Enterprise Architecture Toolkit Overview

Enterprise Architecture Toolkit Overview Mike Walker http://blogs.msdn.com/MikeWalker Global Architecture Strategist Platform Architecture Team Microsoft Corp.

The Enterprise Architecture Toolkit (EATK)

What is it?
Solution Accelerator for Enterprise Architecture
Series of Add-Ins to Existing Products
Set of Smart Architecture Templates
Architecture Portal which includes:
Hosted Process and Collaboration Workflow
Knowledge Management System
Asset Management System
Based on Industry Standards
Supports IEEE 1471
Supports TOGAF ADM
Provides Actionable Guidance
Source Code
Whitepapers
Rich Media

Why EATK?
Introduce New and Creative Capabilities to Architecture
Simplify and Consolidate Solutions for Architecture Design
Leverage the Tools You Have
Simplify the process
Introduce Collaboration into the Architecting Process
Surface Information in the Scope and Context of the Architect
Every asset relates to another in some way

Who will Use It?
Stewards of EATK (secondary users)
Enterprise Architects
Domain Architects
Primary Consumers
Solution Architects
Chief Architects
Chief Information Officer
Chief Information Security Officer
Chief Operations Officer

Technologies Used
Microsoft SharePoint 2007 – Architecture Portal
Hosted Windows Workflow Foundation
Web Parts
Enterprise Content Management
Microsoft Office 2007 – Templates and Add-Ins
Word
PowerPoint
Visio
Web Services – Architecture Message Bus
SQL Server – Architecture Meta-Data Repository

What Features Does it Offer?
Based on a series of Scenarios:
Describing an Architecture with Current Tools
Building a Collaborative Solution Architecture Design
Extend Architecture Meta-Data into the Visio Modeling Environment
Deriving to an Architecture with a series of Architecture Decisions
Architecture Management
Understanding Architecture Policy
Managing an Architecture Life Cycle
Navigate and Explore Approved IT Patterns
Navigate and Explore Existing IT Architectures
Obtaining the information for IT Strategy Management
Determining the Total Cost of Ownership of an Architecture
Manage and publishing of Principles, Policies and Standards

What It is Not …
A Product
Fully supported
Similar to Patterns and Practices and CodePlex
A Competitor to:
Visual Studio Team Architect
OSLO
Microsoft Portfolio Server
Microsoft Project Server
Microsoft Systems Center

Complements Product Capabilities
Development
Visual Studio
Project Portfolio Management
Project Server
Application Portfolio Management
Portfolio Server
Service Management
Systems Center
Methodologies
Microsoft Operations Framework
Microsoft Solutions Framework

Consolidate From… EA Tools are Niche and Fragmented Source: http://www.enterprise-architecture.info/EA_Tools.htm

Simplify and Consolidate to… Modeling

Core Capabilities Architecture Meta-Data Repository Project Management Portfolio Management Architectures Configuration Management Incident Management Development Business Architecture
Core of the EATK
Provides critical information for decision support
Bridges together LOB and Enterprise Process Repositories
Federated Information Model supports IEEE 1471
Services Layer abstracts repository
Strategy Management
Surfaces the right information
APM Tooling Guidance
What-If Planning
Sample Templates for Architecture Strategy
Principle, Policy, Standards and Design Pattern Interfaces
EA Framework Agnostic (TOGAF, Zackman, FEAF, TEAF, etc.)
Enterprise Architecture Community
Collaborative Portal with integrated IM, Mail, User Driven Workflow and enterprise content management
EA Collaboration Patterns
Architect Finder
Architecture Reviews
Process Transparency
Blog and Wiki Patterns
EA Metrics
Web based portal to administer Principles, Policies, Standards and Design Patterns
Technology Life Cycle Management
Alerts and Information Triggers
Architecture Life Cycle Monitoring and Collaboration
Architecture Review Board Templates

EA Process injection into the SDLC process
Application Portfolio Mgmt Process
Architecture Review Board Process
Must provide mechanisms to pull metrics form all sources
Principle, policy and standards development process
Design Patterns development
EA KPI/Dashboard
Architecture Documentation
CIO Magazine: State of the CIO 2007 Survey http://www.cio.com/state/survey_slideshow/index.html

