Enterprise Architecture Toolkit Scenarios

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

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

1. Describing an Architecture with Current Tools
Goals
Leverage current investments
Reduce training costs
Reduce the learning curve
Increase productivity
Personas
Enterprise Architect – Oversight of the architecture and review
Solution Architect – Owner and designer of architecture
Domain Architects – Contributes and reviews the architecture
Project Manager – Assigns work to the solution architect
Desired Outcome
Meta models will allow for free flow of information between documents and other tooling
Information will be saved to Repository where it can be used in the future
Extensions will save the architect time in research
Systematic reuse of patterns

Describing an Architecture with Current Tools - Process 2. Open MS Word. 4. Enter Architecture Meta Data 5. Start Architecture Scoping 1. Allocates 6. Document Architecture w/ Current info 7. Click on Arch Patterns Ribbon 8. Research areas of interest to current effort 9. Select appropriate pattern 13. Design additional architecture components 12. Review / Modify and add additional information 11. Import pattern by Double-Clicking 10. Select document region in which to import 14. Get feedback on other architecture domains 15. Prepare for architecture review 3. Open Arch Template Solution Architect PM Design Build | Stabilize| Deploy Envision SDLC

Describing Architectures with Current Tools

2. Building a Collaborative Solution Architecture Design
Goals
Foster proactive communication with architects
Streamline communications
Reduce complexity of collaboration
Personas
Network and Hardware Architects – Contributes and reviews the architecture
Project Manager – Enters in architect resources information into PPM tool
Desired Outcome
Foster better communication and community with architects
Improve overall quality of the architectures
Solve issues early in the process rather than later
Reduce risk in architecture efforts by identifying potential impacts of other domains of architectures
Log communications effectively
Reduce issues at Architecture Review Board functions

2. Building a Collaborative Solution Architecture Design - Process 2. Open MS Word. 4. Enter Architecture Meta Data 5. Start Architecture Scoping 6. Document Architecture w/ Current info 7. Architect starts to query about other impacts 8. Selects the Architect Finder Ribbon 12. SA asks where the application should be hosted based on criteria 11. Office Communicator appears with an IM to HA 10. SA clicks on the IM for the Hardware Architect (HA) 9. Architect Finder Populates task pane with all the architects assigned 13. HA answers and is sent a workflow request to modify the architecture 14. Additional information is sent to the HA’s My Site for the SA 3. Open Arch Template 1. Assigns architects to project in PPM tool 15. SA reviews and modifies architecture 16. Process is repeated with other architects. Repeat steps 8 - 15 Solution Architect PM Design Envision SDLC

2. Building a Collaborative Solution Architecture Design

3. Extend Visio Models
Goals
Make Visio shapes into more meaningful models
Use a low cost solution for architecture efforts
Extend the Visio environment
Surface rich information from the Architecture Metadata Repository
Personas
Desired Outcome
Provide models that are more meaningful to reviewers and other architects and developers
Lower the cost of ownership on architecture modeling
Decrease the learning barrier while increasing the quality of architecture modeling
Reuse of patterns and information stored in the AMR
Reduce training of new tools

2. Extend Visio Models - Process 2. Open MS Visio 4. Copy Server Shapes to the canvas 5. Open External Links Pane 6. Select the “Approved DMZ Hardware List” 7. Review list of selections that may be appropriate for the solution 11. Import information into System Architecture Document 10. Save diagram on to portal share 9. Repeat as necessary 8. Select suitable hardware information and drag it onto the shape 3. Select stencils Solution Architect Design SDLC

4. Deriving to a Series of Architecture Decisions
Goals
Provide a tool to address the journey to an architecture
Provide process guidance on deriving to decisions
Provide information to architects on how architecture decisions were made
Increase architecture awareness by understanding the decisions made
Personas
Solution Architect – Creator of architecture decisions
Domain Architects – Contributes and reviews the architecture decisions
Desired Outcome
Architecture decisions will have a formalized and repeatable process
Future decisions will be easier to make as there will be a knowledge base
Reduce time and effort of decisions
Architectural risk will decrease as decisions will be linked with non-functional requirements
Full transparency of decisions will empower architects in the future

