Unlocking Enterprise Architecture Information for Maximum Business Value

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1 Unlocking Enterprise Architecture Information for Maximum Business Value The Open Group EA Practitioners Conference 5 September 2013 Belinda Fivaz

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3 The Reality platform No data sharing platform

4 The Challenge Consolidation Action

5 What is Enterprise Architecture? Business Architecture Business Strategy Requirements Application Architecture Data Architecture Programs Projects Portfolio Analysis Technology Architecture Source: SAP

6 What is Value? A fair return on your purchase What does this mean: For IT = cost containment & business enablement For Business = Attract and retain

7 When is EA Delivering Value? Achieve business strategy Faster time-to-market Transparency Consistency More reliability Less complexity, risk and costs

8 Value is not the same for all

9 CIO Dilemma Strategy Processes Business Demands Budgets Control IT landscape Regulations Portfolio Project portfolio

10 How to Achieve Value? EA practice Alignment Business objectives Value

11 Make the link between IT and business Customer value explicit Critical Success Factors Decrease Cost of Sales Reduce time to Market Decrease Operating Costs Key Performance Indicators Initiatives Sales Force Automation, Application Enhancement, CRM Application Rationalisation Support For Critical Capabilities Landscape Transparency Systems Availability % of IT Investment Maintenance vs. Initiatives Operational Performance Application support Delivery Application Efficiency Process Performance Effectiveness Consumption Measures Cycle Times Personnel Performance Quality IT Element Measures Cost per Application, Cost per Process Skills & Resources Application Life Cycles, Infrastructure Life Cycles As-Is Architectures, Target Architectures Project Portfolio Business Strategy IT Strategy IT

12 Strategic Questions Sample questions Which are the organization's critical competencies? In which domain should IT invest and disinvest and what is the motivation? Overall opex and capex spending? Current vs. desired IT support and the gap

13 Capability-Related Questions Sample questions Which applications support which parts of the organization for which capability Capability How do applications supporting a specific capability compare (e.g. Adaptability vs. Criticality) How does the capabilities compare with regards to the quality of IT support Application Bubbles indicate the applications Organization Bubbles indicate the capabilities

14 Initiative-Related Questions Sample questions Which domains and capabilities are being affected by IT initiatives Which projects and business demands are linked to an initiative Do we have any budget constraints? Colored cells indicates budget constraints.

15 Landscape Transparency-Related Questions Sample questions Which applications support a domain + how costly are the applications? Which business data is transferred via information flows? What are the technical capabilities of your organization?

16 Application Portfolio-Related Questions Sample questions Colored cells indicates cost categories. Which applications are supporting which capabilities and what are the lifecycles Which contracts are linked to the application & what are the lifecycles? How many licenses do we have and how many are actively being used? Spending per domain and per application? Different colors indicate various applications.

17 Technology Portfolio-Related Questions Sample questions What is the lifecycle of a specific component? What is the usage of a specific component? Component Vendor Product Standard Platform Applications

18 Current & Target Architecture-Related Questions Sample questions How does our target architecture looks like for a capability? How will we transform our existing IT landscape? Which applications will be replaced?

19 Project Portfolio-Related Questions Sample questions How is business impacted by the IT project portfolio? How do different scenarios compare? What are the business value vs. architectural impact of the projects? Do we have sufficient skills and resources to deliver the project

20 Where are You? Have a strategy in place Don t have a strategy in place Need to invest in a solution Need to implement already acquired solution

21 Closing Argument As EA evolves to support business value more effectively, the need has never been greater for the right tool to support business change (Gartner)

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