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BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE



CENTER OF EXPERTISE
Cisco Global Strategy & Operations



Managing Highly Complex IT Environments
Organizations install IT infrastructure in order to operate, compete, and grow in today’s dynamic and
challenging business environment and to achieve the objectives of financial, operational, and market success.
Such IT investment accelerates the pace, reach, and agility of business, but also introduces complexity. The
Centers of Expertise (COE) is a Cisco community that is focused on establishing best practices and standards
for change management, project management, program management, and business leadership. The Cisco®
Global Strategy & Operations (GS&O) COEs have been created to help client organizations successfully
manage complexity, maintain higher levels of control, and leverage their IT infrastructure to align with
business goals.

Business Architecture Center of Expertise                  architecture footprint that can be applied elsewhere in
Business Architecture defines the capabilities and         the IT environment, reduces the reliance on complex
services an organization needs to enable and use           and disconnected processes that contribute to
its processes, tools, applications, data, and infra-       inconsistent customer experience, and provides
structure, based on Cisco’s Enterprise Architecture        the ability to generate facts and metrics required to
standards. The mission of the Business Architecture        enable prioritization.
COE is to help customers align with a shared set of        Figure 1. Architecture Is the Key to Dealing with Complexity
requirements, tools, and applications that are a part of   and Change
a comprehensive solutions roadmap. The Business
Architecture COE provides Cisco customers with a:                                          VISION
                                                              Setting the strategic direction and aspirations of the business
•	 Collective understanding of the capabilities of their                                GOALS
 existing infrastructure solution                                Setting the goals needed to reach to support the Vision

•	 Refined vision of the proposed new architecture,              Green             Reduce        Increase        Secure
 based on their business focus and prioritization              Operations           Costs       Productivity    Operations

•	 Standard set of defined customer-centric business
 processes, and the related technology requirements                                  CAPABILITIES
                                                                     What abilities do we need to achieve our goals?
Value of the Business Architecture COE
The Business Architecture COE provides customer
value by helping them align their needs with an IT                             ARCHITECTURAL PLAYS
technology roadmap, introducing processes to                 Borderless Networks       Virtualization          Collaboration
prioritize and govern new and existing capabilities,
and enabling the new capabilities needed to handle                                  CAPABILITY SETS
a customer’s business expansion and technology
direction. This COE produces a repeatable business

                                                                                                                          PAGE 1
Business Architecture Approach                                                     •	 Serves as a basis for ongoing prioritization and
Cisco’s approach to business architecture provides                                   governance by aligning initiatives and investments
a structured, top-down means of decision-making                                      with the organization’s most critical capability gaps
and enables investment decisions based on the                                      •	 Facilitates investment decision-making based on
capabilities needed to enable strategic goals                                        business capability value and gaps and provides
(Figure 1). This approach:                                                           a shared framework for ongoing dialogues and
•	 Starts with strategy and value drivers by describing                              decision-making
  the business in terms of the capabilities and                                    •	 Responds to evolving strategies over time to
  services required to meet strategic needs, relieve                                 accommodate changes in the business climate
  pain points, and accommodate different go-to-
  market strategies

More Information
To find out more about GS&O Business Architecture COE practices, and how the Cisco GS&O Centers of
Expertise can deliver best-in-class services for your organization, please contact:
Warren Leak
Manager, Advanced Services
Email: wleak@cisco.com
Phone: +44 20 8824 8696




  The Cisco Centers of Expertise (COE) is a community that is focused on establishing best practices and standards
  for change management, project management, program management, and business leadership. We strive to develop
  and increase knowledge in these areas for the execution of programs, initiatives, and new service offerings within the
  Cisco Global Strategy and Operations team.
  The COE is composed of the following areas of focus:
  •	 Change Management: Includes the processes that are used to ensure that people and organizations are ready and
     willing to operate in a new business environment.
  •	 Program and Project Management: Includes the planning, organizing, and managing of resources to bring about the
     successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.
  •	 Business Leadership: Includes the organizational skills and processes needed to enhance business value and
     achieve business goals in alignment with stakeholder vision and expectations.
  •	 Business Architecture: Includes processes to support alignment with customer needs and IT technology roadmaps.




