An Innovative Enterprise Architecture Course in Computer Science and Information Systems Programs
An Innovative Enterprise Architecture Course in Computer Science and Information Systems Programs

Summary/Abstract: Boston University Metropolitan College Computer Science Department has offered a popular enterprise architecture course for computer students for over 6 years. Students who concentrate in project management are required to take this course. The prerequisite is a good working understanding of systems architecture as evidenced by succeeding in CS 682 Systems Analysis and Design. The learning outcomes include the ability to identify operating models and plan IT projects to support their evolution, the ability to create and update enterprise architectures, and the ability to manage their implementation through project governance mechanisms that align projects with the enterprise architecture. The course assignments include individual assignments and five challenging group problem-solving workshops. The course includes a mandatory capstone project that involves the definition of and implementation plan for significant enterprise architectures. Term projects have included major improvements to the enterprise architectures of large organizations, with net present values in the tens to hundreds of millions of dollars. We will present capstone projects to illustrate the transferable skills students acquire in the course. We will also describe the roles of the course in the computer science and information systems curricula.

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