Course Number: MSCC 630

Course Title: Enterprise Architecture

Course Description:

This course addresses the information students needs to create adaptive architecture strategies for
successfully implementing enterprise architectures. The course focuses on strategies that are based
on experiences within organizations across multiple industry verticals.
Course Prerequisites:

MSCC 697 Information Technology Research Methods.

Registration for MSCC 630 assumes all core, degree program and most elective requirements are
completed.
You will only be able to enter an exit strategy course (MSCC 698 Graduate Thesis, or MSCC 693
Graduate Capstone) upon completion of MSCC 630 with a grade of C or better.
Course Overview:
MSCC 630 is an introduction to Enterprise Architecture (EA). In this course, you will become
familiar with the study of EA and its role in the organization. We will begin with a short survey of
various frameworks used by companies to implement an EA program and then study two of the
most common frameworks and their subcomponents in depth.
Course Outcomes:
After successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

1. Define Enterprise Architecture (EA) and articulate its business case.
2. Articulate how Enterprise Architecture integrates strategic, business, and technology
planning to support enterprise development
3. Analyze EA frameworks used in the private and public sectors to evaluate their relative
merits and limitations

4. Evaluate Enterprise Architecture tools with respect to best practices and assess suitability
for varying applications.
5. Demonstrate how Enterprise Architecture integrates strategic goals and business
processes with supporting technology architectures to enable business objectives.
6. Analyze how Enterprise Architecture links with other governance processes, including
capital planning, human resource management and security policies.

7. Be able to articulate the future direction of EA and the issues faced.

Textbooks:
Bernard, Scott A. (2012). An Introduction to Enterprise Architecture (3rd edition). Published by
AuthorHouse. This is the only book you need to buy for this course. This book is available in
hardback or paperback or e-book (Kindle, iBooks, etc.). Make sure you buy the 3rd edition.
Land, M. O. et al. (2009). Enterprise architecture: Creating value by informed governance. Berlin,
Heidelberg: Springer Berlin, (ebook). Regis Library http://lumen.regis.edu/record=b1411903~S3
Minoli, D. (2008). Enterprise architecture A to Z: Frameworks, business process modeling, SOA, and
infrastructure technology. Auerbach. Regis Library http://lumen.regis.edu/record=b1410993~S3

Articles and Handouts:

Bittler, R.S. (2012, October 31st). Magic quadrant for enterprise quadrant for enterprise architecture
tools. (Report No. G00234030.) Gartner, Inc. Retrieved from
https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/downloadFile/3779580636707/Gartner-EA-Tools.pdf
Bloomberg, J. (2014, July 11). Is enterprise architecture completely broken? Retrieved from
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbloomberg/2014/07/11/is-enterprise-architecture- completely-
broken/
Brooks, T. (2009). Enterprise Architecture Governance: A Framework Approach.
Derler, P, & Wenreich, R. (2007). Models and tools for SOA governance. Springer-Verlag. Provided
to you in the WorldClass environment for this course.
Franke, U. et al. (2010). Trends in enterprise architecture practice - a survey. Provided to you in the
WorldClass environment for this course.
Hazra, T. (2010). Leveraging Metrics for Enterprise Architecture Governance.
Hopkins, B. (2010). The Essential EA Toolkit Part 3 An Architecture Governance Process.
Kalex, U. (n.d.). Business capability management: Your key to the business boardroom. alfabet.
Retrieved from http://www.opengroup.org/johannesburg2011/Ulrich%20Kalex%20-
%20Business%20Capability%20Management.pdf
Leist et al (2006). Evaluation of Current Architecture Frameworks. Proceedings of the 2006 ACM
Symposium on Applied Computing. See http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1141277.1141635
(Optional Reading)
NASCIO. (2003, December). NASCIO enterprise architecture maturity model. National Association
of State Chief Information Officers.
http://www.nascio.org/EA/ArtMID/572/ArticleID/259/Enterprise-Architecture-Maturity-Model
Oracle (2009), The Oracle Enterprise Architecture Framework.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/entarch/oea-framework-133702.pdf
Oracle (2012). Leveraging Governance to Sustain Enterprise Architecture Efforts
Parnitzke, J. (2013). How to build a Roadmap Define End State.
https://pragmaticarchitect.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/how-to-build-a-roadmap-define-end-state/
Peyret, H. (2009). Open Source solutions for EA tool needs are progressing. Provided to you in the
WorldClass environment for this course.

Ross, J. (2004, October). Generating strategic benefits from enterprise architecture, IV(3A). Center for
Information Systems Research, Sloan School of Management, M.I.T. Research Briefing.
Provided to you in the WorldClass environment for this course.
Stoddard, B. (2010). Enterprise architecture evaluation methods. Journal of Enterprise Architecture
6(2), 48-58. Provided to you in the WorldClass environment for this course.
Tang et al (n.d.), A Comparative Analysis of Architecture Frameworks. Available at
http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/personal/atang/documents/APSEC2004-WS2-7-Tang_A.pdf
Wince, K. (n.d.). Delivering Business Value through Agile EA.

