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Recommended Citation: Steenkamp, A L, K Schiller, K Allour, T Lyons, and A L Nnolim. Modeling Information and Business Systems Architectures—a Team Project. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2005, v 22 (Columbus OH): §3122. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 5(21). ISSN: 1545-679X.)

Recipient of Distinguished Merit Award

Modeling Information and Business Systems Architectures—a Team Project

Refereed

16 pages

Annette Lerine Steenkamp    [a1] [a2]
College of Management
Lawrence Technological University    [u1] [u2]
Southfield, Michigan, USA    [c1] [c2]

Kevin Schiller [a1] [a2]
Corporate Project Management Office
Detroit, Michigan, USA [c1] [c2]

Kathleen Allour [a1] [a2]
SAP-EBS Project
Detroit, Michigan, USA [c1] [c2]

Tony Lyons [a1] [a2]
Information Technology
Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA [c1] [c2]

Anene L. Nnolim [a1] [a2]
Belleville, Michigan, USA [c1] [c2]

The paper reports on an approach to conducting a team project on information and business systems architectures, adopted in a core course on information technology systems architecture in a Doctoral Program of Management in Information Technology. The rationale of the project is given with special reference to the project charter, the team work, the team approach, and the architectural approach. A number of key deliverables produced by the project team illustrates the architectural methodology followed by the team. A summary of the lessons learned are provided.

Keywords: information architecture, business system architecture, architectural framework, methodology, team approach

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