During the last years, Enterprise Architecture (EA) has gained considerable attention in research and practice alike. The fundamental idea is to describe organizations as a whole, consisting of goals and strategies, business models, processes, people and information technology. The holistic approach EA propagates primarily aims at aligning the spheres of business and IT within one or across several companies and at facilitating and governing transformation processes. Different EA concepts have emerged over time that guide the development, implementation and governance of an EA and that support the responsible architect with a multitude of methods and tools. Most widespread frameworks in this context are the Zachmann-Framework, The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), and the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA).

Also in the field of logistics and supply chain management, EA is a very promising approach. The increasingly complex regulatory requirements with which logistics companies are faced in accompaniment of profound changes in the competitive environment (e.g. due to latest technological developments, ongoing globalization etc.) forces them to establish a consistent, comprehensive view of the organization as a whole.

In this context, the project seminar “Development of Enterprise Architecture for Logistic Business Units” comes in. Together with a leading German logistics service provider, the participating students apply state-of-the-art EA methods to develop an architecture repository that enables the project partner to make informed strategic decisions based on integrated up to date information. The tight cooperation with a globally operating logistics company gives the students the unique chance to apply methods that are subject to contemporary research in practice.

The planned on-site visits sensitizes them for the typical problems that have to be handled in the context of such a project and convey a deeper understanding of the coherences in the logistics domain. Moreover, the acquisition of project planning and team management skills is an important aspect of the project seminar.

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