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    Lecture 1 Summary

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1MPEmMBqc0

    This short video will give you a metaphorical explanation of


    what is EA?
    Lecture Outline Analysis
    1. Definitions: Architecture, Stakeholder, Enterprise, Enterprise Architecture (EA)

    2. What is EA? EA = Strategy + Business + Technology

    3. Organising influence of EA

    4. What is EA? – as a governance concept

    5. EA as a Meta Discipline

    6. EA Architecture Approach: framework of methodology, standards, best practices


    &v artefacts

    7. EA Process Groups: EA Management Program + Current EA & Future Scenario


    Analysis & Design

    8. EA Management Program
    • Purpose – Strategic alignment  by aligning resource & capability
    requirements to enterprise strategy plans
    9. EA Analysis & Design work
    • Purpose – document EA analysis findings and design proposals for current
    and future EA scenarios
    Slide 1 Slide 2

    What is EA?

    Slide 4 Slide 3
    How is EA conducted?
    How is EA conducted?
    Management Program perspective

    EA management program processes involve:

    • Strategic alignment of corporate-level,


    business units’ and organisational projects’
    goals, activities and resources

    • Compliance to corporate to project governance requirements, especially


    standardized and corporate to business governance compliant policies for
    identifying, procuring, using, developing, integrating and configuring, and
    optimising enterprise resources

    • Clarifying visible strategic, business and ICT decision criteria for making ICT
    resource decisions at any level of corporate, business unit, project and design
    or problem solving decision making

    • Create consistency in ICT project management and development lifecycles, to


    enable clarity of their alignment to strategic business and operating financial
    management cycles
    How is EA conducted?
    EA Analysis & Design perspective

    CURRENT BUSINESS CURRENT


    FUTURE
    CURRENT BUSINESS
    BUSINESS
    BUSINESS
    ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT
    ENVIRONMENT
    ENVIRONMENT
    SCENARIOS

    EA (Implementation)
    Management Plan
    How is EA conducted?
    EA Analysis & Design perspective

    CURRENT BUSINESS CURRENT


    FUTURE
    CURRENT BUSINESS
    BUSINESS
    BUSINESS
    ENVIRONMENT EA (Implementation) ENVIRONMENT
    ENVIRONMENT
    ENVIRONMENT
    Management Plan SCENARIOS

    How to transform
    Specified in Specified in

    involves
    involves

    current into desired


    future EA?

    Specified in
    1. Analyse future business
    1. Analyse current business and scenarios considered by business
    document/model its EA
    artefacts 2. Agree with business one or more
    Compliance business scenarios to model –
    to EA Mgt including the planning
    2. Identify business
    Program assumptions for each scenario
    improvement opportunities
    Plan
    3. Identify EA documentation 3. Identify and document/model
    gaps each future business scenario’s
    EA artefacts
    What are the modelling areas in
    EA analysis & design?

    How the EA artefacts are


    “bundled” to give an enterprise
    functional perspectives of its
    strategic, business & ICT integrated
    requirements

    Specific EA Artefacts
    What is EA3?
    EA3 is a proprietary EA framework

    There are other best practice & proprietary EA frameworks


    which you will learn some in future lectures eg TOGAF, Zachman

    Not all EA frameworks are complete in having or equally


    good/strong in defining a methodology, best practice features,
    standards specifications and artefacts – you will need to research
    and understand each one is good or weak in what components
    of a EA framework model in future lectures
    Class Discussions
    The question “What is EA?” requires you:
    1. Describe EA as a strategic, business & ICT management function, which
    requires one to :
    • Plan how strategy, business and ICT requirements can be integrated
    to represent current and future business scenarios
    • Execute this plan via a number or projects and in compliance to EA
    (and also projects’) governance requirements
    • Track & report EA execution progress, correct variances and non
    compliance activities where needed, to ensure achievement of the
    EA (implementation) management plan.

    2. You may decide to get a glimpse of what are the 2 major management
    process groups involved, ie the EA management program and EA analysis
    and design work – this part 2 is NOT the complete answer to the
    question.

    Use the contents of your lecture notes, this tutorial summary and references
    to construct the answer by following these guidelines.
    Class Discussions
    Examine the EA3 framework and discuss
    1. What is its methodology?

    2. What best practice and standards it aim to achieve or already uses?

    3. What are its EA modelling artefacts and how are they coordinated to
    define EA functions that specify the integration dimensions of strategic,
    business and ICT alignment ?
    Tutorial Exercises
    1. What are some of the differences between enterprise architecture (EA) and a systems-level
    planning approach?

    2. Why is EA described as both a management program and an analysis and design method?

    3. What are the four elements of an EA management program and the six elements of an EA
    analysis and design method?

    4. What are some of the EA components and documentation artifacts that would be included in
    current and future views at each level of the EACube framework? 3

    5. Can EA be used by all types of enterprises? If so, why?

    6. How does an EA repository support the implementation methodology?

    7. Choose a real-world large-size enterprise and determine:


    a. Is information technology seen as a strategic asset?
    b. Does an enterprise architecture program exist?
    c. Are there gaps in business/technology performance that an enterprise architecture
    program could help identify and correct?
    Hint: you may refer to the “Danforth Manufacturing Company” Scene, given in the following pages.

    8. Read the case study: Danforth Manufacturing Company. Do you agree with the need for an EA
    Program? Discuss.
    Some concepts to help you answer tutorial
    questions
    Strategic Assets
    Creates/Deepen Market Shares, Increases Profit$
    Creates sustainable competitive advantage
    Changes in Operations

    Are Resources
    Physical
    Infrastructure
    Amenities

    People Networks
    ICT Networks

    Business Networks
    Operating Assets
    Improves Efficiency & Effectiveness  Better Margins
    Supporting Operations

    Are Resources
    Physical
    Infrastructure
    Amenities

    People Networks
    ICT Networks

    Business Networks
    Strategic  Operational ICT

    Portfolios Strategies are


    implemented via org.
    Programs project management
    Projects
    structures

    Strategic ICT Operational ICT

    Create new market shares Improves Efficiency


    Increase existing market shares Improves Services
    Gives sustainable competitive Improve/Increase
    advantage Margins
    What is a System Level Program ?
    Operating
    Improvements
    R&D Testing
    Strategic
    1. Structurally is a collection
    Supports A of projects and sub-
    Business Purpose programs grouped
    together to serve a
    business purpose.

    2. Process wise –like project


    System Level management, includes
    Program planning, execution
    monitoring & variance
    controlling activities

    System System System


    Projects Projects Projects
    Why is EA Important?
    Operating
    Improvements
    R&D Testing
    Strategic

    Supports A
    Business Purpose
    Not my
    problem

    Program
    Managers System Level
    Program

    Not my
    problem

    System System System Project Managers


    Projects Projects Projects
    & Their Teams
    Why is EA Important?

    Result in
    Q8 Danforth Manufacturing Case Study

    Why EA?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDI2oF1bASk
    Q8 Do you agree with the need for an EA program in the case study?

    Sales & Inventory Tracking System Integrate info across


    (SITS) – ~2 years RoI, $3mio++ • Sales
    • Inventory
    Capacity to compete with competitor • Production
    Mitigate production inefficiency
    Kate Jarvis
    (COO)

    Rob Danforth Gerald Montes


    (CEO) (Chief Council)

    Decision Options: Buy 1, Buy 2?

    Improve cost management

    Cost Accounting Module


    WELLCO ERP System
    Jim Gorman 18 months RoI, <$600K
    (CFO)
    Sam Young
    (CIO)

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