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 2008
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Enterprise Architecture (EA) Concepts and Management
- EA as an organizational discipline
- EA competency
- Gaining executive support for EA
- EA program startup
- EA program recalibration
- IT process integration
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Business and IT Synchronization
- Enterprise SOA
- Business optimization
- Business and information architecture
- Business and IT alignment
- Application portfolio management
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Result-Oriented Enterprise Architecture
- Influence and Collaboration
- Unified governance
- Analysis and design techniques
- SDLC integration and enterprise reuse
- Cross-domain infrastructure decisions
- Effectiveness and value measurement
- EA framework analysis
- EA case studies
- The CIO and EA
- Skills of the Enterprise Architect