made available online.
a set of papers and articles
the slide handouts
Registration
As a student, you are responsible for enrolling on time through MyStudyMap.
In this short video, you can see step-by-step how to enrol for courses in MyStudyMap.
Extensive information about the operation of MyStudyMap can be found here.
There are two enrolment periods per year:
Enrolment for the fall opens in July
Enrolment for the spring opens in December
See this page for more information about deadlines and enrolling for courses and exams.
Note:
It is mandatory to enrol for all activities of a course that you are going to follow.
Your enrolment is only complete when you submit your course planning in the ‘Ready for enrolment’ tab by clicking ‘Send’.
Not being enrolled for an exam/resit means that you are not allowed to participate in the exam/resit.
Contact
Programme Co-ordinator: ms. Esme Caubo
Remarks
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There is only limited capacity for external students. Please contact the programme Co-ordinator
Software
Starting from the 2024/2025 academic year, the Faculty of Science will use the software distribution platform Academic Software. Through this platform, you can access the software needed for specific courses in your studies. For some software, your laptop must meet certain system requirements, which will be specified with the software. It is important to install the software before the start of the course. More information about the laptop requirements can be found on the student website.