====== Alignment of Business and IT ====== ---- ===== News ===== * **Monday 09th of April 2018**: First lecture at 14:00 in room AB1 ---- ===== General Information ===== **Lecturers**: * [[http://knut.hinkelmann.ch/|Knut Hinkelmann]] * [[https://barbarare.wordpress.com/|Barbara Re]] **Schedule**: **April** * Monday, 9th of April, 2pm - 6pm AB1 - Prof. Knut Hinkelmann * Tuesday, 10th of April, 2pm - 6pm AB1 - Prof. Knut Hinkelmann * Monday, 16th of April, 2pm - 6pm AB1 - Prof. Knut Hinkelmann * Tuesday, 17th of April, 2pm - 6pm AB1 - Prof. Knut Hinkelmann * Monday, 23rd of April, 2pm - 6pm AB1 - Prof. Knut Hinkelmann * Tuesday, 24th of April, 2pm - 6pm AB1 - Prof. Knut Hinkelmann **May** * Tuesday, 8th of May, 2pm - 5pm AB1 - Prof. Barbara Re * Tuesday, 15th of May, 2pm - 5pm AB1 - Prof. Barbara Re * Tuesday, 22nd of May, 2pm - 5pm AB1 - Prof. Barbara Re * Tuesday, 29th of May, 2pm - 5pm AB1 - Prof. Barbara Re **June** * Tuesday, 5th of June, 2pm - 5pm AB1 - Prof. Barbara Re * Tuesday, 12th of June, 2pm - 5pm AB1 - Prof. Barbara Re **Student Discussions**: * Book an appointment by mail. **Student list** * [[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zTB8yCeq1UtqkqTvS-uI8xk3lHwcGpH9wBSovKAO30E/viewform|Please add your name and email in this form]] ---- ===== Course Objective ===== The objective of the module is to give an overview of methods and approaches to align business and IT while dealing with complexity and change in enterprises. On successful completion of this unit, a student will: * understand business-IT alignment on all levels: business model, strategy and architecture * understand the objectives and approaches for the alignment of business and IT; * understand the interaction of corporate strategies, business processes and information systems; * understand the role of enterprise architectures for the alignment of business and IT; * be able to explain the concepts of the different elements of enterprise architectures and the relationships between them; * understand the success factors for enterprise architecture management and will be able to deploy enterprise architecture; * be able to interpret and understand the importance and the role of models and methods for developing enterprise architectures; * can model selective parts of enterprise architecture using standard methods for enterprise architecture modeling; * Implement enterprise architecture modeling and management. ---- ===== Course Syllabus ===== * Introduction into Business-IT Alignment * Business Model Canvas * Strategic Alignment * Business Motivation * Enterprise Architecture Frameworks * Zachman, TOGAF) * Enterprise Architecture Modeling with ArchiMate * Implementing Enterprise Architecture * Enterprise Architecture Management * Business Rules * IT Architecture * IT Management ---- ===== Materials ===== **Slide del Corso** * Introduction into Business-IT Alignment * Slides: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:abit_01_introduction.pdf |Introduction into Business-IT Alignment}} * Case: {{:didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1516:case_british_airways_business_transformation.pdf|Business Transformation at British Airways}} * Reading: * {{:didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1516:hanschke_2010_strategic_it_management_chapter2_part_.pdf|Hanschke. I. (2010), Strategic IT Management, Chapter 2: Strategic Planning of IT.}} * Business Model Canvas * Slides: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:abit_02_business_model.pdf |The Business Model Canvas}} * Poster: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:business_model_canvas_poster_a4.pdf |Business Model Canvas - A4}} * Template: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:business_model_canvas_template.pptx | BUsiness Model Canvas - Powerpoint}} * Example: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:business_model_canvas_easyjet.pptx | Business Model Easyjet}} * Reading: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:osterwalder_pigneur_2010_-_businessmodelgeneration.pdf |Osterwalder, A., & Pigneur, Y. (2010). Business Model Generation.}} * Strategic Alignment * Slides: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:abit_03_strategic_alignment.pdf | Strategic Alignment}} * Case: {{:didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1516:cisrwp369_southwest_airlines.pdf|Southwest Airlines}} * {{:didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:southwest_airline_questions_answers.pdf|Questions and answers about Southwest Airlines}} * Reading: * {{:didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1516:henderson_venkatraman_1993_strategic_alignment_leveraging_information_technology_for_transforming_organizations.pdf|Henderson, J. C., & Venkatraman, N. (1993). Strategic alignment : Leveraging information technology for transforming organizations. IBM Systems Journal, 32(1).}} * {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:bharadwaj_et_al._2013_digital_business_strategy_toward_a_next_generation_of_insights.pdf |Bharadwaj, A., El Sawy, O. A., Pavlou, P. A., & Venkatraman, N. (2013). Digital Business Strategy: Toward a Next Generation of Insights. MIS Quarterly, 37(2), 471–482.