DEN201 Enterprise Architecture Assessment 1 – Individual Reflective Essay Overview An enterprise architecture is an essential component of a business blueprint so it to achieve its strategic objectives by ensuring enterprise wide Business and IT Strategic Alignment. There are several perspective or ways the business can achieve this outcome. The contemporary approach used by most business is for business strategy to drive its business processes which then supported by the IT infrastructure. For this assessment, you are expected to demonstrate your understanding of the concepts and theories covered in this unit through an Individual Reflective Essay. Timelines and Expectations Total Percentage Value of Task: 30% Individual Reflective Essay Due Week 4 (Friday 8th of August 11:59pm) - MS Word or PDF submitted via Turnitin on Moodle Minimum time expectation: 20 hrs Learning Outcomes Assessed The following course learning outcomes are assessed by completing this assessment task: LO1. define enterprise architecture as a capability in organisations; LO2. restate business architecture and how to support the business to deliver strategic business outcomes; LO3. Demonstrate an understanding of the components of the CSVLOD Model of Enterprise Architecture: considerations, standards, visions, landscapes, outlines and designs. LO5. Review and evaluate how Governments’ use enterprise architecture to deliver citizen services; LO6. evaluate and investigate key trends impacting organisations today and how enterprise architects respond to these trends. Assessment Details For this assignment, you can pick any of the weeks that has been covered between weeks 1 to 4 and write a reflective essay on the key concepts and theory that you might have covered during this period. It does not have to cover materials in all the weeks for example, you might like to examine the Strategic Alignment Model by Henderson and Venkatraman (1999). You can reflect on this model and how it can be applied across different organisations in the private or public sector. For the reflective essay, you are expected to write at least 500 words. You can write more than 500 words but no more than 1000 words. The goal is for you to demonstrate you understand of the concepts and theories from a practical perspective using critical thinking. Critical thinking is simply looking from different perspectives when putting together your essay. I have provided a link in this section to help you learn more about the importance of reflective writing through the course of your degree with a short 6 minutes video which clearly explain the importance of critical thinking and reflecting on ones work. Reflective Writing Link. REQUIRED Individual reflective essay. This is not a report, so you are not allowed to use bullet points in the write up. This is a reflective essay so you must structure your write up using well organised paragraphs that build on each other and is coherent. 1. The write up should be at least 500 words but it should not exceed 1000 words. 2. The essay should be well researched and written in accordance with Harvard reference style. 3. Everyone should clearly discuss different aspect of their chosen topic(s) and how they link to concepts and theory. 4. Each person is expected to do their own work. If you have any issue, do not hesitate to contact your lecturer. 5. To pass this assessment you must meet the assessment criteria and provide appropriate citations for your work. You must not copy someone else work. This is known in academic language as plagiarism. If caught, you will be given zero and there can be other ramifications effects on your study. Submission Submit to the drop box on Moodle. Marking Criteria / Rubric Refer to the attached marking guide. Feedback Feedback will be supplied through Moodle. Authoritative results will be published on Moodle. Academic Misconduct To submit your assessment task, you must indicate that you have read and understood, and comply with, the Sydney International School of Technology and Commerce Academic Integrity and Student Plagiarism policies and procedures. You must also agree that your work has not been outsourced and is entirely your own except where work quoted is duly acknowledged. Additionally, you must agree that your work has not been submitted for assessment in any other course or program. Individual Reflective Essay Marking Guide – Marks 100 Weighting: 30% Student IDs: Assessment Criteria: Score Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Presentation Information is well Information is Information is somewhat Information is somewhat /Layout organized, well written, organized, well written, organized, proper organized, but proper and proper grammar with proper grammar grammar and grammar and and punctuation are and punctuation. punctuation mostly punctuation not always used throughout. Correct layout used. used. Correct layout used. Some elements of /05 marks Correct layout used. used. layout incorrect. Structure Structure guidelines Structure guidelines Structure guidelines Some elements of Enhanced followed exactly mostly followed. structure omitted /10 marks Introduction Introduces the topic of Introduces the topic of Satisfactorily introduces Introduces the topic of the report in an the report in an the topic of the report. the report, but omits a extremely engaging engaging manner which Gives a general general background of manner which arouses arouses the reader's background. the topic and/or the the reader's interest. interest. Indicates the overall overall "plan" of the Gives a detailed general Gives some general "plan" of the paper. paper. background and background and indicates the overall indicates the overall /10 marks "plan" of the paper. "plan" of the paper. Discussion or All topics discussed in Consistently detailed Most topics are Inadequate discussion Body depth. Displays deep discussion. Displays adequately discussed. of issues Little/no analysis of issues with sound understanding Displays some demonstrated no irrelevant info. with some analysis of understanding and understanding or issues and no irrelevant analysis of issues. analysis of most issues Information and/or some irrelevant /50 marks information. Conclusion An interesting, well A good summary of the Satisfactory summary of Poor/no summary of the written summary of the main points. the main points. main points. main points. A good final comment A final comment on the A poor final comment on An excellent final on the subject, based subject, but introduced the subject and/or new comment on the on the information new material. material introduced. subject, based on the provided. /15 marks information provided. Referencing Correct referencing Mostly correct Mostly correct Not all material correctly (Harvard Style). All quoted referencing (Harvard Style).referencing (Harvard Style) acknowledged. material in quotes and quoted material in Some problems with Some problems with the acknowledged. All Quotes & acknowledged. quoted material and reference list. paraphrased material All paraphrased material paraphrased material acknowledged. acknowledged. Some problems with the Correctly set out Mostly correct setting reference list. /10 marks reference list. out reference list. SubTotal-/100 marks Total out of 30