Enterprise Architecture Quarter

Product Design Quarter (hereinafter, the Quarter) is the third of four lectures of Project Quadrivium (hereinafter, the Quadrivium):

The Quarter is designed to introduce its learners to enterprise design, or, in other words, to concepts related to creating architecture for achieving enterprise goals; and
The Quadrivium examines concepts of administering various types of enterprises known as enterprise administration as a whole.

The Quadrivium is the first of seven modules of Septem Artes Administrativi, which is a course designed to introduce its learners to general concepts in business administration, management, and organizational behavior.

Lecture outline

The predecessor lecture is Business Analysis Quarter.

Product. A solution or component of a solution that is the result of a project.
- Product vision statement. A brief statement or paragraph that describes the why, what, and who of the desired software product from a business point of view.
- Product backlog. A set of user stories, requirements or features that have been identified as candidates for potential implementation, prioritized, and estimated.
- Product scope. The features and functions that characterize a product, service or result.

Agile
System. A set of interrelated and interdependent parts arranged in a manner that produces a unified whole.
Open system. A system that interacts with its environment.
Closed system. A system that is not influenced by and does not interact with its environment.

Systems engineering.
- Datapoint-device architecture.
- Configuration management.
Informational architecture.
- Graphic design.
- Usability.
- UX design.

Action design. A change process based on systematic collection of data and then selection of a change action based on what the analyzed data indicate.
Commitment concept. Plans should extend for enough to meet those commitments made when the plans were developed.
Load chart. A modified Gantt chart that schedules capacity by entire departments or specific resources.
Organizational development. A collection of planned change interventions, built on humanistic-democratic values, that seeks to improve organizational effectiveness and employee well-being.
Organizational development. Change methods that focus on people and the nature and quality of interpersonal work relationships.
Process. An action that individuals, groups, and organizations engage in as a result of inputs and that leads to certain outputs.

Statement of work (SOW). A narrative description of products or services to be supplied under contract.

- Statement of work (SOW). A formal document that defines the entire scope of the work that shall be completed in order to implement the proposed change.