Enterprise Architecture
Unifying governance across IT disciplines by identifying the decisions that are made, how they are made, and how to influence better decision-making.
Improving the collective understanding of the business model, processes, information and services that implement core business capabilities
Capturing and communicating aspects of enterprise design
Implementing architecture disciplines to forge consistency, change behaviors and improve results
Leveraging the Burton Group Reference Architecture to accelerate enterprise decisions
Umbrella Technology Focus:
Applying planning, optimization and design disciplines to achieve business outcomes and improve the decisions influenced by architecture.
Primary Areas of Focus for 2010
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Enterprise Architecture (EA) Concepts and Management
- EA as an organizational discipline
- Gaining executive support for EA
- Identifying and measuring sources of value
- Ending the 'EA devotee society' focus
- Program startup and recalibration
- IT process integration to improve business outcomes
- Improving business-focused decision-making
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Business and IT Synchronization
- Adopting a business outcome, business capability, and
service mindset
- Planning, optimization, and design as core business
competencies
- Business optimization and solution brokering
- Business and information architecture
- Planning approaches that facilitate business and IT
integration
- Blending business, capability, process, and data modeling
- Solution, Service and Application portfolio management
- Embracing and fostering change
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Result-Oriented Enterprise Architecture
- Improving influence, communication, and collaboration
- Integrating enterprise architecture into governance
- Integrating architecture with other IT competencies
- Cloud oriented strategy and achieving cloud
interoperability
- Analysis and design techniques
- SDLC integration and enterprise reuse
- Cross-domain infrastructure decisions
- Effectiveness and value measurement
- Becoming an information responsible enterprise
- EA case studies
- The CIO and EA
- Infusing an architectural mindset into business and
technical professions