© 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information.                                C22-625518-00   10/10

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Cisco Data Sheet Business Architecture

  • 1. BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE CENTER OF EXPERTISE Cisco Global Strategy & Operations Managing Highly Complex IT Environments Organizations install IT infrastructure in order to operate, compete, and grow in today’s dynamic and challenging business environment and to achieve the objectives of financial, operational, and market success. Such IT investment accelerates the pace, reach, and agility of business, but also introduces complexity. The Centers of Expertise (COE) is a Cisco community that is focused on establishing best practices and standards for change management, project management, program management, and business leadership. The Cisco® Global Strategy & Operations (GS&O) COEs have been created to help client organizations successfully manage complexity, maintain higher levels of control, and leverage their IT infrastructure to align with business goals. Business Architecture Center of Expertise architecture footprint that can be applied elsewhere in Business Architecture defines the capabilities and the IT environment, reduces the reliance on complex services an organization needs to enable and use and disconnected processes that contribute to its processes, tools, applications, data, and infra- inconsistent customer experience, and provides structure, based on Cisco’s Enterprise Architecture the ability to generate facts and metrics required to standards. The mission of the Business Architecture enable prioritization. COE is to help customers align with a shared set of Figure 1. Architecture Is the Key to Dealing with Complexity requirements, tools, and applications that are a part of and Change a comprehensive solutions roadmap. The Business Architecture COE provides Cisco customers with a: VISION Setting the strategic direction and aspirations of the business • Collective understanding of the capabilities of their GOALS existing infrastructure solution Setting the goals needed to reach to support the Vision • Refined vision of the proposed new architecture, Green Reduce Increase Secure based on their business focus and prioritization Operations Costs Productivity Operations • Standard set of defined customer-centric business processes, and the related technology requirements CAPABILITIES What abilities do we need to achieve our goals? Value of the Business Architecture COE The Business Architecture COE provides customer value by helping them align their needs with an IT ARCHITECTURAL PLAYS technology roadmap, introducing processes to Borderless Networks Virtualization Collaboration prioritize and govern new and existing capabilities, and enabling the new capabilities needed to handle CAPABILITY SETS a customer’s business expansion and technology direction. This COE produces a repeatable business PAGE 1
  • 2. Business Architecture Approach • Serves as a basis for ongoing prioritization and Cisco’s approach to business architecture provides governance by aligning initiatives and investments a structured, top-down means of decision-making with the organization’s most critical capability gaps and enables investment decisions based on the • Facilitates investment decision-making based on capabilities needed to enable strategic goals business capability value and gaps and provides (Figure 1). This approach: a shared framework for ongoing dialogues and • Starts with strategy and value drivers by describing decision-making the business in terms of the capabilities and • Responds to evolving strategies over time to services required to meet strategic needs, relieve accommodate changes in the business climate pain points, and accommodate different go-to- market strategies More Information To find out more about GS&O Business Architecture COE practices, and how the Cisco GS&O Centers of Expertise can deliver best-in-class services for your organization, please contact: Warren Leak Manager, Advanced Services Email: wleak@cisco.com Phone: +44 20 8824 8696 The Cisco Centers of Expertise (COE) is a community that is focused on establishing best practices and standards for change management, project management, program management, and business leadership. We strive to develop and increase knowledge in these areas for the execution of programs, initiatives, and new service offerings within the Cisco Global Strategy and Operations team. The COE is composed of the following areas of focus: • Change Management: Includes the processes that are used to ensure that people and organizations are ready and willing to operate in a new business environment. • Program and Project Management: Includes the planning, organizing, and managing of resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. • Business Leadership: Includes the organizational skills and processes needed to enhance business value and achieve business goals in alignment with stakeholder vision and expectations. • Business Architecture: Includes processes to support alignment with customer needs and IT technology roadmaps. © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. C22-625518-00 10/10