Enterprise Architecture

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

About this Course

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What, exactly, does it mean to be a leader in complex organizational structure and drive corporate development in the era of digitalization? This course will boost your managerial skills to significantly new level, providing a framework for coordination different enterprise aspects. Why it is important? Imagine how complicated global corporations are and how knotted might be relations between stakeholders. Enterprise Architecture course will give you a powerful tool based on a world-wide standard to create, implement and evolve you own management style.
This course is advisable for different specialists, who associate their career with EA concepts, such as: IT-solutions architecture, business engineering, information and communications technology, design thinking and innovation, business process management and corporate project management.
As an example, you might be working on the following positions (to make sure that this course is convenient for you):
IT experts (CIOs, IT managers, CTOs) and Systems Analysts, creating and developing corporate information systems.
Senior-level business managers (CEOs, COOs, CFOs), directing enterprise development and implementing Business and IT strategy.
Middle-level business managers, managing programs of projects. 
Operational business managers, leading business processes optimization.

Requirements:
– Experience in business-IT alignment tasks and activities
– Basic understanding of IT industry (types of projects, corporate information systems, contracting aspects)
– Knowledge of the English language

At the end of the Course, you will be able to:
Communicate with various stakeholders and lead corporate development of company, taking into account business and technological aspects of different industries.
Acquire and use skills of modeling enterprise from different viewpoints and identifying bottlenecks to implement business and IT strategy.

The course was developed by Graduate School of Business and Management of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University with the support of GET Information Technology GmbH, Germany.

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Beginner Level

Approx. 12 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: English, Japanese

What you will learn

Knowledge and practical skills in creation and maintenance of Enterprise Architecture based on international standard.

Learn about the definitions, benefits of Enterprise Architecture approach.

Learn about the roles and responsibilities involved in Enterprise Architecture.

Skills you will gain

Enterprise ArchitectureThe Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)Archimate modeling languageADM

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100% online

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Flexible deadlines

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Beginner Level

Approx. 12 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: English, Japanese

Instructors

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Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University has a long-standing and successful history over 100 years where a great deal of important discoveries and inventions have been made. It was founded in 1899.

SPbPU has recently become the "National Research University" – a recognized Russian and international leader in the field of engineering and economic education with a rich educational, scientific and innovation infrastructure. The University is a member of Academic Excellence program among Russian Universities “5-100-2020”. SPbPU is listed in the QS World University Rankings (471-480) and Times Higher Education (113th position among European universities). SPbPU is a leading university of Russia with over than 26 000 students and postgraduates, 4500 of them are foreign citizens from 115 countries. The University is carrying out education and research activities in the following areas: natural science, engineering, economics and humanities. SPbPU trains specialists in 49 Bachelor Degree programs and 200 Master Degree programs, including 20 international Master Degree programs taught in English, 90 PhD programs and Doctorate programs. The University is proud of its longstanding traditions of international cooperation with many foreign educational institutions, research organizations and industrial companies. Among the partners of the University are 293 universities and 90 partner companies from 68 countries.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Introduction

In this lecture, we will discuss some objectives aimed at showing what you can expect to learn from this course. At the end of Introduction part listeners will get the baseline understanding of enterprise architecture notion, goals of the course, practical benefits of its application. Lesteners will also get familiarized with course structure and rules of assessment.

1 hour to complete

1 video (Total 3 min), 6 readings, 1 quiz

1 video

What is Enterprise Architecture?2m

6 readings

Welcome to the course1m

Modules structure5m

Join us3m

Glossary15m

Installing and Launching Archi10m

Explanation10m

1 practice exercise

Check yourself30m

1 hour to complete

Enterprise Architecture basics and key definitions

This lecture is dedicated to Enterprise Architecture notion, we will discuss history of its definition and how it evolved. You will be introduced to all baseline concepts of this discipline, which we will be using during the entire course. We will also cover the key standards and questions of their adaptation for different tasks (Zachman Framework, FEAF, TOGAF). This lecture wil demonstrate the key differences between different modelling techniques, which exist on the market.

1 hour to complete

1 video (Total 8 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

1 video

Lecture 1.Enterprise Architecture basics and key definitions8m

2 readings

Lecture Notes30m

Explanation10m

1 practice exercise

Test 1 – Graded Quiz20m

Week

Week 2

2 hours to complete

TOGAF standard

The main goal of this lecture is to introduce listeners to one of the most wide-spread standard of EA modelling and development – TOGAF standard by Open group.

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 12 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes

2 videos

Lecture 2. TOGAF standard6m

Demonstration video5m

3 readings

Lecture Notes30m

Explanation10m

2 practice exercises

Practical test20m

Test 2 – Graded Quiz20m

Week

Week 3

2 hours to complete

Archi modelling software tool

This lecture is dedicated to Archi modelling software, which is one of the most wide-spread software products to create and analyze enterprise architecture models.

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 19 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes

2 videos

Lecture 3. Archi modelling software tool7m

Demonstration video11m

3 readings

Lecture Notes30m

Explanation1m

Explanation10m

2 practice exercises

Practical test20m

Test 3 – Graded Quiz20m

Week

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Architecture Development Method, complex approach to enterprise development

The central notion of this lecture is Architecture Development Method (ADM), which is included in TOGAF standard. ADM is a powerful framework for organization and management a company development, though it needs systematic adaptation, which is covered in this lecture.

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 22 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes

2 videos

Lecture 4.Architecture Development Method, complex approach to enterprise development10m

Demonstration video12m

3 readings

Lecture Notes30m

Explanation10m

2 practice exercises

Practical test20m

Test 4 – Graded Quiz20m

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