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Chan Cheah

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Unit Code, Name, Abbreviation

FIT5133 Enterprise Architecture and Management (21 May 2013, 9:04pm) [EA&MANAGEMENT (18 Jul 2013, 09:08am)]

Reasons for Introduction

Reasons for Introduction (24 May 2013, 1:05pm)

FIT5133 is a core unit introduced as part of the common core for Master of Business Information Systems in the Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) for 2014.

Reasons for Change (09 Oct 2020, 2:11pm)

17/7/13 Added teaching responsibility and amended prerequisites. Amended abbreviation. Effective Semester 1 2014.

13 Aug 2013- modified Unit Objectives to comply with AQF requirements

22 Jan 2014 - modified Workload/ContactHours (bulk upload from CUPID extract)- approved by ADE.

21/10/2014 - Amended prerequisite requirements by adding 2015, FIT9xxx version of 2014, FIT5xxx foundation units. Approved at GPC 4/14 (Item 6.2).

13/11/2014 - Amended prerequisite requirements to make them co-requisites instead. This is to allow for offering limitations at Malaysia. Discussed with the Chief Examiner who is happy for the units to be co-requisites instead of pre-requisites.

9/12/2014 - Admin amendment to bring Monatar in line with Handbook and Callista: adding Malaysia to Location of Offering.

19/6/2015 - Amended co-requisite and prerequisite requirements to cater for course architecture requirements impacting on the ability of Master of Business students to complete their information technology specialisation. Added recognition of 24 credit points of study from the first two blocks of units within the Master of Business course as a pre-requisite.

21/7/2015 - Amended wording for pre-requisites and co-requisites to add administrative process. Effective Semester 2, 2015.

17/01/2017 - Admin: adding Reason for change and semester of implementation - change to assessment to comply with University assessment policy change. Effective Semester 2, 2017.

25/01/2018 - Admin: updated prereqs to include a new unit BTF5904 which replaced BTF5903 as advised by BusEco.

1/2/2018 - Amended co-requisites to allow Master of Project Management (C6006) students to complete the information technology stream.

18/6/2018 - Admin: updated prereqs to cater for Master of Project Management (C6006) enrolments.

5/10/2018: Update to prerequisites to allow Software engineering students to enrol as an approved elective. Effective 2019.

20/9/2019: Admin - updating exam duration to include additional 10 minutes as per University requirement.

11/11/2019: Updating the prerequisites and corequisites for effect 2020. Moving FIT9123 to prereqs, and removing both disestablished units and Master of Business units.

05/06/2020: Shifting to 100% in semester assessment in light of shift to online delivery and potential issues around closed exams see assessment matrix: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gB6xWw5PSa-16vcMG9yKfUjT5-I_qPwzjde3a3t9CDM/edit?usp=sharing

10/06/2020: details of assessment breakdown included in summary

23/7/2020: Add reason for change on behalf of CE. Update to the synopsis, existing is obsolete (especially the mention of Saas, etc). Also update the learning resources. Effective S2, 2020.

09/10/2020 - Admin: Update to include new assessment and teaching approach fields as per Handbook requirements.

Role, Relationship and Relevance of Unit (24 May 2013, 1:09pm)

FIT5133 is one of four core units within the Master of Business Information Systems course to be offered in 2014 by Faculty of IT. This unit exposes students to IT trends into the context of Enterprise Architecture, reinventing Enterprise Architecture to support continuous business transformation. It focuses on the challenges of large organisations, while placing such organisations into the broader business ecosystem that includes small- and medium-size organisations.

Objectives

Objectives (13 Aug 2013, 1:44pm)

On the completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  • describe the purpose of enterprise architectures and the underlying principles of their design.
  • explain individual IT systems and services as interrelated components of an enterprise-wide platform.
  • implement knowledge of industry-standard enterprise architecture models, approaches, frameworks and standards.
  • describe into the need for sound data, information and technology governance strategies.
  • implement substantively to decisions regarding the design of an enterprise architecture for an organisation.
  • explain the alignment of an organisation's IT strategy, platforms and systems with the overall organizational strategy and management functions.
  • Unit Content

    ASCED Discipline Group Classification (21 May 2013, 9:09pm)

    020399

    Synopsis (23 Jul 2020, 11:00am)

    Covers the core knowledge and skill-competencies for pursuing research or employment in enterprise architecture. Enterprise architecture management is a specialised business and technology integration field for analysing and designing the digital service capabilities of organisations. The unit addresses how organisations organise and use their documentation of their resources that provide capabilities for enabling digital servicing in current and future technology platforms.

    Prescribed Reading (for new units) (23 Jul 2020, 11:01am)

    Scott A. Bernard. (2020). An Introduction to Enterprise Architecture . (4rd Edition) AuthorHouse (ISBN: 978-1-7283-5805-5 (sc)) or Scott A. Bernard. (2012). An Introoduction to Enterprise Architecture . (3rd Edition) AuthorHouse (ISBN: 978-1-4772-5800-2 (sc)).

    Other references will be indicated in lesson resources.