4. Deriving to a Series of Architecture Decisions

5. Architecture Management
Goals
Manage the process of architecture work
Provide an online inventory of existing architecture descriptions
Set policy on how architectures should be used
Provides ways to visualize inventoried architectures
Personas
Enterprise Architect – Architecture Policy, Administration, Strategy Development based on Architectures
Solution Architect – Creator of architecture descriptions
Domain Architects – Policy and standards stewards, Creators of architecture descriptions
Desired Outcome
Foster systematic reuse of existing architectures to lead to enabling SOA and S+S activities
Reduce complexity through Policy and Standards by showing how and when to use an architecture
Increased awareness of how to leverage or change an architecture
Accurate technology strategy planning and CIO awareness

5. Architecture Management

6. Navigate and Explore Approved IT Patterns
Goals
Increase understanding of how patterns should be used
Increase reusability of approved patterns in the enterprise
Show interdependent software solutions or existing architectures
Present information in context to the consumer of the patterns
Personas
Enterprise Architect – Consumer and contributor of patterns
Solution Architect – Consumer of patterns
Domain Architects – Consumer and contributor of patterns
Desired Outcome
Architects will have better aligned architectures with the overall vision of IT
Patterns will save time and effort on solution work
Elimination of duplicate functionality will reduce risk and cost to IT
Process to create and enhance patterns will emerge to further streamline IT

6. Navigate and Explore Approved IT Patterns

7. Navigate and Explore Approved IT Assets
Goals
Increase understanding of existing architectures
Increase reusability existing architectures in the enterprise
Show interdependent software solutions or existing architectures
Present information in context to the consumer of the assets
Personas
Enterprise Architect – Classifies and sets policy around architectures
Solution Architect – Consumer and creators of IT Asset architecture descriptions
Desired Outcome
Architects will have better aligned architectures with the overall vision of IT
Understanding trade-offs and decision criteria on existing architectures will save time and effort on solution work
Elimination of duplicate functionality will reduce risk and cost to IT
Support for architecture efforts such as S+S or SOA

7. Navigate and Explore Architectures Maintain 1. Navigates to EA Portal 2. Click on Architecture Mgmt Link 3. User presented with listing of architectures 4. User clicks on architecture name 5. Architecture detail page opens 6. User clicks on Lifecycle link 7. Architecture lifecycle information is presented Solution Architect

8. Obtain IT Strategy Information
Goals
Increase the visibility into IT environment
Link architecture descriptions with other enterprise processes
Expose architecture information dashboards for enterprise architects
Provide a repository that can be used to base decisions off of.
Personas
Enterprise Architect – Consumer of information
Desired Outcome
Enterprise Architects will leverage information to create more accurate future state architectures
Policies and life cycles will surface usage patterns that will aid in recycling or termination of a series of architectures
Operational impacts can be seen and correlated with an IT architecture
Application Portfolio Management and Project Portfolio Management links provide ties into the portfolio planning processes
Streamlining of IT Service lines can be achieved

8. Obtain IT Strategy Information

10. Manage Principles, Policies and Standards
Goals
Provide mechanisms to create Principles, Policies and Standards (PPS)
Create ways to correlate PPS with architecture decisions, architectures, patterns and other IT related assets
Surface information into analytic tools
Personas
CxO– Consumers and Reviewers of information
Enterprise Architects – Creators and Facilitators of PPS
Domain Architects - Creators of PPS
Solution Architects - Consumers of information
Desired Outcome
Architects understand why IT decisions
PPS provide alignment with CxO and business strategies
Solving complexity and confusion with traceability of architecture work

IT Standards 1. Navigates to EA Portal 2. Click on IT Standards Link 3. User presented with listing of standards 4. User clicks on standard 5. Architecture detail page opens 6. User modifies the guidance Enterprise Architect

10. Manage Principles, Policies and Standards

9. Determining the Total Cost of Ownership of Architectures
Goals
Provide reports that show the various costs of an architecture
Span across Architecture, Business Architecture, Service Management, APM, PPM and development to realize total cost of ownership
Personas
Enterprise Architect – Consumer of information
CxO – Consumer of information
Desired Outcome
Provide CxO’s real-time metrics on the financial health of their IT environment
Increase awareness of the cost of an architecture(s)
Understand the impacts of dependencies of architectures
Focus resources on problem areas

Total Cost of Ownership Results Pane Operational Tables Development Tables Service Management Tables Mock Tables Project Server CIO 1. Navigates to EA Portal 2. Click on IT Reports > Cost of My Architectures 3. User enters the “ATM” search criteria 4. Report is generated with the total cost of the ATM Architecture Search Web Part Architecture Drop Down Search x Calculate Dependencies

More Information Microsoft Architecture Portal http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture Microsoft Enterprise Architecture Portal http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/EA Mike Walker’s Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/MikeWalker

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