We are an independent software company specializing in Enterprise Architecture Tools and TOGAF since 2006. We are a pure-player for EA tools and EAComposer is our only software product. Our motto is to focus on one thing and do that really well so you can focus on architecture.

1. Definition, Applications, Technology
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422 Richards St, Suite 170
Vancouver, BC V6B 2Z4

2.  Many competing perspectives on Enterprise
Architecture tools exist – this just one of them
 There is no single, agreed upon Enterprise
Architecture standard
 Information presented here will not make you
an instant Enterprise Architecture expert
 This presenter should not be held liable for any
misconceptions, misrepresentations, or
mistakes you make outside of class based on
the information presented here

3. Enterprise
Architecture
(City)
Portfolio
Architecture
(Street)
System
Architecture
(Building)
If enterprises were cities…
Architecture Continuum

4. Enterprise Strategy
Fire and
hope!
Enterprise Architecture
Business Operating Environment
and IT Infrastructure
Transition
Planning
Architecture
Governance
Bus Architecture IT Architecture
AEI
Corporate
Yankee
Group
Saturn
Group
Yarn
Division
Knits
Division
Seneca
Plant
Raleigh
Plant
Cash
Management
Shipping
Accounting
Component
Design
Yarn Buying
Order Entry
Component
Scheduling
Yarn
Dyeing
Inventory
Assortment
Planning
Component
Knitting
Tagging &
Packing
Business
Structure
Business
Locations
ProgramfocusEnterprisewidefocus
Strategy
Planning
Design
and
Delivery
Change Programs
Soln Outline Macro Design Micro Design Devt, etc.
Program Architecture
Soln Outline Macro Design Micro Design Devt, etc.
Program Architecture
Enterprise
Architecture
= “the city plan”
System Design
= “the buildings”
Strategy
= “the city’s purpose & goals”Technology
Availability
Business
Opportunity
Bus Strategy IT Strategy
“Do the Right Things”
“Do the Right Things Right”

5. MIT Center for Information Systems Research (2007)
•Enterprise architecture is the organizing logic for business processes and IT infrastructure reflecting the integration and
standardization requirements of the company's operating model
Enterprise Architecture Research Forum
•Continuous practice of describing the essential elements of a socio-technical organization, their relationships to each other
and to the environment, in order to understand complexity and manage change
Gartner (2013)
•Discipline for proactively and holistically leading enterprise responses to disruptive forces by identifying and analyzing the
execution of change toward desired business vision and outcomes. EA delivers value by presenting business and IT leaders
with signature-ready recommendations for adjusting policies and projects to achieve target business outcomes that
capitalize on relevant business disruptions.
•EA is used to steer decision making toward the evolution of the future state architecture.
The Open Group
•Enterprise architecture (EA) is the definition and representation of a high-level view of an enterprise‘s business processes
and IT systems, their interrelationships, and the extent to which these processes and systems are shared by different parts
of the enterprise
US Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF)
•Enterprise architecture is a management practice to maximize the contribution of an agency’s resources, IT investments,
and system development activities to achieve its performance goals.
•Architecture describes clear relationships from strategic goals and objectives through investments to measurable
performance improvements for the entire enterprise or a portion (or segment) of the enterprise.

6. Simple definition:
Enterprise Architecture is a strategy to minimize IT and business mistakes

7. System Architecture
and Design
Coding Standards
and Practices
Database Design
IT Governance
Enterprise
Architecture
Tools is a
discipline that
spans the
entire
enterprise but
does not dive
into the minutia
of project
delivery

8. Align business and IT strategies
Increase business and IT agility
Establish and refine future
architecture vision
Govern technology decisions and
direction
The primary goal of EA is to make the organization as
efficient and effective as possible!