}} * Business Motivation * Slides: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:abit_04_motivation.pdf |Business Motivation Modeling}} * Exercise: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:exercise_motivation_ba.pdf |Business Motivation Model for British Airways Transformation}} * Reading: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:bridgeland_zahavi_2009_business_modeling-chapter_3_business_motivation_-_reading.pdf |Bridgeland & Zahavi. Business Models - Chapter 3 Business Motivation Model.}} * Enterprise Architecture Frameworks * Slides: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:abit_03_ea-frameworks.pdf |Enterprise Architecture Frameworks}} * Video: [[https://player.vimeo.com/video/143054781|Guest lecture by John Zachman - The Practice of Enterprise Architecture]] (password: Camerino) * Slides: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:zachman_thepracticeofentarch.pdf |Guest lecture by John Zachman - The Practice of Enterprise Architecture}} * Exercise: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:exercise_swa_zachman.pdf |Apply Zachman for SWA}} and {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:zachman_for_swa.pdf |result created in the lecture}} * Poster: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:the_zachman_framework_for_ea_2011.pdf |The Zachman Enterprise Ontology}} * Video: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDI2oF1bASk&t=3s|Why Enterprise Architecture]] * Further Information: * Paper: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:architecture_is_architecture_is_architecture.pdf |J. Zachman: Architecture is Architecture is Architecture}} * Standard: [[http://pubs.opengroup.org/architecture/togaf9-doc/arch/|TOGAF9.1]] * Video: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCTqNZW0wIk&t=306s|Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture]] * Archimate * Slides: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:abit_06-1_archimate3-core.pdf |Archimate 3 Overview and Core Elements}} * Slides: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:abit_06-2_archimate3-motivation_and_strategy.pdf |Archimate 3 Motivation and Strategy}} * Slides: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:abit_06-3_archimate3-views_and_customization.pdf |Archimate 3 Views and Customization}} * Slides: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:abit_06-4_organization_views.pdf |Organisation View}} * Tutorial: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:tutorial_archimatediagram_knut.pdf |Layer Architecture for ArchiSurance}} * Homework: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:exercise_archimate_for_airline.pdf |Archimate model for an airline}} * Exercise: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:exercise_-_comparing_motivation_of_archimate_and_omg.pptx |Comparing OMG and Archimate Motivation Model}} * Discussion: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:discussion_stakeholders_concerns_views.pdf |Stakeholders, Concerns, Views}} * Reading: [[http://pubs.opengroup.org/architecture/archimate3-doc/|Archimate 3 Specification]] * Reference: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:togaf_2016_archimate_3.0_quick_reference_card.pdf |Archimate 3 Quick Reference Card}} * Archimate in Practice * Blog: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:van_gils_and_van_dijk_2013_archimate_modeling_in_practice.pdf |Archimate in Practice - The Britelite Case}} * Exercise: {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:case_discussion.pdf |Description of the task}} and [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cXOThZ4Q-ck1RPQvTkfXNoM5hVf0T5bSiGSlnjPHHng/edit?usp=sharing|link to result table ]] * Alignment of Business and IT by Enterprise Architecture Management {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:abit_10_eam.pdf |pdf}} * DMN {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:dmn_slide.pdf |pdf}} * Exam simulation {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:exam_06.07.2017_.pdf |pdf}} **Testi di Riferimento** * Bridgeland, David M. and Zahavi, Ron (2009): Business Modelling - A Practical Guide to Realizing Business Value. Morgan Kaufman Publishers. * Definition of OMG modelling standards on http://www.omg.org * Hanschke, Inge (2010): Strategic IT Management - A Toolkit for Enterprise Architecture Management. Springer-Verlag. * Ahlemann, F., Stettiner, E., Messerschmidt, M., & Legner, C. (Eds.) (2012). Strategic Enterprise Architecture Management. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. * Osterwalder, A., & Pigneur, Y. (2010). {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:osterwalder_pigneur_2010_-_businessmodelgeneration.pdf |Business Model Generation.}} * Further learning resources distributed during the course . ---- ===== Modeling Tools ===== * Visual Paradigm * [[https://ap.visual-paradigm.com/universita-di-camerino | Download Visual Paradigm]] ---- ===== Assignment ===== The assignment is a project in parallel to the lessons. It counts 50% to the final grade. **In general the Assignment has to be delivered one week before the exam.** * {{ :didattica:magistrale:abit:ay_1920:abit_assignment_-_unicam.pdf |Description of the Assignment}} ---- ===== Exams ===== **Exams Dates A.A. 2016/2017** * 06/07/2017 - 11:30 * 20/07/2017 - 11:30 * 19/09/2017 - 11:30 * 30/01/2018 - 11:30 * 13/02/2018 - 11:30 **Exams Rules (to confirm)**: * Assessment consists of two parts: (i) written examination, closed book (50%) and (ii) assessment of the case study (50%). ** Exams Results 26.06.2018 ** * 103843 - 27 * 102158 - 29 * 103969 - 28 * 103966 - 27 * 102277 - 30 * 102081 - 23 * 103833 - 27 * 102910 - 29