Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

During the course, practical exercises are utilized to apply enterprise architecture methods, which provide a systematic approach to comprehensively describe, manage, and develop organizational operations by leveraging various perspectives.

Upon completing the course, the student will be able to
• describe dependencies between different domains of architecture.
• understand how to develop a vision for the desired architecture state.
• be capable of describing the desired architecture state.
• know how to develop an action plan to achieve the desired architecture state.
• identify how to organize and project work towards implementing architecture towards the desired state.
• understand how to utilize description techniques and tools in architectural work.
• know how to establish enterprise architecture work as a continuous process within the organization.

Content (course unit)

• Describing dependencies between different domains of architecture
• Describing the target state of architecture
• Developing an action plan to achieve the target state of architecture
• Using description techniques and tools in architectural work

Prerequisites (course unit)

Enterprise Architecture Thinking

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student is familiar with the objectives of enterprise architecture work.
The student knows the main principles of dividing enterprise architecture into business, information, application, and technology architecture.
The student understands key aspects of descriptions related to business, information, and application architecture.
The student can use a description tool designed for architectural representation.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student understands what enterprise architecture work entails within an organization.
As a team member, the student can contribute to developing descriptions of the organization's current and target state for enterprise architecture.
The student is familiar with the division of architecture into business, information, application, and technology domains.
The student is prepared to participate as a team member in defining the organization's enterprise architecture vision and creating an action plan to achieve the target state.
The student understands the objectives of describing dependencies between different domains of enterprise architecture.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student knows how to lead and guide enterprise architecture work.
As a team member, the student contributes to advancing the organization's enterprise architecture towards the target state.
The student is capable of producing descriptions of the current and target state of the organization's enterprise architecture (business), information, and application architecture, utilizing the expertise of various stakeholders within the organization.
As a team member, the student can collaborate with management to develop the organization's enterprise architecture vision and action plan to achieve the target state.
The student can describe dependencies between different domains of enterprise architecture.
The student understands the importance of communication and education in architectural work and can take action to implement them.

Assessment scale

0-5