Making Enterprise Architecture (EA) Strategic with Business and Information Architecture

Slide 1: Making Enterprise Architecture (EA) Strategic with Business and Information Architecture Sohel Aziz, Infosys Technologies © 2008 Infosys Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright in the whole and any part of this document belongs to Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Slide 2: Today, enterprises need to handle a variety of internal and external drivers... Enterprises are driven by ...and they react in many macro-trends like... ways, for example... Reduced vertical integration and Globalization of the market place global distribution of workforce – Emerging economies are attractice markets, but they require – Decomposition of the value chain also operations in a variety of in services industries, e.g. financial geographies, cultures and services legislations – Networked value creation Restructurings, Mergers & Increasing competition Acquisitions – Markets become more transparent – Leverage synergies through information availability – Get access to markets Faster innovation cycles Demand for Responsibility – Agility is a given to maintain margins – Increasing regulation and sensitivities of both capital Standardization, automation and markets and public opinion require better control decomposition of the value chain © 2008 Infosys Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright in the whole and 2 any part of this document belongs to Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Slide 3: ...to help organizations in this environment, EA has to expand its scope Business Standard Optimized Business Silos Technology Core Modularity • IT decisions • Cost- • Consistency in • Modularized made in effectiveness execution view of business business units and reliability functions and • End to end of overall IT supporting • Local optimization of landscape operational optimization operating model infrastructure • Specific local • Enterprise view • Agility through business of data and recomposability processes applications The Enterprise Architecture is the organizing logic for business processes and IT infrastructure, reflecting the integration and standardization requirements of the company‘s operating model. [Source: Ross/Weill/Robertson 2006] © 2008 Infosys Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright in the whole and 3 any part of this document belongs to Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Slide 4: Depending on architectural maturity, different aspects of top and bottom line can be addressed Business-IT Alignment IT Opportunities Operational Risk EA Operational continues to Transformation Opportunities have more Business of a \"cost Operational Cost Standardization focus\" Operational Benefit IT Risk IT Cost Increase Decrease © 2008 Infosys Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright in the whole and 4 any part of this document belongs to Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Slide 5: Technology standards are still main deliverables – but information and business are becoming more important © 2008 Infosys Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright in the whole and 5 any part of this document belongs to Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Slide 6: EA is aiming at enabling business agility... © 2008 Infosys Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright in the whole and 6 any part of this document belongs to Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Slide 7: Business Architecture is increasing in importance – although the technical focus is still strong. © 2008 Infosys Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright in the whole and 7 any part of this document belongs to Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Slide 8: Integration and information integrity are core objectives, driven by focus on SOA and Data Architecture © 2008 Infosys Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright in the whole and 8 any part of this document belongs to Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Slide 9: EA is becoming strategic at the corporate level... Enterprise In more and more It is an important tool Architecture plays cases, it is reporting for IT governance an active role in to non-IT functions strategic business such as Corporate planning Strategy © 2008 Infosys Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright in the whole and 9 any part of this document belongs to Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Slide 10: But, implementation is still a weak point... Communication Adherence to 44% of EA 41% do not continues to be a EA continues teams do not have a full- major to have ‚no collect metrics time effectiveness bite‘ architecture hindrance team © 2008 Infosys Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright in the whole and 10 any part of this document belongs to Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Slide 11: EA is maturing across a variety of dimensions Standardization Business-IT Business Objective IT Organization Alignment Transformation Development IT Architecture Business Organizational Deliverables and Standards Reference Models Architecture Documentation Architecture Architecture Scope Definition Development Governance Specialization Generic Industry Specific Cross-Industry © 2008 Infosys Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright in the whole and 11 any part of this document belongs to Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Slide 12: The \"Architecture of the Enterprise\" is outside the frame of IT Ecosystem Market Trucks APAC Corporate Europe Boundary Passenger Vehicles US Corporat e Value Chain Research & Production Marketing Sales Development Procurement Functions Logistics Facilities Support Finance Legal HR IT Authorities Suppliers © 2008 Infosys Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright in the whole and 12 any part of this document belongs to Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Slide 13: IT should not assume a complete picture – it only sees the projection of \"IT elements\" of EA Ecosystem Market Trucks APAC Corporate Europe Boundary Passenger Vehicles US Corporat e Value Chain Research & Custo Production Marketing Sales Camp Sales Development mer aign Procurement Functions Logistics Facilities Support Finance Legal HR IT Authorities Suppliers © 2008 Infosys Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright in the whole and 13 any part of this document belongs to Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Slide 14: Furthermore, EA needs to be able to drive multiple, interrelated streams of change across multiple domains Production Transformation Product Process Production Development Optimization Facilities Opt. Business …. Architecture (\"How am I HR Transformation going to create value and Reporting Role Incentives People competitive Structure Definitions Structure Devlpmnt advantage in the future?\") Information Technology Transformation Information Application Technology © 2008 Infosys Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright in the whole and 14 any part of this document belongs to Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Slide 15: EA, as a discipline, will need to face a broader set of questions • What is the scope of \"Architecture\" in \"Enterprise Architecture\" really mean? 3 of 4 architectures in most EA activities are IT related the one or the other way. • What does the term “Business Architecture\" mean? Three sets of models for IT, one for the whole rest of the organization? Is that right? • Creating organizational capabilities involves many integration of people, process information and technology. Can that be driven by IT? • The structured, architectural approach has worked well within the realm of IT. How can it be applied to other areas or the whole of the enterprise? Can we \"architect\" an organization? • Can Enterprise Architecture become a tool for transforming the organization? And should it be? • What will the role of IT be in the future? © 2008 Infosys Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright in the whole and 15 any part of this document belongs to Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Slide 16: This implies changes to how we deliver EA • It is not possible to enumerate all domains required to describe the various parts of architecture – The framework must be flexible and extensible, while organizing the interfaces between the architectures • Manage change of multiple architectures simultaneously – No linear order of activities leading to need for effective transformation management • Issue driven approach of business consulting will need to be married with structure, top-down approach of Enterprise Architecture – The link between strategy and execution will be key • Focus on business process and information instead of application packages and technology, that will drive – Service Oriented Composite Application Architecture – Dynamic, Pervasive Infrastructure © 2008 Infosys Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright in the whole and 16 any part of this document belongs to Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Slide 17: Going forward, Enterprise Architects need to build business capabilities and increase architectural maturity • Enterprise Architects’ responsibilities are growing: – More to do! Maintaining the technology architecture must be made easy on resources to be able to expand EA’s scope • Architects need to build credibility throughout the organization – This needs to manifest in their impact and acceptance within the organization (especially the business) – Measuring architectural maturity through a metrics program is best • As Enterprise Architecture starts rearranging the elements of business, architecture teams need to understand the dynamics of a business – by building skills among existing architecture teams – by attracting strategic thinkers from non-IT and corporate level organizational units © 2008 Infosys Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright in the whole and 17 any part of this document belongs to Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Slide 18: For More Information on Enterprise Architecture Visit www.infosys.com/ea Learn More About the Enterprise Architecture Survey 2007 www.infosys.com/ea-survey © 2008 Infosys Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright in the whole and 18 any part of this document belongs to Infosys Technologies Ltd.

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