Key note presentation around Pragmatic Enterprise Architecture delivered at CAUDIT ea2009 Auckland New Zealand 24 Nov 2009

1. Pragmatic Enterprise ArchitectureThe Modern Enterprise Architect Marc Caltabiano Director, Enterprise Architecture

2. Pragmatic Enterprise ArchitectureAgenda What is Enterprise Architecture Guiding Principles Enterprise Architecture Process Framework Approaches Recommendations © 2009 Oracle Corporation – Proprietary and Confidential

3. © 2009 Oracle Corporation – Proprietary and Confidential The following is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for Oracle’s products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

4. CAUDIT ea2009Birds of a feather © 2009 Oracle Corporation – Proprietary and Confidential EA Governance TOGAF 2-10 year planning BPM and EA Back to Basics Value of Architecture for the un-architects Communication Data Warehouse and BI BUSINESS FOCUS Business Adoption IT Governance IT Strategic Plan Capabilities Implementing EA Repository What is EA?

5. CAUDIT ea2009Birds of a feather © 2009 Oracle Corporation – Proprietary and Confidential Immature market adoption of EA Collaboration Practical Artefacts EA Governance TOGAF 2-10 year planning BPM and EA Regionalise Assets Back to Basics Value of Architecture for the un-architects Communication Data Warehouse and BI BUSINESS FOCUS Business Adoption Differences between Frameworks/methods IT Governance IT Strategic Plan Capabilities Knowledge Re-use Implementing EA Repository What is EA? Practical application of the framework not dot to dot Certification Sharing Artefacts

6. Enterprise ArchitectureAsk the expert ! © 2009 Oracle Corporation – Proprietary and Confidential

7. Enterprise ArchitectureDriving Strategy… © 2009 Oracle Corporation – Proprietary and Confidential “Today’s IT architectures, arcane as they may be, are the biggest roadblocks most companies face when making strategic moves.” –McKinsey Flexible IT, Better Strategy”

8. Pragmatic Enterprise ArchitectureWhat problem are we REALLY trying to solve? Reduce Costs Faster to Market Innovate Globalize Business Goals Technology Challenges Delivering Real Business Value Increasing System Complexity Enterprise Architecture Business Integration Infrastructure Intelligence & Analysis Enterprise Mgmt Business IT Alignment Data & Content Applications & Services Security & Compliance Application Development and so on © 2009 Oracle Corporation – Proprietary and Confidential

9. Pragmatic Enterprise ArchitectureWhat problem are we REALLY trying to solve? © 2009 Oracle Corporation – Proprietary and Confidential Why is Enterprise Architecture so hard?

10. Pragmatic Enterprise ArchitectureArchitect Roles… Enterprise Architect Business Architect Solutions Architect Applications Architect Infrastructure Architect Database Architect Security Architect Differing Priorities and Focus © 2009 Oracle Corporation – Proprietary and Confidential

11. Pragmatic Enterprise ArchitectureFrameworks, Frameworks, Frameworks Zachman Framework - IBM framework from 1980s TOGAF - The Open Group Architecture Framework FEA - OMB Federal Enterprise Architecture The Gartner Methodology - (formerly the Meta Framework) DoDAF - DoD Architecture Framework MoDAF - UK Ministry of Defense Architecture Framework AGATE - The France DGA Architecture Framework MDA - OMGs Model Driven Architecture SOMF - Service Oriented Modeling Framework (Methodologies Corporation) SABSA - Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture © 2009 Oracle Corporation – Proprietary and Confidential No standard approach

13. Processes

14. Reference Models

15. Prescriptive Guidance (EA processes, architecture content, implementation roadmap, governance)

16. Catalog of EA deliverables and artifacts

17. Tools

18. Principals and Strategies

19. Reference Architectures

26. Just enough for enterprise solutioning efforts

28. Mature iteratively & evolutionary for breadth & depth

31. Create roadmaps on a “just in time” basis as you launch specific EA initiatives and architect enterprise solutions. Define “just enough” of the current and future states to implement your transformations and solutions.Exhaustively define Roadmap to “Future State” Architecture

32. Pragmatic Enterprise ArchitectureBusiness Strategy Lead © 2009 Oracle Corporation – Proprietary and Confidential 1 Identify the Business Strategy Establish an EA Program 2 3 Define “Future State” Architecture 4 Define EA Roadmap 5 Establish EA Governance Business Goals Reduce Costs Faster to Market Innovate Globalize

34. Define scope and the next iteration of work product.

35. Business Executive sponsorship and support.

36. Conduct Stakeholder analysis.

37. Establish plan for an EA Governance Board.

39. Stakeholders

40. Chief Enterprise Architect

41. Program Manager

42. Business Architects & Industry Experts

43. Information Analysts

44. Solution Architects

46. Applying Enterprise Architecture A Solution Blueprint spans all the layers of the OEAF (e.g. Modernisation) A Customer EA is a configuration of the OEAF for a given Customer An Industry Blueprint is a configuration of the OEAF for a given industry (e.g. Retail)

48. Implementing best practice business models,

49. Yet be able to integrate these business processes

52. Promote the EA agenda and adherence to “Future State” EA Prescriptive Guidance:

53. Review IT project designs

54. Review proposed enterprise solution architectures and major initiatives

56. Chief Enterprise Architect

57. At least one Executive Sponsor

58. At least one major Business Executive

59. At least one Business Architect

61. Pragmatic Enterprise ArchitectureRecommendations and Summary © 2009 Oracle Corporation – Proprietary and Confidential 1 Identify the Business Strategy Establish an EA Program 2 3 Define “Future State” Architecture 4 Define EA Roadmap 5 Establish EA Governance Stay practical! Always align EA to Business Strategy (Top Down) and Remediation (Bottom Up) Get the right mix of Business/IT/EA people involved with Exec Sponsorship Adopt a simplified EA process and framework Don’t re-invent the wheel: Get best practices business models and reference architectures from others Establish “Future State” EA Architecture Prescriptive Guidance with EA Governance Focus on Operational Excellence first for sound Technical Architecture Is not static: “Architect for change” Requires thought leadership and a practical approach: just enough; just in time Build iteratively based on business priorities and alignment

63. For More Information © 2009 Oracle Corporation – Proprietary and Confidential E: marc.caltabiano@oracle.com B: http://lightbulbeffect.blogspot.com http://blogs.oracle.com/enterprisearchitecture W: http://www.oracle.com/technology/architect/entarch

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