Unit Coordinator: Dr. Huma ChaudhryModerator: XXXXXXXXXXDr. Mohammed Mohammed XXXXXXXXXXAugust 2019
Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Trimester T2 2019
Unit Code BN315
Unit Title Enterprise Architecture
Assessment Type Assignment 2 - Group Assignment
Assessment Title Strategy Map and IT
Purpose of the
assessment (with
ULO Mapping)
The purpose of this assignment is to assess skills in working with Enterprise Architecture (EA)
and understanding of EA frameworks and strategy.
At the completion of this unit students should be able to:
a. Explain what constitutes value for an organisation.
. Lead a discussion on the role of EA to support business strategic goals through IT
alignment, planning and governance.
c. Describe enterprise-level architectural views for the business, information, technology, and
application domains.
d. Report on the relationship between EA and other architectures such as system, solution,
data, application and technology.
e. Investigate the appropriate use of industry EA methods and frameworks.
f. Report on the cu
ent and future state for a portfolio of IT applications.
g. Interpret a roadmap process for the IT portfolio to support long-term business strategy.
Weight 25%
Total Marks 150
Word limit 2500
Due Date Week 11, Friday, 27/09/2019 at 11:59PM
Submission
Guidelines
All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a completed
Assignment Cover Page.
The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Cali
i (Body) font and 2 cm
margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings.
Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in
a reference list using IEEE referencing style.
Extension • If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration
Application must be submitted online to AMS follow the link below you may
equire to login. You must submit this application three working days prior to
the due date of the assignment.
https:
online.mit.edu.au/ams/PublicDocs/Student/MIT_Special_Co
nsideration_Application.pdf
Academic
Misconduct
Academic Misconduct is a serious offence. Depending on the seriousness of the
case, penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to exclusion from the course or
escinding the degree. Students should make themselves familiar with the full policy
and procedure available at: http:
www.mit.edu.au/about-
mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/Plagiarism-
Academic-Misconduct-Policy-Procedure. For further information, please refer to the
Academic Integrity Section in your Unit Description.
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https:
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Unit Coordinator: Dr. Huma ChaudhryModerator: XXXXXXXXXXDr. Mohammed Mohammed XXXXXXXXXXAugust 2019
Assignment Description:
This is a group assignment. You will work in a small group of 2 – 3 students in a
group. Your group is to initiate and plan a strategy map from a business perspective.
Every group should select/prepare their case study on a different business type such as:
Banking
Manufacturing
Health
Education
Government (local state or federal), or
Service Industries including Catering, Restaurants, and Hospitality
Students should consult with their lecturer or tutor (either in person or via email) to get their topic approved,
and to make sure that there is no direct overlap between groups. Once the topic has been approved, students
should begin the preliminary work for the assignment. The assignment has two deliverables:
Deliverable 1: Write a report of minimum 2500 words
Deliverable 2: Conduct a presentation to the class XXXXXXXXXXminutes) during the lab session
Groups
This assignment is a group assignment. Students will work in max groups of three and only the group leader will
submit the files required at Moodle assignment submission link.
Note that the groups will be created randomly.
Your report should include the following sections.
a. A statement of the case study situation: a general description of the
problem (issues and challenges)
. A general description of the solution strategy, consisting of:
I. A strategy map from the business perspective, including:
The Financial view
The Customer view
The Internal process view
The Learning and Growth view
ii) The co
esponding IT strategy map, aligning the IT drivers and objectives with the business
drivers/objectives and internal process view of the map above. This must include (for IT) the drivers, the
‘Customer’ view, the ‘Internal’ view
iii) Derive the IT related initiatives from the Strategy Map in ii)
iv) Interpret a roadmap for the IT portfolio to support long‐term business strategy
Unit Coordinator: Dr. Huma ChaudhryModerator: XXXXXXXXXXDr. Mohammed Mohammed XXXXXXXXXXAugust 2019
Requirements
Your report should be professionally organized, written and presented. The presentation should focus on
convincing the management of the relevance and appropriateness of the EA project, to convince them to fund
the project. The essential points of your report should be covered in the presentation. The presentation should
e no longer than 15 minutes, and the emphasis should be on presenting the alignment between the business
drivers and the IT initiatives.
An important point: You are not alone on this, create early drafts and keep working on it with the lecturer and
tutor until you are satisfied that you got it right.
WHAT TO SUBMIT
You should upload copies of both your report and your presentation slides should be submitted on Moodle.
Report Writing Guidelines and Marking Criteria:
Your report must include the following;
Title Page - Clearly setting out the title of your assessment, your name, your student ID, the unit name, unit
code and the name of the lecturer. There must be no graphics or pictures of any kind on the title page.
Executive Summary - Provide 'No more than one page' of summary.
Table of Contents - Auto generated using the word processor.
Introduction - This section should introduce the general aims, backgrounds of topics and areas/issues you
will discuss in the report.
Body - Discuss your findings in detail, where appropriate, headings and sub-headings should be included
with the logical progression of your report from one idea to the next. Do not use the word 'Body' as a
heading - identify words that relate to your report for the heading.
Recommendations - Describe the recommendations you would make. All recommendations need to be
supported by sources. Do not write these recommendations as dot points.
Conclusion - In this section you need to summarise your work and findings. You should introduce no new
points in your conclusion.
References - This is a list of all the books and articles you have cited in your assessment. Use IEEE
eferencing style for your in-text citations as well as your list of references.
All words in the text of an assignment, including headings, are included in the word count of an assignment.
This includes in-text citations. However, the word count does NOT include the executive summary, table
of contents, figures, tables, appendices or the reference list.
Unit Coordinator: Dr. Huma Chaudhry XXXXXXXXXXModerator: Dr. Mohammed Mohammed August 2019
Marking Criteria
Total marks for the assignment is 150 marks. There are 100 marks allocated for the report and 50
marks for the presentation. The marks are awarded as follows:
Item Description Total
Marks
1 Writing with quality (Proofreading your work before submission is
highly recommended)
10
2 Introducing and highlighting the key points of the context chosen 10
3 Answering every question in each topic 35
4 Providing concrete examples that are realistic 30
6 Showing your understanding of the topics with critical thinking, analysis,
and expressing your knowledge in professional writing
10
7 Referencing all the resources in IEEE referencing style 5
8 Poor writing:
Inadequate structure, careless presentation, or the report exceeds the word
limit by more or less than 10%
-5
9 Plagiarism:
Type of plagiarism: Copy from other student; Direct copy from Internet
sources, from Text book or from other sources
-100
TOTAL 100
There are 50 marks allocated for presentation. The marks are awarded as follows:
Criteria Total Marks
Content of presentation 30
Communication (language and length of presentation) 10
Presentation (Personal presentation, quality of
slides and innovation)
10
Total 50