CIS 220 - Enterprise Architecture

5.0 Credits
Introduction to enterprise systems architectures from various perspectives; covers conceptual frameworks, such as Zachman Framework, and considerations for managing enterprise application integration projects, relationships between components of systems, and research of emerging technologies.
Prerequisite CIS 102 with a minimum grade of 2.5 or instructor permission.
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Recognize and describe a variety of common industry frameworks and models for enterprise architecture analysis and decision-making.
Understand and describe the role of business architectures, motivations and goals in determining appropriate information systems architectures, and solutions.
Research and describe the core concepts, benefits, and risks of data/information architectures and evaluate existing data/information architecture designs.
Research and describe the core components, benefits, and risks of various application architectures and evaluate existing application architecture designs.
Research and describe the core concepts, benefits, and risks of various technology solution architectures and evaluate existing architecture designs.
Research and describe the core concepts, benefits, and risks of various network architectures and evaluate existing architecture designs.
Understand and describe the concepts, benefits, and risks of various architectural approaches such as multi-tier and service-oriented architectures.
Evaluate and plan for the integration of emerging technologies.
Evaluate the total cost of ownership and return on investment for architecture alternatives.