How to Evaluate Your Existing Enterprise Architecture?

How to evaluate your existing Enterprise Architecture?

Ulrich Gähler • 1. You need a set of explicit vision-, mission-statements and strategic key success factors in writing. Then you can trace how your EA structures meet the normative and strategic direction.

2. You need a list of change cases your EA ha to react to. For example: Introduction of a new distribution channel, new product line. Then you can analyse whether your EA implements separation of concerns.

3. Use reference architectures if possible (such as Insurance Application Architecture). Where does your EA differ from the EA of competitors or similar businesses – and why?

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Syed Husain

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Syed Husain • I think Ulrich killed it with his answer. The only thing I would add is see if your EA program has support from all the relevant stakeholders. If support isn't there it really doesn't matter how good the rest of your EA is.

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Muhammad Ahmar Shaheen

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Muhammad Ahmar Shaheen • + EA needs a fit-gap analysis in the selective pieces of Product Categories (piloting approach)

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Rémy Fannader

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Rémy Fannader • In terms of capabilities:

Who: access to users and support of devices

What: representation of business objects

How: support of business processes

Where: distribution of locations and activities

When: synchronization of activities

http://caminao.wordpress.com/what-is-to-be-represented/architectures-capabilities/

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David Eddy

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David Eddy • @Jade -

Is there an AS IS inventory of the artifacts in the systems portfolio? How do the artifacts relate to the organization's purpose?

Relying on memory & subject matter experts is akin to the "Six