Reference Materials:
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association (6th Edition). ISBN: 9781433805615. http://www.apastyle.org
Department of Defense. (n.d.). Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF). Retrieved
from http://dodcio.defense.gov/Library/DoD-Architecture-Framework/
Essential Project. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.enterprise-architecture.org/
Office of Management and Budget. (2012, May 2). (OMB). The common approach to federal
enterprise architecture. Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/e-gov/fea
Office of Management and Budget. (2013, January, 29). (OMB). Federal enterprise architecture
framework (FEAF) version 2. Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/e-gov/fea
The Open Group. (n.d.). The Open Group architecture framework (TOGAF). Retrieved from
http://www.opengroup.org/togaf/
The White House. (n.d.). Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF). Retrieved from
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/egov_docs/fea_v2.pdf
Zachman International. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.zachman.com

There are additional handouts, supplementary readings, or reference materials that will be used for
lessons in this course. These are in the WorldClass environment for this course or will be provided to
you by your instructor. Please follow your instructors instructions for how to use these materials.

Pre-Assignments and First Week Assignments:
Sign on to WorldClass (D2L) Home Page and become familiar with the course navigation of
the Web Curriculum.

 Course Assignments and Activities:

Week Learning Topics Assignments & Activities Assignments

1 Introduction to Read Assignment 1: Zachmans

Enterprise Framework Research
Bernard (2012) Chap. 1, 2 & 3
Architecture: Benefits,
Value, Risks. Land et al. (2009) Chapters 2 & 3 Start your bibliography.
Minoli (2008) Chap. 1 and 5
Ross (2004)
Zachman links

2 Introduction to Read
Enterprise Architecture Continue work on your
Frameworks and Bernard (2012) Chap. 4 and 5 bibliography.
Enterprise Architecture Land et al (2009) Chap. 4
principles Minoli (2008) Chap 2
TOGAF EA Principles

3 TOGAF, Read: Assignment 2: TOGAF and

FEAF and other TOGAF - Introduction FEAF analysis and
frameworks. DoDAF overview comparison.
Oracle (2009)
FEAF overview Continue working on your
bibliography

4 Business and Read:

Application

Architecture Bernard (2012) Chap. 6 and 7 Continue working on your

Land et al (2009) Chap. 5 bibliography
Minoli (2008) Chap. 7 (7.1 & 7.2)
Kalex (n.d.) Assignment 4: Case Study
TOGAF Business Domain part 1.
TOGAF Application Domain

5 Data and Technology Read:

Architecture TOGAF Data Domain Continue working on your
Data Dictionary template and example bibliography.
ERD examples
CRUD examples Assignment 5: Case Study
TOGAF Technology domain part 2.
Technology modeling

 Week Learning Topics Assignments & Activities Assignments

6 Roadmap, Migration, Read

Governance Bernard (2012) Chap. 8, 9, 10, 11 Continue to work on your
How to build a Roadmap bibliography.
TOGAF Gap Analysis
TOGAF Migration Planning Assignment 6: Case Study
part 3.
Brooks (2009) EA Gov framework
Essential EA Toolkit - Governance
Oracle Leveraging Governance
Hazra (2010) Leveraging Metrics

7 Maturity Models, EA Read

tools Continue to work on your
NASCIO (2003) bibliography.
Stoddard (2010)
Land (2009) Chap. 6
Bernard (2012) Chap. 12
Minoli (2008) Chap. 6
Magic Quadrant EA tools
TOGAF Architecture Repository
Peyret (2009)

8 Future of EA and Read: Assignment 3:

Magis Annotated Bibliography
Delivering Bs Value thru Agile EA

Bloomberg (2014)

Bernard (2012) Chap 13
Final Exam
Franke et. al. (2010)

Course Policies and Procedures:
Student Evaluation Grid

Assignment
Value (percent of overall course grade)
Assignment 1 (ZF Review) 6.5%
Assignment 2 (FEAF/TOGAF Analysis) 9.75%
Assignment 3 (Annotated Bibliography) 9.75%
Assignments 4, 5, 6 (Case Studies) 39%
Discussion Forum/ Class Discussion 15%
Final Exam 20%
Total 100%

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make a difference in the final grade. If you do not participate during any given week, you will lose the
participation points of that week.
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1. a. Present in class every session (classroom);
b. Present on the Discussion Forum every week (online).
2. a. Effectively responds to questions from the facilitator (classroom);
b. Regularly checks forum and posts all required assignments/discussion questions/ items by the
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3. Contributes to classroom/forum discussions, etc.

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Letter Grade Percentage Grade Point

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A 90 to less than 93 3.67
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B 83 to less than 87 3.00
B 80 to less than 83 2.67
C+ 77 to less than 80 2.33
C 73 to less than 77 2.00
C 70 to less than 73 1.67
D+ 67 to less than 70 1.33
D 63 to less than 67 1.00
D- 60 to less than 63 .67
F Less than 60 0

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