አዲስ አበባ ሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ ዩኒቨርሲቲ Addis Ababa Science and Technology University

የኤሌክትሪካልና ሜካኒካል ምህንድስና College of Electrical and Mechanical Eng.

የሶፍትዌር ምህንድስና ትምህርት ክፍል Dep’t of Software Engineering

Course Outline
Course Title Software Technologies and Enterprise Architectures
Course Code SWEG5013
Credit Hrs. 3
Academic Year: -
Semester: -
Instructor (s) Name Name:
and Contact Email:

Information
This course explains what Enterprise Architecture(EA) is and how to maintain and create
effective business models that enhance business strategic goals and decision making
process from the perspectives of ICT enabled business processes. The course explains how
Course Description to integrate Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) with business process logics. It introduces
some of the well-known frameworks and the ties between enterprise architecture and ICT
infrastructure through some practical case studies that explains how to build and maintain
business architecture with in an organizations.
Upon successfully completing this course, a student should be able to.
 Discuss the fundamental concepts and applications of Enterprise Architecture (EA)
 Describe the interrelationships among business architecture, Information
systems(Data and Applications) Architectures, and Technology architecture.
Learning Outcome  Describe how an effective enterprise architecture can enable an organization to
accomplish its business goals.
 Describe a standard Enterprise framework (e.g. the open group architecture
framework) and discuss its application.
 Describe how to develop and implement an enterprise architecture using TOGAF
Architecture Development Method (ADM).
Pre-requisites Software Engineering course

Schedule
Week Topics and Subtopics Mode of delivery
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Enterprise Architecture
1.1: What is Enterprise, Architecture, Enterprise Architecture (EA)?
1.2: What is the role of Enterprise Architect?
1.3: Why do we need EA
1.4: Domains of EA
1.5: Focus Areas of Architecture
1.6: Qualities of Good EA Lectures, class activity
1st 1.7: Road map of EA Development and discussion
1.8: Enterprise Architecture Framework
1.9: EA Tools
1.10: Steps of EA Development

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 አዲስ አበባ ሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ ዩኒቨርሲቲ Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
የኤሌክትሪካልና ሜካኒካል ምህንድስና College of Electrical and Mechanical Eng.
የሶፍትዌር ምህንድስና ትምህርት ክፍል Dep’t of Software Engineering

CHAPTER 2 Introduction to TOGAF

Lectures, class activity
2nd and discussion

CHAPTER 3 Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Lectures, class activity

3rd and discussion

CHAPTER 4 Software Product Lines

Lectures, class activity
4 th and discussion

CHAPTER 5 Methodology Overview Lectures, class activity

5 th and discussion

CHAPTER 6 Enterprise Unified Process Lectures, class activity

6 th and discussion

CHAPTER 7 Agile Architecture Lectures, class activity

7 th and discussion

CHAPTER 8 Usability and User Experience Lectures, class activity

8th and discussion

15 and 16 Final Exam week

Assessment
Type Weight Due Date description
Assignments 30% 1 -6 weeks
st th

Project Works 30% 1st -12th weeks

Final Exam 40% 13- 16th weeks
 Attendance: Minimum 80% during lecture and 100% during practical work sessions
except for some unprecedented mishaps.
 Teaching Methods: Lecture, Paper Review, Assignments, and Demonstrations
Course Policies
Assessment Method: Exam, Assignment, Project Work
 Plagiarism: Plagiarizing one’s work on group assignments disqualifies the result.
 Grading System: As determined by the universities legislation.
References 1. Phil Simon, “The Age of Platform:How Amazon,Apple, Facebook,and Google have
redefined Business”, Paperback, 2011.
2. James McGovern, Scott W Ambler, Michael E Stevens, James Linn, Vikas Sharan... “A
Practical Guide to Enterprise Architecture,” The Coad Series Prentice Hall, PTR,2004

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አዲስ አበባ ሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ ዩኒቨርሲቲ Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
የኤሌክትሪካልና ሜካኒካል ምህንድስና College of Electrical and Mechanical Eng.
የሶፍትዌር ምህንድስና ትምህርት ክፍል Dep’t of Software Engineering

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