The document showcases the smart 360° EA Suite, specifically the open-source tool 'Iteraplan', aimed at enhancing enterprise architecture management. It highlights its benefits, such as offering a comprehensive view of IT landscapes, supporting data-driven decision-making, and addressing common IT management issues like data inconsistency and application dependencies. The suite provides advanced reporting capabilities to evaluate application portfolios and enhance transparency in technology utilization across the organization.

1. SMART 360° EA Suite
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Gain control over your IT Landscape and help your business grow

2. Introduction
This document is an example showcase for a tool evaluation.
It contains screens from the open-source Enterprise Architecture
Management Suite called “iteraplan” from http://www.smart360biz.com.
The purpose of the slides is to get a feel for how the tool could be used
effectively in your organization.
It is based on a couple of common requirements in IT Management but
might need to be tailored for your specific situation. It can be part of
BusinessCase or Proposal..
The key requirements include an easy to use, cost effective tool that
captures data so that we could answer key application and technology
questions.
We will review those questions and how the app answers them via reports
and visualizations.
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3. Enterprise Architecture Today
Excel sheets
can be loaded
into the tool!
Issues with current situation:
- Different documents flying around in different parts of the organization
- Inconsistent data across teams
- Missing items like interfaces, business functionality, support teams, app
roadmap or technology dependencies
- Which list of apps represents the “REAL” situation? Which ones are really
used?
- Inconsistent presentation
- Nno further details available behind elements in visualization
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4. SMART360°EA Suite - iteraplan
SMART360°EA Suite – iteraplan is
a user-friendly app that runs
entirely in a browser.
The data model is basic. The core
areas are: Business Elements,
Information System/Application
Portfolio, Technology/Infrastructure
and Projects.
Recognition:
Flexible:
100+ Customers:
SaaS
On-Premise
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5. Application portfolio and roadmap
QUESTION: What applications and
technical solutions can be
converged so that we can minimize
costs?
iteraplan has some advanced
reporting capability. This report
shows Processes/Capabilities
across the top and Orgs on the left.
It can be used to compare apps
across Orgs.
Coloring can be based on
Standards, Complexity or any other
topic covered by an attribute.
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6. Transparency of existing solutions
QUESTION: When we get a
new request for an
application, we ask “do we
have a solution that has that
functionality that we might be
able to use?”
8 From the top menu, enter
“CRM” in the Quick Search
bar. This searches all text in
the system.
You can also run a report by
Process, Capability or
Business Unit.
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7. Application interfaces and interdependecies
QUESTION: If we are converging applications, what interfaces between
applications do we need to consider?
Or: What other systems are affected if this system goes down?
8 Click on a single InformationSystem and select “Relations” tab or
“Visualization” for Informationflow overview:
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8. Application Overview
QUESTION: What applications are
our target solutions (mandatory,
standard, optional)? Which
applications are we
decommissioning so we should
avoid spending more time/money
on them?
Each application has an “Status”
attribute that can be seen on the
application summary page.
The status can also be used in
reports for filtering or color coding.
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9. Technology Portfolio/Catalog of Technology Bricks
QUESTION: Where do we use
applications or technology from the
same vendor? To increase
negotiating power to minimize
licensing, maintenance, consulting
costs.
8 From the home page, click on
“Technical Component”.
Technical component reports show
middleware and hardware by
vendor.
8 Click on “SQL Server 2008”
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10. Technology Portfolio/Catalog of Technology Bricks
QUESTION: During reviews of
technical architecture, we want to
know how many applications
depend on various technical
components (e.g. IIS, SQL Server,
Oracle, Tomcat…). This may help
focus efforts on areas with the
biggest impact.
Relationship tab of
SQL Server 2008
The “Relations tab” shows the
applications that depend on SQL
Server 2008.
Technology can also be marked as
mandatory, standard, or optional.
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11. IT Support of a specific BusinessUnit
QUESTION: We meet with
business units on a regular basis.
We would like to have a list of
business functionality and
applications used at that
BusinessUnit to discuss with them.
It provides a starting point for
discussions.
When you view the BusinessUnit
you can see the related apps.
You can also run a query to look for
apps by BusinessUnit.
Or run an Landscape Report to see
it in the context of Process
participation.
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12. Business Criticality of Applications
QUESTION: Is this a business critical application?
Each application can me marked with a criticality or an SLA as a custom
attribute.
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13. Users, Stakeholders and Responsibilities
QUESTION: When we have an issue
with an application…which person or
team supports it? Approval for Change
requests?
This information is best managed in
the tool.
The distribution can be made visible
via NestingCluster Diagram or Bar
Charts
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14. Many Possible Future functionality available
SMART360°EA has a lot of advanced report types for many further use-cases
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15. Masterpan for Roadmaps
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16. Nesting Cluster for any Relation Type
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17. Portfolio Diagram for Strategic Decisions
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18. Contact
Karsten Voges
kvoges@smart360.biz
SMART360°Biz
1 Broadway, 14th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
Phone +1 (617) 800-6024
www.smart360biz.com
@smart360biz, +SMART360Biz
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