Enterprise Architecture The value of EA April 24, 2008

Agenda What is EA? What is the role of the Chief Architect? What is the Value of EA? What should the EA group focus on? How will the EA team operate? What does the future look like?

What is EA?

What is the role of the Chief Architect?

What is the Value of EA?

What should the EA group focus on?

How will the EA team operate?

What does the future look like?

What is EA? Enterprise Architecture is the organizing logic for business processes and IT infrastructure reflecting the integration and standardization requirements of the firm’s operating model (wikipedia)‏

Enterprise Architecture is the organizing logic for business processes and IT infrastructure reflecting the integration and standardization requirements of the firm’s operating model (wikipedia)‏

What is the role of the Chief Architect? The Chief Architect is responsible for.... Creating the Vision and Plan Maintain & Govern across the Enterprise Defining processes and review procedures Integrating EA with business and IT processes Categories of Expertise Visionary – (Strategy, roadmap, alignment)‏ Technologist – (Evaluate, architect, implement)‏ Leadership – (Sell, motivate, manage change, resolve conflict)‏ Govern – (Enforce, refine, measure, report)‏ Communicate – (Promote, discuss business value, inform)‏

The Chief Architect is responsible for....

Creating the Vision and Plan

Maintain & Govern across the Enterprise

Defining processes and review procedures

Integrating EA with business and IT processes

Categories of Expertise

Visionary – (Strategy, roadmap, alignment)‏

Technologist – (Evaluate, architect, implement)‏

Leadership – (Sell, motivate, manage change, resolve conflict)‏

Govern – (Enforce, refine, measure, report)‏

Communicate – (Promote, discuss business value, inform)‏

What is the value of EA? Business Alignment Support corporate vision with technology IT as a value add, not a cost center Reduce costs Consistency and standards Fewer technologies to maintain Easily move people across applications Retire expensive infrastructure and applications Speed to market Reusability and flexibility Integration Connect to customers, suppliers, partners, existing systems

Business Alignment

Support corporate vision with technology

IT as a value add, not a cost center

Reduce costs

Consistency and standards

Fewer technologies to maintain

Easily move people across applications

Retire expensive infrastructure and applications

Speed to market

Reusability and flexibility

Integration

Connect to customers, suppliers, partners, existing systems

What should the EA team group focus on? Create the vision Where is the business going? How does IT get the business there? What is the roadmap? Products, App Dev, Infrastructure, Security Provide direction and oversight Implement EA & SOA governance Review all proposals for new technologies Communicate vision and strategies Key areas Business processes, Business services Enterprise metadata Infrastructure, security

Create the vision

Where is the business going?

How does IT get the business there?

What is the roadmap?

Products, App Dev, Infrastructure, Security

Provide direction and oversight

Implement EA & SOA governance

Review all proposals for new technologies

Communicate vision and strategies

Key areas

Business processes, Business services

Enterprise metadata

Infrastructure, security

What should the EA team group focus on? Fiscal Responsibility Retire expensive infrastructure and applications Open source strategy IT performance strategy Portfolio Management Service Management (ie. ITIL)‏ Information (BI, KPIs)‏ Research and Development Investigate emerging technologies Web 2.0, Social networking SOA, BPM, WOA, SAAS, EDA Virtualization

Fiscal Responsibility

Retire expensive infrastructure and applications

Open source strategy

IT performance strategy

Portfolio Management

Service Management (ie. ITIL)‏

Information (BI, KPIs)‏

Research and Development

Investigate emerging technologies

Web 2.0, Social networking

SOA, BPM, WOA, SAAS, EDA

Virtualization

How will the EA team operate? Select an Architecture Framework or create one Best practices taken from existing frameworks Lean EA FEA (Federal Enterprise Architecture)‏ Zachmann TOGAF

Select an Architecture Framework or create one

Best practices taken from existing frameworks

Lean EA

FEA (Federal Enterprise Architecture)‏

Zachmann

TOGAF

What does the future look like? Aligned Quickly react to business opportunities Enabler not an inhibitor Open Support multiple technologies, interfaces, devices Software as a Service Plug and Play Key Financial Contributer Bring revenue opportunities to the business (UPS & FedEx model)‏ Continually reduce costs of IT and business Maximize reuse of IT assets Forecast future IT investments and retirements

Aligned

Quickly react to business opportunities

Enabler not an inhibitor

Open

Support multiple technologies, interfaces, devices

Software as a Service

Plug and Play

Key Financial Contributer

Bring revenue opportunities to the business (UPS & FedEx model)‏

Continually reduce costs of IT and business

Maximize reuse of IT assets

Forecast future IT investments and retirements

Summary “ The Future's so Bright, You gotta wear Shades!”

“ The Future's so Bright, You gotta wear Shades!”