Enterprise Service Architecture
The role of an Enterprise Architecture (EA) is to provide a decision framework, in the context of the business strategy, for the use of technology in the enterprise. The job of the architecture is to synthesize the technology solutions of the enterprise from the strategic imperatives of the business while balancing technical and operational considerations. Enterprise Architecture touches every part of the organization. It needs to be centralized otherwise it can’t perform its function.
Service Scope
- Enterprise Architecture aligns work of Business Strategists and Technical Architects with the overall business strategy
- Enables all IT departments to be working towards the Business Strategy
- EA will help prevent pursuing solutions that are not relevant to business’ goals
- EA will directly correlate IT Investment to Corporate Strategies
- Defines Roles and Responsibilities for the Architecture governance across the organization
Benefits
- Creates common language for Business & IT to communicate about business transformation needs
- Defines initial and ongoing leadership and ownership for Strategic Technology decisions and solutions
- Reduces complexity of designing new service delivery & IT capabilities
- Reduces cost by consolidating technology solutions
Deliverables
- Shared EA Vision
- Communication / Education sessions
- Business / IT Strategy Linkage Process Definition
- Define and Integrate prioritized EA processes
- Initial EA Roles and Responsibilities across organization
- ‘To Be’ Architecture
- Technology Roadmap
- Architecture Governance Process
- Further Refined EA Roles and Responsibilities across organization
- Ongoing Communication / Education sessions
- Service Level Agreement Development