The document discusses the value of enterprise architecture and how it can help align business and IT strategies. It argues that a more organic, pragmatic approach is needed to plan IT strategies that can flexibly support changing business needs over time. Such an approach involves understanding the current landscape, considering different paths forward, selecting an initial path, then continually reviewing and adjusting the strategy based on outcomes.

1. Finding the Value in Enterprise Architecture Peter Evans-Greenwood 2008-04-24 In collaboration with

3. The business value of Enterprise Architecture ?

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5. The problem Technology Cycle Business Cycle Intensifying Competition Static IT cycle There is an growing disconnection between the business & IT cycles

7. … as technology has changed A standards development timeline U.S. software sales in billions of dollars Source: INPUT SOAP 1.0 WS-I founded SAP WS J2ME Web Services ESB Apache SOAP MS SOAP IBM Web Services Apache Axis JAX-RPC Oracle WS Sun WS WS (J2EE & .NET) WS-* starts exploding WS-* OASIS SOA Reference Model OASIS SOA Blueprints SAP Netweaver Oracle Fusion JAX-WS MS Indigo BPEL BizTalk 2004 Oracle BPEL WBI-SF WS-Policy and WS-Security 2004 2005 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 The Past Yesterday Now

8. We need to support multiple technology cycles Personalize Solutions focused on supporting specific roles Organise Using services to achieve cohesive executions Comply Enterprise transactions and data in ERP and legacy applications Innovation Business as usual Technology Cycle Business Cycle Years Weeks Months Deliver Mixing IT in the right amount to align with the business cycle

10. Electricity distribution since Samuel Insull We generate electrons They get pumped down a wire Devices consume them

11. Fast forward to the present Population A growing population that is becoming increasingly urban Energy Increasing energy demands to feed our modern lifestyle Water Global warming is changing where the water falls There is less water to go around We’re struggling to keep up with energy demands Water needs energy Energy needs water We need to use less!

12. Demand shaping via AMR Smart appliances let us shape demand Smart appliances let us shape demand Smart appliances let us shape demand PowerCorp balances supply and demand In home panels providing (near) real time visibility into usage Two-way AMR lets us read the meter, and send control signals Smart appliances let us shape demand

14. Electricity distribution tomorrow A network, rather than a chain

15. Electricity distribution tomorrow Multiple manufactures A network, rather than a chain Consumers exporting excess Micro Generation Micro Generation Multiple manufactures A more diverse range of technologies No common owner !

16. Moving to supply driven Match supply & demand Price signal Energy Market

17. Moving to supply driven Match supply & demand Price signal Smart meters let us leverage a real time supply signal in the home Control signals let us turn of unwanted devices We make a local decision to optimise our own environment We can factor micro generation into the decision Energy Market

19. An private internal market Price signal Devolve decisions to optimise power usage to the appliances (agents) Create a market to support price location Explicit support for export/import P2P auto-configuration Multi-agent market-based resource balancing Energy Market Internal Energy Market

24. We can do this in collaboration with the business Big scary diagram A strategy map Business Services Architecture Facilitated Event Heat Map Current State Scenarios Actions!

26. Questions ? Peter Evans-Greenwood [email_address]

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