SBM4303 ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE 2017
ASSIGNMENT 2 TEMPLATE – 25% of Total Assessment [~ 2500 words]
Group Task: The group needs to carry out an investigation of an enterprise (this can be from previous
study or from the Internet). You must provide a description of the functional areas for the “As-Is”
processes. Explain how the business processes are integrated and propose future “To-Be” processes
for improvement with the appropriate design for swim-lanes. Further, the group is required to
propose an EA methodology to implement the proposed design. You should set up an account on the
Cloud for one of the third-party vendors, for example, Computer Associates CA) to explore their
products and services. The latter should provide further information and insight about EA best
practices and standards.
You may use the following template or equivalent as a guide. Refer to USG for rubrics.
1. ANALYSIS OF ENTERPRISE ....................................................................................................................
1.1 Background of Enterprise .........................................................................................................
1.2 Discussion of Functional Areas .................................................................................................
1.3 List of “As-Is” Business Processes
1.4 Integration Model and Swim-Lanes..........................................................................................
2. PROPOSED METHODOLOGY FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENT .............................................................
2.1. Proposed “To-Be” Processes.....................................................................................................
2.1.1. Proposed EA Design and Justification...............................................................................
2.1.2. Discussion of Best Practices and Standards......................................................................
2.1.3. Discussion of BCP .............................................................................................................
2.1.4. SLA Design.........................................................................................................................
2.1.5. Capability Performance Metrics Analysis .........................................................................
3 Investigation from Third-Party Vendors ...................................................................................
3.1 How does the Third-Party Vendor contribute to the Return on Investment (ROI) for the
enterprise? .......................................................................................................................................
3.2 What Criteria do Third-Party Vendors use to select and implement the EA methodology
for the enterprise?
4. Summary and Conclusion
5. References