my subject name is ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE
Page | 1 Asia Pacific International College Pty Ltd. Trading as Asia Pacific International College 55 Regent Street, Chippendale, Sydney 2008: 02-9318 8111 PRV12007; CRICOS 03048D Approved: DATE & Version Unit Code and Title: SBM4303 Enterprise Architecture Assessment 3: Portfolio Due date: Final date: Week 10. Group/individual: Individual Word count / Time provided: 2000 words Weighting: 40% Unit Learning Outcomes: ULO-1, ULO-2, ULO-3, ULO-4, ULO-5, ULO-6 Course Learning Outcomes: CLO-1, CLO-2, CLO-4, CLO-7, CLO-9 Graduate Attributes: GA-2, GA-3, GA-12 Assessment Details: This assessment is designed to assess develop your skills in Enterprise Architecture (EA). You are required to develop knowledge on EA methodology, EA Framework, data model and emerging EA. In completing this assessment successfully, you will be able to know major widely accepted Enterprise Architecture (EA) domains, layers, frameworks and governance, which will help in achieving ULO-1, ULO-2, ULO-3, ULO-4, ULO-5, and ULO-6, this in turn will help you in achieving CLO-1, CLO-2, CLO-4, CLO-7, and CLO-9, which collectively with other unit learning outcomes will help in achieving GA-2, GA-3, and GA-12. Portfolio 1.1 (Case Study) Read the case study for the medical clinic or the Johnson and Johnson case study (See the Case Study on the resource folder) and answer the following questions: What are the main problems for the organisation? What solutions do you propose to help solve these problems? Examine the Zachman Framework. How would you apply this to the case study? Portfolio 1.2 (Frameworks for Enterprise Architecture) See the ppt on EA for University of Newcastle from the resource folder and answer the following question: What processes were proposed for EA? Compare the frameworks for EA- Zachman, TOGAF, FEA, and Gartner Read the journal article by Kistasamy, C and Alta Van Der Merwe…. To examine the relationship between EA and SOA. Assessment-3 Details Page | 2 Asia Pacific International College Pty Ltd. Trading as Asia Pacific International College 55 Regent Street, Chippendale, Sydney 2008: 02-9318 8111 PRV12007; CRICOS 03048D Approved: DATE & Version Portfolio 1.3 (ERD diagram) Entity relationship diagrams provide a visual starting point for database design that can also be used to help determine information system requirements throughout an organization. Prepare detailed ERD diagram for the given i) Milk dairy and ii) Quikfix Electronics case studies (See the case study from the resource folder). Portfolio 1.4 (Tutorial Questions) You should write answers for the Week 3, 4 and 7 tutorial questions. Answer should be concise and to the point. Please answer the following questions: Week-3: 1. What are some of the areas of value that are generated by an EA program? 2. What are some of the risks associated with implementing an EA program? 3. How does EA help an enterprise to view its strategic direction/goals? 4. How does EA help an enterprise to view its business services? 5. How does EA help an enterprise to view technology resources? 6. What is meant by managing risk? Provide two methods to manage risk. 7. How does EA link to strategy, business, and technology? 8. Select a real-world medium-or large-sized business and identify the following: a. Areas of potential value that an EA program would provide. b. Areas of potential risk to the implementation and acceptance of an EA program, and strategies to mitigate those risks. c. How EA can help develop views of this business’ strategic direction and goals; business services; and supporting resources. Week-4: 1. What is an EA implementation methodology? 2. What is the role of an EA framework within the EA methodology? 3. What is the purpose of Phase I activities in the EA methodology? 4. Why are Phase III activities dependent on the completion of Phase II? 5. Compare and contrast the purpose of Phase II and Phase IV activities. Page | 3 Asia Pacific International College Pty Ltd. Trading as Asia Pacific International College 55 Regent Street, Chippendale, Sydney 2008: 02-9318 8111 PRV12007; CRICOS 03048D Approved: DATE & Version 6. Can the steps of the EA methodology be changed for different enterprises? 7. Who is responsible for execution of the EA program and EA methodology? 8. How often should an EA be updated? Why? 9. Select a real-world medium or large size enterprise and provide: a. The phases and steps of an appropriate EA implementation methodology. b. The way that EA stakeholder support will be obtained. c. The recommended schedule for updating the EA. Week-7: 1. What is the purpose of current views of EA components? 2. How do artifacts relate to EA components? 3. Provide some examples of artifacts at the Goals & Initiatives level of the EA3 Cube Framework. 