Enterprise Architecture: FinCorp

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Enterprise Architecture: FinCorp

Assessment Details:

In this assessment, students are required to write a report. The report covers the topics covered ULO-2, ULO-5 and ULO-6 from week 1 to week 10 inclusive. The students need to study the lectures slides and the chapters associated for the weekly lecture along with the tutorial material. The aim of this report is to assess the students’ understanding of the key concepts of the topics explained from week 1 to week 10. The report will be submitted to moodle.

Report 2

FinCorp is a mid-size financial company. A couple of years ago FinCorp decided to establish a full-fledged EA practice to accommodate with the growing problems around non-transparency of its IT investments and poor business and IT alignment in general. In order to boost its EA initiative, the company decided to purchase a specialized software tool for enterprise architecture. For this purpose, its IT leaders studied the available offerings on the EA tool market, contacted most promising vendors, organized meetings with vendor representatives and listened to their presentations. As a result, FinCorp had selected and acquired a rather powerful and expensive tool for enterprise architecture from a well-known vendor. Then, the company had installed and configured the tool, established a central repository for storing architectural information and sent its architecture team to a special training supplied by the tool vendor. After the training, architects had documented most areas of the organizational IT landscape and associated business processes in the EA repository and started to update this information to keep it current. Architects were also impressed with the modeling, visualization and analytical capabilities offered by their new EA tool.

However, FinCorp’s CIO is pretty skeptical towards the chosen EA tool. He believes that the company is only wasting money on the tool as it is essentially nothing more than a sophisticated repository of current-state information. Furthermore, the tool is used by only 4-5 people in the entire organization (all architects), does not facilitate informed decision-making among business stakeholders in any sense and does not contribute to achieving the original objectives of the EA initiative to improve business and IT alignment.

Write a report with 2000 word count that would be presented to FinCorp’s CIO that would address the CIO concerns on the following:

1. The core concepts of data and information architecture and how the newly implemented EA is the best option for FinCorp.
2. In your report discuss how the news installed specialized software tool for enterprise architecture would support continuity plans in the context of EA
3. In your report discuss the role of audit and compliance standards in EA and how the newly implemented software tool would facilitate informed decision-making among business stakeholders in FinCorp.

4. Discuss how the newly installed tool would contribute to achieving the original objectives of the EA initiative to improve business and IT alignment.

What to Submit

Submit one DOC or DOCX file to the OLS course site online submission portal for this course.

Submit this file with Portfolio.

Please name this file as Your ID_Report2.DOC or Your ID_ Report2.DOCX.

Marking Criteria and Rubric: The assessment will be marked out of 100% and will be weighted 30% of the total unit mark

Marking CriteriaNot satisfactorySatisfactoryGoodVery GoodExcellent
(0-49%) of the(50-64%) of the(65-74%) of the(75-84%) of the(85-100%) of the
 
 criterion mark)criterion markcriterion markcriterion markcriterion mark
      
The core concepts ofNot identifying the corethe core concepts ofMost of the coreAll the core concepts ofAll the core concepts
data and informationconcepts of data anddata and informationconcepts of data anddata and informationare clearly identified,
architecture and howinformationarchitecture areinformationarchitecture areprovided excellent
the newlyarchitecture and howidentified very briefly,architecture areidentified, provides verysolutions and EA very
implemented EA isthe newly implementedbut details missing,identified, provide goodgood solutions,clearly
the best option forEA is the best option forbriefly examine the EAsolutions, examine theexamines the EA clearly 
FinCorp. (25 marks)FinCorp, provided EA but major points are  
 solution is very weak missing  
 and poorly examine the    
 core concepts    
Continuity plans inContinuity plans in theContinuity plans in theContinuity plans in theShows soundShows full knowledge
the context of EA (20context of EA is notcontext of EA iscontext of EA isknowledge onon Continuity plans in
marks )identified properly,identified but detailsidentified adequately,Continuity plans in thethe context of EA
 some informationmissing.discussion presented incontext of EAidentification,
 missing detail, briefly examine comparison presented
   the relation of EA in detail, very
     comprehensively
     examine the relation of
     EA
Role of audit andRole of audit andRole of audit andRole of audit andComprehensive analysisComprehensive analysis
compliancecompliance standards in compliance standards incompliance standards in of Role of audit andof situation Role of
standards in EA andEA and how the newlyEA and how the newlyEA and how the newlycompliance standards inaudit and compliance
how the newlyimplemented softwareimplemented softwareimplemented softwareEA and how the newlystandards in EA and
implementedtool would facilitatetool would facilitatetool would facilitateimplemented softwarehow the newly
software tool wouldinformed decision-informed decision-informed decision-tool would facilitateimplemented software
facilitate informedmaking among businessmaking among businessmaking among businessinformed decision-tool would facilitate
decision-makingstakeholders in FinCorp.stakeholders in FinCorpstakeholders in FinCorpmaking among businessinformed decision-
among businessare not identified andare identified properly,are properly discussedstakeholders in FinCorpmaking among business
stakeholders indiscussed.but missing pointsand presented.and Provide correctstakeholders in FinCorp
FinCorp.   solutions withand Provide correct
(25 marks)   explanation.solutions with excellent
     explanation.
Discuss how thePoorly discussion of theGood discussion of theGood discussion of theExcellent discussion ofExcellent discussion of
newly installed toolnewly installed toolnewly installed toolnewly installed toolthe newly installed toolthe newly installed tool
would contribute towould contribute towould contribute towould contribute towould contribute towould contribute to
achieving the originalachieving the originalachieving the originalachieving the originalachieving the originalachieving the original
objectives of the EAobjectives of the EAobjectives of the EAobjectives of the EAobjectives of the EAobjectives of the EA
initiative to improveinitiative to improveinitiative to improveinitiative to improveinitiative to improveinitiative to improve
business and ITbusiness and ITbusiness and ITbusiness and ITbusiness and ITbusiness and IT
alignment. (25alignmentalignment but withalignmentalignmentalignment and with
marks) missing details  excellent explanations
      

 

Report PresentationWork generally doesMany departures fromReport format isReport format is at leastReport format is
Style and Writingnot follow the requiredthe requiredgenerally consistent80% consistentconsistent throughout
(5 marks)professional reportprofessional reportthroughout includingthroughout includingincluding heading
 format.format.heading styles, fonts,heading styles, fonts,styles, fonts, margins,
   margins, white space,margins, white space,white space, etc.
   etc.etc. 
      

 

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