The EATK has automated architecture description mechinisms built into Microsoft Word. With hooks into a metadata repository and process integration it solves traditional problems with existing tooling.

1. Enterprise Architecture Toolkit Changing the Role of Architecture Documents Mike Walker http://blogs.msdn.com/MikeWalker Global Architecture Strategist Platform Architecture Team Microsoft Corp.

2. What are We Talking About? Fundamentally improve how architectures are described, consumed and maintained

3. Challenges

4. Challenges Complexity

5. Challenges Tooling Complexity

6. Complexity

7. Complexity Document Overload

8. Documentation Overload

9. Complexity Document Overload Information Drain

10. Information Drain

11. Information Grave Yard

12. Information Grave Yard Scenario: File Share Grave Yard Architecture Document Server File Share

13. Complexity Document Overload Information Drain Suboptimal Process

14. Suboptimal Process

15. Suboptimal Process

16. Suboptimal Process Compartmentalized Information

17. Suboptimal Process Compartmentalized Information One Man Army Syndrome

18. Challenges Complexity

19. Tooling Challenges

20. Tooling Challenges Tool Landscape

21. Tool Landscape

22. Tool Landscape EA Tools are Niche and Fragmented Source: http://www.enterprise-architecture.info/EA_Tools.htm

23. Enterprise Architecture Toolkit System Architecture Document

24. Objectives

25. Objectives Leverage Existing Tools Empower Architects Foster Transparency

26. Objectives Empower Architects Foster Transparency

27. Leverage Existing Tools

28. Leverage Existing Tools

29. Leverage Existing Tools

30. Leverage Existing Tools System Architecture Document Template

31. Leverage Existing Tools System Architecture Document Template Extend the User Interface

32. Leverage Existing Tools System Architecture Document Template Extend the User Interface Support EA Tasks

33. Leverage Existing Tools

34. Objectives Leverage Existing Tools Foster Transparency

35. Empower Architects

36. Empower Architects

37. Empower Architects Collaborative Tools

38. Empower Architects Collaborative Tools Enable a Proactive Architecture Process

39. Empower Architects Collaborative Tools Enable a Proactive Architecture Process Support Architecture Decision Making

40. Empower Architects

41. Objectives Leverage Existing Tools Empower Architects

42. Foster Transparency

43. Foster Transparency

44. Foster Transparency Views into Existing Assets

45. Foster Transparency Views into Existing Assets Workflow Hosted

46. Foster Transparency Views into Existing Assets Workflow Hosted Decision Making Templates

47. More Information

48. 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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