Course

Strategy and Architecture - ZEIT8118

Faculty: UNSW Canberra at ADFA

School: School of Engineering & Information Technology @ UNSW Canberra at ADFA

Course Outline: https://gateway.unsw.adfa.edu.au/isas/current_students/outlines/index.html

Campus: UNSW Canberra at ADFA

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Restricted to students enrolled in Graduate Diploma or Masters programs.

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

Assumed Knowledge: ZEIT8138 or equivalent, ZEIT8116 or equivalent.

This course covers the use of Enterprise Architecture in designing and implementing strategic plans involving the use of IT. It covers, in particular, the governance of IT, information management, Enterprise and business architecture, business risk management, emerging technology monitoring, and managing solution architecture.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
1. Know the concepts underlying strategic risk management involving the use of IT
2. Use the techniques for designing business architecture that can remedy the strategic risks to the operation of an enterprise
3. Use techniques to suggest remedies to risks of implementing the business architecture and policy statements

Delivery Mode

Distance

Topics

  • Concepts of strategic thinking
  • Building a Business Architecture
  • Remedying implementation risks

Assessment

There are three assessment items in this course.
Assignment1. Applying the Concepts of Strategic Risk Management 25%
Assignment 2. Building a Business Architecture 50%
Assignment 3. Remedying the Risks of Strategy and Policy 25%

Course Texts

Prescribed Texts:
All of the material for this course will be provided through the eBook Risk-Remedy: A User Manual for Strategic and Systemic Thinking.

Recommended Texts:
Nil

Software:
Nil

Resources

N/A
Library

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