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TOGAF Whitepaper ROLE OF ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE AS A CAPABILITY IN TODAYS WORLD - 2 PDF
TOGAF Whitepaper ROLE OF ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE AS A CAPABILITY IN TODAYS WORLD - 2 PDF
ENTERPRISE
ARCHITECTURE
AS A CAPABILITY IN TODAYS WORLD
A whitepaper on Enterprise Architecture in the 21st century
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ROLE OF
ENTERPRISE
ARCHITECTURE
AS A CAPABILITY IN TODAYS WORLD
Contents
Introduction ..............................................................................................................................................
Summary ...................................................................................................................................................
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ARCHITECTURE
AS A CAPABILITY IN TODAYS WORLD
1. Introduction
The practice of Enterprise Architecture has been around for a long time. In recent
years, the focus has increasingly shifted to establishing it as a dedicated practice,
and emphasis upon garnering concomitant resources & skills has gained traction.
Business drivers have changed, operating models have become more nimble,
consumer touch points have increased, and maturity of the consumer when
interacting with the firm has increased multi-fold. As a result, information-sharing
and processing across the enterprise that delivers real business outcomes is in
greater demand. This requires better understanding of the business ecosystem,
the trends in using information technology to drive business services among
partners, and the capability that exists with an enterprise.
This article focuses on the capability components that define an EA practice, the
drivers for such capability, and the benefits realised by leveraging them as a
business capability.
2. What is Enterprise
Architecture Capability?
Enterprise Architecture is a practice that enables an organization to define,
develop, and deliver successful business outcomes sustainably by leveraging
business, information, application, and technology resources.
The sustainability is driven by bringing effectiveness, efficiency, alignment, and
agility into the capability across People, Process and Technology components.
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ENTERPRISE
ARCHITECTURE
AS A CAPABILITY IN TODAYS WORLD
A well-developed
experience-sharing
mechanism within
an enterprise
COMPONENTS
OF ENTERPRISE
ARCHITECTURE
CAPABILITY
A structured team to
establish capability
components across the
Reference models
for developing
roadmaps along
the maturity
trajectory
enterprise
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AS A CAPABILITY IN TODAYS WORLD
Learning Strategy
Every enterprise must possess the listening capability to look at the
business environment outside in order to be proactive in embracing
change to help achieve business outcomes. While business strategy exists
to steer the enterprise, an approach that takes into account EA would help
achieve better outcomes.
A DDD Process
A fully defined process to define, develop, and deliver the capability
across the enterprise.
A Structured Team
A strong team whose members can complement each other on business,
technology, leadership skills, domain expertise, abstract thinking,
and efficient execution.
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ARCHITECTURE
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ARCHITECTURE
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4. The Benefits of
Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise Architecture embeds its capability into the domains of Business,
Technology and Strategy. The following are strategic benefits every enterprise
can avail of:
Enterprise architecture helps to achieve effectiveness, efficiency,
alignment, and agility of an enterprise.
It provides greater visibility in terms of ones ability to
participate and run the business with its ecosystem.
It helps to fill internal capability gaps to increase ROI.
5. Summary
In summary, enterprises today need more insights into the drivers that change
the way they do business, customer touch points, and the capabilities that are
needed to achieve business goals. EA as a core practice can help enterprises get
greater insights.
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Hari Ramachandra
A business technology professional reflecting strong leadership qualifications with hands-on
experience in Information (EIM) strategy, enterprise architecture, practice leadership,
solution consulting and delivery management. His focus areas are BI & Analytics architecture,
Information strategy & governance, Road mapping and execution of transformation projects.
Hari holds a masters in management and computer applications. His certifications include
TOGAF and IT Governance.
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