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CIS 460 is the Enterprise Architecture course and not your normal Curt Hill class.

Tests


The final exam will be at 1:00 on Tuesday, May 10th.

Assignments


The assignment to create a pseudo-repository. This will be due on Friday, February 25. You should place in this as the first real artifact is the VCSU Mission, Vision and goals.
The mission and vision assignment is to find and examine the VCSU mission and vision. This will be due on Wednesday February 23rd.
The Visio Org Chart exercise is due on Friday, January 28.
Evaluate Repository Software is due on Monday, March 28.
The XML assignment described in the XML presentation is due on Wednesday, April 6. This one does not go in to the repository.
The JSON assignment described in the JSON presentation is due on Friday, April 8. This one does not go in to the repository.
The annual report exercise is due on Wednesday, May 4th.

Presentations and Examples

Yet to do.

Skills and Roles on Teams and a whitepaper on roles on teams.

Completed.

Languages for modeling architecture.
Enterprise IT Architecture, an introduction.
North Dakota Enterprise (IT) Architecture.
SaaS.
Big Data and its impact on the Enterprise.
Virtualization.
Cloud Computing.
Anything below this will be on third test.
Security addendum for Web services.
Service Oriented Architecture.
Web services.
SOAP.
JavaScript Object Notation. JSON.
XML.
A Maturity Models with an emphasis on EA.
Where we are going.
A Economic Benefits of an EA.
Capital planning and management.
An overview of IT security.
EA Security Considerations.
EA Tools.
EA Governance.
IT Governance.
View IT Governance video.
View what went wrong at Enron.
View this video is on why boards fail.
View the collapse of Enron.
Introduction to Governance. Mostly focuses on enterprise governance.
Anything below this will be on second test.
The management plan.
Components and artifacts in Network and Infrastructure.
The Future Architecture.
The E Plan.
Components and artifacts in Products and Services.
Components and artifacts in Data and Information.
Components and artifacts in Systems and Applications.
Strategic Planning.
Implementation Methodology.
Components and artifacts.
Unified Modeling Language.
Anything below this will be on first test.
Value and risk with particular emphasis on an EA project. The videos: First on Net Present Value, Second on Net Present Value, Return on Investment, and Cost, Benefit Analysis.
Enterprise Culture.
EA3.
Foundatational Software Systems.
Federal Enterprise Architecture.
Zackman's Taxonomy.
What is Enterprise Architecture?
Why Enterprise Architecture?
Four important frameworks

Important documents


The syllabus for this course.

Articles of Interest


Why we need enterprise architects now.
Password article.
52 things people should know to do Cryptography

Other links

  • IASA - International Association of System Architects.
  • EACOE.
  • The Open Group.
  • Institute for Enterprise Architecture.

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