    Teaching Methods

    Mode (28 May 2013, 4:32pm)

    On-campus and off-campus

    Assessment

    Assessment Summary (09 Oct 2020, 2:20pm)

    In-semester assessment: 100%

    1. Critical Literature Review (Individual assignment) - 25% - ULO: 1, 2, 3, 4
    2. EA Case Problem Solving (Group assignment) - 50% - ULO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    3. Reflective Report (Individual assignment) - 25% - ULO: 5, 6

    Workloads

    Workload Requirements (22 Jan 2014, 09:59am)

    Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

    (a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • 2 hours of lectures
  • One 2-hour tutorial
  • (b.) Study schedule for off-campus students:

  • Off-campus students generally do not attend lecture and tutorial sessions, however should plan to spend equivalent time working through the relevant resources and participating in discussion groups each week.
  • (c.) Additional requirements (all students):

  • A minimum of 8 hours independent study per week for completing lab and project work, private study and revision.
  • Resource Requirements

    Teaching Responsibility (Callista Entry) (17 Jul 2013, 12:55pm)

    FIT

    Prerequisites

    Prerequisite Units (11 Nov 2019, 3:09pm)

    FIT9123 or equivalent.

    For students enrolled in E3001, E3002,E3005, E3010, E3011, E3007 completing the Software Engineering specialisation: FIT2090

    Corequisites (11 Nov 2019, 3:14pm)

    Proposed year of Introduction (for new units) (21 May 2013, 9:12pm)

    Semester 2, 2014

    Location of Offering (09 Dec 2014, 3:01pm)

    Caulfield, Malaysia

    Faculty Information

    Proposer

    David Taniar

    Approvals

    School: 04 Aug 2020 (Emma Nash)
    Faculty Education Committee: 04 Aug 2020 (Emma Nash)
    Faculty Board: 04 Aug 2020 (Emma Nash)
    ADT:
    Faculty Manager:
    Dean's Advisory Council:
    Other:

