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Why Architecting the Enterprise?

  • Introduction: Current challenges in Enterprise and IT governance
  • Legacy Systems and the need for evolution
  • Business Architecture versus Enterprise Architecture: similarities and distinctions

The Fundamentals

  • Architecting the Enterprise: Core principles
  • Strategic Alignment
  • Business and IT Repository
  • Logical n-tier Architectures
  • Application technologies: ERP, SCM, web portals
  • Integration architectures and Service Architectures: EAI and ESB
  • Service-Oriented Architectures: Roles of BPM and BAM

Enterprise Architecture Strategies and Methodologies

  • "As-is" and "To-be" system cartographies: Defining the roadmap
  • Structures to better align IT with strategic goals
  • Methodological approaches
  • Connections with development processes

Enterprise Architecture Content Framework

  • Identifying enterprise business functions
  • Mapping actors and business functions
  • Aligning business strategies
  • Patterns for IT system architecture
  • Zones, squares, and blocks
  • Identifying exchanges via services and events
  • Modeling inter-block exchanges and data objects to support business process realization

Building the Repository and Data Architectures

  • Master Data Management (MDM)
  • Granularity Management
  • Modeling Languages
  • Defining the meta-model and architecture rules
  • Developing the Enterprise Architecture Repository

Architecture Cartography Reference Layers

  • Business, Functional, Application, and Technical Layers
  • Links between Strategic and Business Views
  • Traceability between Business and Functional Views
  • Traceability between Functional and Application Views
  • Bridges to the Technical View

Value Creation through 'Enterprise Architecture'

  • Contribution to business value
  • Best Practices
  • The Enterprise Architecture Roadmap
  • Perspectives

Tools

  • Business Process and Cartography Management tools
  • Case study presentation

Note: The above training and mentoring sessions are conducted interactively using Business Modeling tools to ensure a high level of traceability between business specifications and their execution. Concepts are first explained using basic examples and are then followed by solution drafts for your specific problems. Following this session, we can assist you by reviewing and validating your solutions tailored to your needs.

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