4. What is IDEF-0 modelling and how can it be used to document EA components at the Products & Services level of the EA3 Cube Framework? 5. What are the differences between traditional (ERD and DFD) data modelling techniques and object-oriented data modelling techniques (UML)? 6. Provide some examples of artifacts at the Applications & Services level of the EA3 Cube Framework. 7. Is vendor-supplied documentation on software and hardware products important to retain as EA artifacts? Why? 8. What are some of the EA artifacts that would be desired at the Network & Infrastructure level of the EA3 Cube Framework? 9. Find a public or private sector enterprise and identify the following current EA components/artifacts at each level of the EA3 Cube Framework: a. Identify current strategic goals, initiatives, and outcome measures. b. Identify current LOBs, business services, and associated activity/flow diagrams. c. Identify current information flows and data documentation in each LOB. d. Identify the current IT systems and applications that support information flows for each LOB. e. Identify the current IT infrastructure and networks that host IT systems and applications. Portfolio 1.5 (Journal articles review) Page | 4 Asia Pacific International College Pty Ltd. Trading as Asia Pacific International College 55 Regent Street, Chippendale, Sydney 2008: 02-9318 8111 PRV12007; CRICOS 03048D Approved: DATE & Version EA and Big data: Read the journal article by Brain H. Cameron from the resource folder …. The Need for Enterprise Architecture for Enterprise-Wide Big Data. Consider the following questions: • What are the root causes behind the failure of big data projects? • How Enterprise Architecture can support successful big data project implementation? EA and Cloud computing: Read the conference article from the resource folder by L. Aureli…Enterprise Architectures for Cloud Computing. Consider the following question: Identify the important recommendations deal with application security and encryption. Portfolio Presentation Style and Writing Consolidate and compile all your previous efforts from Portfolio 1.1 to 1.5 into a DOC or DOCX report. You should attempt at your best to reflect this quality in the preparation of the report. All diagrams and figures should be embedded as part of the report. The format of your report should be as follows: A4 size paper, 2.5cm margins on all sides, single-sided, Time Romans or New Time Romans font, 12pt font size, DOC or DOCX format. What to Submit Submit one DOC or DOCX file to your OLS course site online submission portal for this course. Submit this file with Portfolio. Please name this file as Your ID_PORTFOLIO.DOC or Your ID_ PORTFOLIO.DOCX. Marking Criteria and Rubric: The assessment will be marked out of 100 and will be weighted 40% of the total unit mark Marking Criteria Not satisfactory (0-49%) of the criterion mark) Satisfactory (50-64%) of the criterion mark Good (65-74%) of the criterion mark Very Good (75-84%) of the criterion mark Excellent (85-100%) of the criterion mark Case Study (15marks) Not identifying the problems, provided solution is very weak, poorly examine the Zachman framework Problems are identified very briefly, provided solution is acceptable but details missing, briefly examine the Zachman framework Most of the problems are identified, provide good solutions, examine the Zachman framework but major points are missing All the problems are identified, provides very good solutions, examines the Zachman Framework clearly All the problems are clearly identified, provided excellent solutions and examines Zachman Framework very clearly Page | 5 Asia Pacific International College Pty Ltd. Trading as Asia Pacific International College 55 Regent Street, Chippendale, Sydney 2008: 02-9318 8111 PRV12007; CRICOS 03048D Approved: DATE & Version Frameworks for Enterprise Architecture (25 marks) Process is not identified properly, Comparison is presented very briefly, Poorly examine the relation of EA and SOA Process is identified but details missing, comparison presented briefly, very briefly examine the relation of EA and SOA Process is identified adequately, comparison presented in detail, briefly examine the relation of EA and SOA Shows sound knowledge on process identification, comparison presented in detail, comprehensively examine the relation of EA and SOA Shows full knowledge on process identification, comparison presented in detail, very comprehensively examine the relation of EA and SOA ERD Diagram (15 marks) Very poor design, most of the entities and attributes are not identified properly, missing identifier, and relationship name. Provide wrong cardinality. Adequate design, most of the entities and attributes are identified properly, but missing identifier, and relationship name. Provide wrong cardinality. More than adequate design, most of the entities and attributes