    Version History

    21 May 2013 David Taniar Initial Draft; modified UnitName; modified Abbreviation; modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RIntro; modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RoleRelationshipRelevance; modified UnitObjectives/ObjText; modified UnitObjectives/Objectives; modified UnitObjectives/ObjCognitive; modified UnitObjectives/ObjAffective; modified UnitObjectives/ObjPsychomotor; modified UnitObjectives/ObjSocial; modified UnitContent/ASCED; modified UnitContent/Synopsis; modified Teaching/Mode; modified Assessment/Summary; modified Workload/ContactHours; modified DateOfIntroduction
    24 May 2013 Geraldine DCosta modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RIntro; modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RoleRelationshipRelevance; modified UnitObjectives/Objectives; modified UnitContent/PrescribedReading; modified Prerequisites/PreReqUnits. Input data on behalf of CE.
    24 May 2013 Geraldine DCosta modified LocationOfOffering; modified FacultyInformation/FIContact
    28 May 2013 Robert Meredith modified Teaching/Mode
    17 Jul 2013 Trudi Robinson Added teaching responsibility and amended prerequisites - approved at GPC 3/13, 6/6/13.
    18 Jul 2013 Trudi Robinson Amended abbreviation approved at GPC 3/13, 6/6/13.
    18 Jul 2013 Geraldine DCosta FIT5133 Chief Examiner Approval, ( proxy school approval )
    18 Jul 2013 Geraldine DCosta FEC Approval
    18 Jul 2013 Geraldine DCosta FacultyBoard Approval - Approved at FEC 3/13 for 2014 offering. Faculty Board approval has been added to aid administration in Monatar.
    13 Aug 2013 Vincent Cheng-Siong Lee modified UnitObjectives/Objectives
    13 Aug 2013 Vincent Cheng-Siong Lee
    22 Jan 2014 Damien Moore modified Workload/ContactHours (bulk upload from CUPID extract)
    29 Jul 2014 Geraldine DCosta Added reasons for change on behalf of CE.
    31 Jul 2014 Geraldine DCosta FIT5133 Chief Examiner Approval, ( proxy school approval )
    31 Jul 2014 Geraldine DCosta FEC Approval
    31 Jul 2014 Geraldine DCosta FacultyBoard Approval - Approved at GPC 4/14. Faculty Board approval has been added to aid administration in Monatar.
    21 Oct 2014 Trudi Robinson Updated prerequisites. Added FIT9xxx versions of foundation units for post-2014 intake.
    05 Nov 2014 Geraldine DCosta FIT5133 Chief Examiner Approval, ( proxy school approval )
    05 Nov 2014 Geraldine DCosta FEC Approval
    05 Nov 2014 Geraldine DCosta FacultyBoard Approval - Administrative amendment approved at GPC 4-2014- Item 6.2. For noting at GPC and FEC 5-2014.
    14 Nov 2014 Robert Meredith modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RChange; modified Prerequisites/PreReqUnits; modified Corequisites
    17 Nov 2014 Jeanette Niehus FIT5133 Chief Examiner Approval, ( proxy school approval )
    09 Dec 2014 Jeanette Niehus modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RChange; modified LocationOfOffering
    09 Dec 2014 Jeanette Niehus FIT5133 Chief Examiner Approval, ( proxy school approval )
    09 Dec 2014 Jeanette Niehus FEC Approval
    09 Dec 2014 Jeanette Niehus FacultyBoard Approval - GPC approval granted 1/12/14.
    19 Jun 2015 Robert Meredith Updated co-requisites and prerequisites to cater for Master of Business students completing the information technology specialisation.
    16 Jul 2015 Jeanette Niehus FIT5133 Chief Examiner Approval, ( proxy school approval )
    16 Jul 2015 Jeanette Niehus FEC Approval
    16 Jul 2015 Jeanette Niehus FacultyBoard Approval - Approved at GPC 3/15 (Item 7.6) 25/06/2015
    21 Jul 2015 Trudi Robinson Amended wording for pre-requisites and co-requisites to add administrative process. Effective Semester 2, 2015.
    17 Sep 2015 Jeanette Niehus FIT5133 Chief Examiner Approval, ( proxy school approval )
    17 Sep 2015 Jeanette Niehus FEC Approval
    17 Sep 2015 Jeanette Niehus FacultyBoard Approval - GPC approved 27/8/2015
    03 May 2016 Jeanette Niehus Admin: modified Chief Examiner
    03 Jan 2017 Cheng-Siong Lee modified Assessment/Summary
    03 Jan 2017 Cheng-Siong Lee
    03 Jan 2017 Cheng-Siong Lee
    16 Jan 2017 Cheng-Siong Lee modified Assessment/Summary
    17 Jan 2017 Jeanette Niehus Admin: modified Assessment/Summary; modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RChange
    21 Feb 2017 Geraldine DCosta FIT5133 Chief Examiner Approval, ( proxy school approval )
    21 Feb 2017 Geraldine DCosta FEC Approval
    21 Feb 2017 Geraldine DCosta FacultyBoard Approval - Approved at GPC 1/2017 for Semester 2,2017 implementation.
    25 Jan 2018 Jeanette Niehus Admin: modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RChange; modified Prerequisites/PreReqUnits
    01 Feb 2018 Trudi Robinson Amended co-requisites to allow Master of Project Management (C6006) students to complete the information technology stream.
    02 Feb 2018 Trudi Robinson Additional amendments to co-requisites.
    02 Feb 2018 Jeanette Niehus FIT5133 Chief Examiner Approval, ( proxy school approval )
    02 Feb 2018 Jeanette Niehus FEC Approval
    02 Feb 2018 Jeanette Niehus FacultyBoard Approval - Executively approved by ADLT (2/2/18) subject to the pre-requisites and co-requisites being consistent for Callista and the Handbook.
    18 Jun 2018 Trudi Robinson Admin - modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RChange; modified Prerequisites/PreReqUnits
    16 Jul 2018 Jeanette Niehus FIT5133 Chief Examiner Approval, ( proxy school approval )
    16 Jul 2018 Jeanette Niehus FEC Approval
    16 Jul 2018 Jeanette Niehus FacultyBoard Approval - Approved at GPC 3/18 (Item 4.2) 12/07/2018
    05 Oct 2018 Caitlin Slattery Update to prerequisites to allow Software engineering students to enrol as an approved elective. Effective 2019.
    08 Oct 2018 Emma Nash FIT5133 Chief Examiner Approval, ( proxy school approval )
    08 Oct 2018 Emma Nash FEC Approval
    08 Oct 2018 Emma Nash FacultyBoard Approval - Executive approval from DDE 5/10/18
    20 Sep 2019 Emma Nash modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RChange; modified Assessment/Summary
    11 Nov 2019 Emma Nash modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RChange; modified Prerequisites/PreReqUnits
    11 Nov 2019 Emma Nash modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RChange; modified Corequisites
    11 Nov 2019 Emma Nash FIT5133 Chief Examiner Approval, ( proxy school approval )
    11 Nov 2019 Emma Nash FEC Approval
    11 Nov 2019 Emma Nash FacultyBoard Approval - Approved at FEC 5/19.
    05 Jun 2020 Phillip Abramson modified Assessment/Summary; modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RChange
    10 Jun 2020 Phillip Abramson modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RChange; modified Assessment/Summary; modified Assessment/Summary
    10 Jun 2020 Phillip Abramson included assessment breakdown in assessment summary section
    18 Jun 2020 Emma Nash FIT5133 Chief Examiner Approval, ( proxy school approval )
    18 Jun 2020 Emma Nash FEC Approval
    18 Jun 2020 Emma Nash FacultyBoard Approval - Approved at GPC email meeting 3/20.
    23 Jul 2020 Emma Nash ; modified Chief Examiner; modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RChange; modified UnitContent/Synopsis; modified UnitContent/PrescribedReading
    04 Aug 2020 Emma Nash FIT5133 Chief Examiner Approval, ( proxy school approval )
    04 Aug 2020 Emma Nash FEC Approval
    04 Aug 2020 Emma Nash FacultyBoard Approval - Executive approval provided by ADLT upon discussion with Course Director 3/8/20.
    09 Oct 2020 Joshua Daniel modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RChange; modified Assessment/Summary

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