System Integration and Architecture Course outline - University of Sargodha

Course Title: System Integration and Architecture

Course Code: SE-4344

Course Structure: Lectures: 3 / Labs: 0

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisites: CMP-3310 (Software Engineering)

Course Objectives:

The course aims to teach student about system integration issues, including integration in a
system of systems and federation of systems, role of architectures in systems integration,
performance and effectiveness.

Course Syllabus:

Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Enterprise Engineering (EE). Balanced Scorecard and Strategy
Maps (BSSM). Using Strategy Analysis (SA).Governance Analysis Using EA. Enterprise
Architecture Methods.Using Business-Driven Data Mapping for Integrated Data. Strategic
Modeling for Rapid Delivery of EA. Strategic Alignment, Activity and Workflow Modeling, and
Business Rules. Using Business Normalization for Future Business Needs.Menu Design, Screen
Design, Performance Analysis, and Process Modeling.Enterprise Application Integration
Concepts.Enterprise Portal Technologies for Integration.Web Services for Real-Time
Integration.Service-Oriented Architecture for Integration.Managing and Delivering EA. Future
Directions in EA and Integration.

Course Outline:

1.     Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Enterprise Engineering (EE): The Evolution of EA,
Zachman Framework for EA, EE for Rapid Development, Using EA of Enterprise
Integration. [TB: Ch. 1]

2.      Balanced Scorecard and Strategy Maps (BSSM): Introduction, Basic Concepts of
Balanced Scorecard, Basic Concepts of Strategy Maps, Examples of BSSM, Steps to
Develop BSSM. [TB: Ch. 2]

3.      Using Strategy Analysis (SA) to Define the Future: SA in Business Planning, The Steps
of SA, SA for Project Specifications, Preparation for SA, Questionnaire Templates for
EA. [TB: Ch. 3]

4.      Governance Analysis Using EA: Responsibilities Imposed by Sarbanes-Oxley,
Governance Analysis Framework for Sarbanes-Oxley, Step-by-Step Approach for
Governance Analysis. [TB: Ch. 4]

5.      Enterprise Architecture Methods: Methods for Building EA, Evolution of Systems

Development Methodologies, Government Methods for Building EA, Department of
Defense Architecture Frameworks, The Open Group Architecture Framework, EA
Project Experience, Strategies for EA Implementation, EE for EA. [TB: Ch. 5]

6.      Using Business-Driven Data Mapping for Integrated Data: EA Incremental Build
Context, Data Modeling Conventions, Data Entity Types, Data Attribute Types. [TB: Ch.
6]

7.      Strategic Modeling for Rapid Delivery of EA: EA Incremental Build Context,
Developing Strategic Models, Identifying Business Activities from a Data Map,
Deriving Project Plans for Rapid EA Delivery, Case Study Entity Dependency Problems.
[TB: Ch. 7]

8.      Strategic Alignment, Activity and Workflow Modeling, and Business Rules: EA
Incremental Build Context, Define Strategic Alignment Matrices, Activity Modeling
Concepts, Activity-Based Costing, Workflow Modeling, Business Rules for Workflow
Modeling. [TB: Ch. 8]

9.      Using Business Normalization for Future Business Needs:EA Incremental Build Context,
Introduction to Normalization, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th Business Normal Form, Identifying
Current and Future Business Needs, Capturing Expert Business Knowledge. [TB: Ch. 9]

10. Menu Design, Screen Design, Performance Analysis, and Process Modeling: EA
Incremental Build Context, Initial Menu Structure from a Data Model, Preliminary
Screen Designs from a Data Model, Database Capacity Planning and Transaction
Performance, Prototyping from a Data Model, Process Modeling. [TB: Ch. 10]

11. Enterprise Application Integration Concepts: Technologies for Enterprise Integration,
B2B Cost-Effective Business Drivers, XML Messaging and Repository Standards,
ebXML, EAI Vendors and Products. [TB: Ch. 11]

12. Enterprise Portal Technologies for Integration: The Evolution of Enterprise Portals,
Enterprise Portal Product Categories, Enterprise Portal Product Descriptions. [TB: Ch.
12]

13. Web Services for Real-Time Integration: Introduction to Web Services, Intranet and
Internet Web Services for Integration, XML Standards for Web Services, Web Services
Evolution, Challenges in Phase 3 Evolution, Web Services Products. [TB: Ch. 13]

14.  Service-Oriented Architecture for Integration: Importance of Service-Oriented
Architecture, Introduction to Service-Oriented and Event-Driven Architectures, SOA
Business Process Management Products. [TB: Ch. 14]

15. Managing and Delivering EA: Virtualization and On-Demand Computing, Costs of
Integration, Role of Modeling Tools, Modeling Tool Products and Directions, Key EA
Principles, Future Directions in EA. [TB: Ch. 15]

Textbook(s):

• Enterprise Architecture for Integration: Rapid Delivery Methods and Technologies by
Clive Finkelstein, Artech House Print on Demand; 1^st Edition (March 31, 2006). ISBN-
10: 1580537138

Reference Material:

•         Systems Integration (Systems Engineering) by Jeffrey Grady, CRC-Press; 1^st Edition
(September 30, 1994). ISBN-10: 0849378311

•         The Business of Systems Integration by Andrea Prencipe (Editor), Andrew Davies
(Editor), Mike Hobday (Editor). Oxford University Press, USA (June 30, 2005). ISBN-

10: 019926323X

• Enterprise Integration: An Architecture for Enterprise Application and Systems
Integration by Fred A. Cummins, Wiley; 1^st Edition (February 14, 2002). ISBN-10:
0471400106

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