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Microsoft Word - DEN201 Tri 2 2020 FINAL Exam 1 ONLINE EXAM INFORMATION SHEET THIS FORM MUST ACCOMPANY EVERY EXAMINATION PAPER School: IT and Business Name of Unit: Enterprise Architecture Unit Code: DEN201 Paper No. (if more than one) Number of Candidates: No. of Pages in Exam: (including cover page) 5 NOT INCLUDING INFORMATION SHEET Duration of Exam (Including Reading Time): 2 hours 15 minutes Name of Academic: Dr Andrew Levula Telephone Number: Email address:
[email protected] STATIONERY and AIDS Number of answer books per student: n/a Textbooks and notes: (please mark x) Yes x No Textbooks only: (please mark x) Yes No Materials allowed: (graph paper, mathematical and statistical tables, graphics calculator) None Special requirements: (special instructions, list of formulae, show video, listen to audio tapes, printer required, access to particular software, access to other IT requirements etc.) This is an open book exam. Students may refer to their textbooks. Other: None The Examination Paper has been checked by the Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching Name of Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching: Shannon Kennedy-Clark Signed: Shannon Kennedy-Clark Date:_13 October 2020 2 ONLINE FINAL EXAMINATION Trimester 2 2020 UNIT CODE: DEN201 UNIT NAME: Enterprise Architecture UNIT COORDINATOR’S NAME: Assoc. Professor Andrew Levula EXAM DURATION: 2 hours plus 15 minutes reading time MARKS ALLOCATION: 30 Marks RESOURCES: None INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Students are permitted to commence writing from the start of the exam, once the Preamble has been concluded. 2. Students must complete online ID verification process. 3. Please use Word and/or Excel as required. 4. Please use Times New Roman 12pt font or Calibri 11pt font. 5. Please upload documents as outlined in the submission details. 6. All other relevant instructions are contained in the question paper. 7. Please ensure that you have access to Wi-Fi or equivalent for exam submission. SUBMISSION DETAILS: 1. You are required to submit your scripts in Turnitin: 2. Please begin each new question on a new page and write down your question number at the top of the page. You do not need to copy the question. 3. Please remember to keep a copy of your Word document in a USB drive or in a cloud; and 4. Please save the file in a Word document. Please name your file as follows: studentIDClassA/B before uploading it in Moodle. E.g. 1234567ClassA in a Word document. Instructions to Students There are five (5) questions in this exam. • Start each new question on a new page • Clearly label each question • Save a copy of your document/s before uploading • Exam is worth 30 marks. Marks for each section are indicated • This is an open book exam 3 Case Study – Smith’s Technology Jeffery Smith founded Smith’s technology in 1994 in Melbourne, Australia, with $10,000 and a unique vision of how technology should be designed, manufactured and sold. More than 5 million customers later and with an annual IT budget of approximately $500 million per year, Smith has made an indelible mark on the computer industry—and the world. The enterprise sells more than 1,000 apps every day to customers in 120 countries and employs 40,000 people worldwide. Covid has had a significant impact on the organisation where they have realise that a lot of their systems across Australia (i.e. Sydney, Perth and Melbourne) are not integrated and therefore it is very difficult for them to reconcile their accounts and inventory stocks using their Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) at the end of the every financial year. This year was worse because their chief accountant could not travel to the other centres because of the Covid restrictions. As the Chief Enterprise Architect, you have been hired to help their IT Strategy and Technology Department to design a solution that would enable real-time updating of information across the three locations. You would therefore have to map out future directions for the IT company, with a three-year roadmap which involves investments in the tens of millions of dollars such as SAP ERP, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Data Warehouse Systems and Business Intelligence Reporting Systems. Question 1: Discuss the business problems faced by Smith’s technology and is it a problem associated with the lack of good enterprise architecture practice? (5 Marks) Question 2: CSVLOD Model (10 Marks) • Start this section on a new page in your Word Document (i.e. same document as Section 1, but a new page). • Write “Question 2: CSVLOD Model” at the top of the page. Question 2: Describe each element of the CSVLOD model and explain which artefacts are more closely related with the IT or Business artefacts? (10 Marks) Question 1: Business Problem • Use a Word Document for this section. • Write “Question 1: Business Problem” at the top of the first page. 4 Question 3: Roadmap (5 Marks) • Start this section on a new page in your Word Document (i.e. same document as Section 1, but a new page). • Write “Question 3: Roadmap” at the top of the page. Question 3: As the chief architect for Smith’s technology, create a brief roadmap with relevant descriptions that should be followed by the organisation. (5 Marks) Timeline Activity Question 4: Historical and Deliberate Paths (5 Marks) • Start this section on a new page in your Word Document (i.e. same document as Section 1, but a new page). • Write “Question 4: Historical and Deliberate Path” at the top of the page. Question 4. Compare and contrast the differences between a Historical Path and a Deliberate Path to EA Practice (5 Marks) Question 5: Outsourcing an EA Practice (5 Marks) • Start this section on a new page in your Word Document (i.e. same document as Section 1, but a new page). • Write “Question 5: Outsourcing an EA Practice” at the top of the page. Question 5: Discuss three of the dangers associated with outsourcing an EA Practice (5 Marks) [End of Paper] THIS FORM MUST ACCOMPANY EVERY EXAMINATION PAPER