9. Business
• Better business
and IT
alignment
• Increased
business agility
• Business
process
efficiency
• Reduced time
to market
IT
• Increased
standardization
and technology
alignment
• Platform
consolidation
• Technology and
application
portfolio
simplification
Financial
• Better return on
existing
investment and
reduced risk for
future
investment
• Cost savings
• Predictable
investment
model

11. Cost focus Value focus
EA is a journey, often non-linear
Tactical, opportunistic Strategic, systematic
Cost Reduction
 What do we have?
 Need all of it?
 Consolidate to
reduce costs?
 Desire for impact
analysis
Standardization
 Develop standards
and recommended
best practices (e.g.
technology stacks,
server platforms)
 Seeking
repeatability
 Encourage IT
evolution
 Focusing on IT
scope only
Broaden Scope
 Meet business
needs by linking IT
to business
 Managing
architectures
outside IT
 Increasing focus on
business
architecture and
business processes
Realizing Strategy
 Develop business
strategy
 Value propositions,
capabilities,
resources?
 Refine into to-be
 Compare to as-is
 Create transition
plan
 Execute
Enterprise Architecture has to be treated as an ongoing program that
continues to evolve together with the organization

12.  Many Enterprise Architecture
frameworks have been created
 Zachman Enterprise Framework
 The Open Group Architecture
Framework (TOGAF)
 OMB Federal Enterprise
Architecture (FEA)
 The Gartner Methodology
(formerly the Meta Framework)
 Many others
 Each framework possesses
different strengths and
weaknesses
 No ideal framework for all
situations
 Each framework has to be
customized to fit the organization
EA Frameworks
typically include:
• Common vocabulary,
models, and taxonomy
• Processes, principles,
strategies and tools
• Reference architectures
and models
• Prescriptive guidance
(EA processes,
architecture content,
implementation
roadmap, governance)
• Catalog of architecture
deliverables and artifacts
• Enterprise Architecture
Content Metamodel

15.  Enterprise
Architecture
consists of several
logical
components
 Each component
must identify its
own strategies,
reference models,
and directions
 EA serves as a
governance
function
 Architecture
Review Board
 Processes and
policies
 Technology
 Funding
 EA Repository
 Central repository
for all EA artifacts
* Based on Oracle Enterprise Architecture Framework

16. Create the
Enterprise
Architecture vision
and program
structure
Document current
state architecture
Develop future
state architecture
Create a roadmap
of transitioning
from current state
to future state
Establish and execute
governance processes
Develop business
case(s) for the
initiative(s) identified
on the roadmap
EA lifecycle is a
series of continuous
iterations over these
phases * Based on Oracle Enterprise Architecture Framework

17.  IT governance is a
set of processes
and policies that
dictate how IT
work should be
performed
 EA governance is
a set of processes
and policies that
dictate how
technology
decisions are
made
 IT and EA
governance
domains intersect
in the project
delivery space* Courtesy of ebizQ

18.  Enterprise Architecture
establishes a number of
governance
mechanisms
 Architecture Board
serves as a governance
body ensuring IT
initiatives align with
EA
 CTO and/or Chief
Architect provide
stewardship and
guidance
 Enterprise Architects
develop policies,
practices, and
processes that the
Architecture Board
supports
 Enterprise Architecture
and IT leadership
ensures alignment with
business goals,
strategies, and
objectives
* Based on TOGAF
Alignment

19. Enterprise
Architecture
Opportunity
Identification
Opportunity
Validation
Technology
Guidance
Design
Review
Identify
opportunities to
leverage
enterprise
platforms
Validate platform
usage
opportunities
Validate solution
design to ensure
appropriate use
of technology
Guide efforts
towards the most
appropriate
technology
platform

20. No single, comprehensive set of Enterprise Architecture metrics exist. Each
organization has to develop metrics most relevant to its EA objectives.

22. We are an independent software company specializing in Enterprise Architecture
and TOGAF since 2006. We are a pure-player for EA tools and EAComposer is
our only software product. Our motto is to focus on one thing and do that really
well so you can focus on architecture. We don’t develop UML software, BPM or
Project Portfolio Management solutions, sorry ;)
We also believe that you shouldn’t have to worry about upgrades, new hardware
or testing new releases. Our software is cloud hosted, fully web-based (no client
installs) and using monthly subscriptions. Our goal is plain and simple: Become
the leading software tool for enterprise architecture.
www.eacomposer.com
WhiteCloud Software Ltd.
422 Richards St, Suite 170
Vancouver, BC V6B 2Z4
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Email:
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