Community
Building communities and collaboration is key to the role of an EA
Architecting Solutions is a collaborative effort
Scenarios Include:
Architecture Development – Coordination with project teams and domain architects.
Architecture Reviews – Aid for ARB’s and project teams
Creation of organizational governance – Principles, Policies, Standards and design patterns.
Information sharing
Rewards Program (e.g., List of Top Architects)
“… 85% of a the typical S&P 500 company’s market value is the result of intangible assets. These intangible assets is the result of it’s people, it’s human capital… It’s no longer what you own that counts but what you know …” Craig Symons, Forrester Research

Repository
Core of the EA Reference Architecture
Supports all the scenarios
Provides critical data to expose meaningful data to the EA
Bridges together several LOB and Operational Systems
Information Model is Federated
Existing meta-data schema’s exist today that may be able to be leveraged

Strategy Management
Facilitation of Strategy Development
Strategies are put together by understanding:
Key Business Imperatives
Uncontrollable External Forces (Competition, Natural Disasters, Economic)
Business and IT Capabilities
Current Assets
Community Buy-In
“ Research consistently reveals that when companies institute a portfolio approach, IT expenditures decline by 15% to 20% without significant negative impact” - Bryan Mazlish, Robert Handler “IT Portfolio Management Step-by-Step: Unlocking the Business Value of Technology”

Modeling
Modeling is the core to architecture activities at all levels:
Business Architecture
Application Architecture
Domain Architectures
Visio is widely used as modeling tool of choice
EATK Enhances on Visio’s built-in Capabilities
Lists Visio Libraries Architecture Meta-Data EATK Portal

Leverage Existing Tools Microsoft Word Microsoft Visio Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft SharePoint Microsoft Excel Model Architectures Communicate Architectures Analyze Architecture Information Store and Share Architectures Articulate Architectures

Simplify the Process
Information is integrated into the Architecture Process
Process is hosted on the server
Reaches into the Collaboration Platform
Removes Process Redundancies
Eliminates duplicate tasks
Architecture Development Create Modify Review Design Build Stabilize Deploy Production Envision Maintain Application Architect Hardware Architect Security Architect Information Architect Chief Architect LOB CIO Business Architect Application Architect Operations Manager Architect

Introducing Collaboration

Introducing Collaboration
Integration with Project Portfolio Management
Pulls all Architects on a Project or Program
Reaches into Instant Messaging and Portal
Allows for :
Proactive validate of designs
Cross architecture domain input on an architecture viewpoint (Logical, Security, Infrastructure, etc.)
Question and Answers
Preliminary Architecture Review Board Validation

Surfacing Information

Surfacing Information
Provides two information services from the Architecture Meta-Data Repository
Knowledge Repository
IT Asset Repository
View Point based way of acquiring information
Fosters Systematic Reuse of Patterns
Allows for Browsing of Patterns
Searchable information store based on Keywords
Intuitive Design for Importing (Double-Click)

Meta-Data Repository
Supports IEEE 1471 Information Models
Web Services Layer
XML Architecture Schema Provided
Classifies and relates architecture to other Enterprise Processes
De-Centralized Information Model
Surfaces information to an Architecture Portal and Productivity Tools
Project Management Application Portfolio Mgmt Architectures Configuration Management Incident Management Development Business Architecture

Other Templates
Architecture Portal
System Architecture Document
Architecture Decisions
Architecture Review Board
Architecture Viability Assessment

The Architecture Word Task Panes MOSS Presentation Services Web Parts Forms Lists Project Parts MOSS Application Services Collaboration - Ent. Search - Presence Human Workflow Services (WF) PSI Forwarder Outlook Web Parts Open Extensibility Windows SharePoint Services (WSS 3.0) Base Services ( RMS | Document Libraries ) Forms Server WSS Content WSS Config Project Server Architecture Meta-data Store Web Services Portal Project Server Project Server Interface Business Objects Data Access

Integration with Productivity Tools Ribbon Task Pane Document Metadata ARB Message Bus Architecture Repository Patterns Component 1. Invoke 2. Auto Pop 3. Search Retrieve 4. Results Retrieve

Summary of EATK Benefits
Enables IT Transparency
Creates a Proactive Architecture Process
Provides a series of Tools and Templates to support architecture decisions
Empowers Architects
Eases Governance in the Process
Leverages Existing Tools

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