The State of Enterprise
Architecture
MARTIN MYSYK
JANUARY 13, 2015
Agenda
What We Do…
Frameworks and Artifacts
Enterprise Architecture as a Profession
Cloudy with a Chance of EA
Agile and Adaptive Enterprise Architecture
Organizational Change – Where should EA live?
Towards the Future – A Discussion
What We Do…
Enterprise Architecture – Current State
What:
Enterprise architecture (EA) is "a well-defined practice for conducting enterprise analysis,
design, planning, and implementation, using a holistic approach at all times, for the successful
development and execution of strategy. Enterprise architecture applies architecture principles
and practices to guide organizations through the business, information, process, and
technology changes necessary to execute their strategies. These practices utilize the various
aspects of an enterprise to identify, motivate, and achieve these changes.“
Who:
Practitioners of enterprise architecture call themselves enterprise architects. An enterprise
architect is a person responsible for performing this complex analysis of business structure and
processes and is often called upon to draw conclusions from the information collected.
Frameworks and Artifacts
TOGAF
DoDAF
PEAF
Gartner EAF
Zachmann
EA Out of Control?
So YOU Want to be an Enterprise
Architect…
Certification
Education
Employment
Cloudy with a Chance of EA
Gartner PACE Application Layering
◦Systems of Record
◦Systems of Differentiation
◦Systems of Innovation
Adaptive IT
Moving Forward…
TOGAF
SAP EAF
SAP Architecture
Architecture Development Method
Capability driven architecture
development method, focused on
software development
Capability driven architecture
development method, focused on
SAP Solution deployment
Value driven architecture development
method, focused on full exploitation of
SAP (Next Generation) Solutions,
Services and Content
Meta Model
Hybrid approach between software
development and service
architecture style
Hybrid approach between software
development and service
architecture style, supporting SAP
Solutions using a SAP Taxonomy
Simple and robust meta model geared
toward supporting the SAP Architecture
Development Method
Accelerators and Artifacts
Generic templates
Features SAP specific narratives,
templates and worksheets. These
materials are included in the SAP
ASAP 7.1 method.
Proven, architectural deliverables
having cross-industry context to
support re-use for solution design
development and reference purposes
Organizational Change –
Where should
Enterprise
Architecture live in an
Organization?
Moving Forward – Thinking Differently
http://youtu.be/Hdpf-MQM9vY
Summary
Enterprise Architecture:
Provides Value to the Enterprise
Is a valid profession
Needs to change as Business Changes
Has a future that is evolving.
Towards the Future – A Discussion
Contact information:
@martinmysyk
Martin.Mysyk@Microsoft.com
http://www.enterprisearchitecture.ca