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Architecture Review Board
Enterprise Architecture governance is a key function in ensuring that ENTERPRISE’s business and IT investments are closely aligned with its business strategies and priorities from initiation to implementation. The mandate of the Architecture Review Board (ARB) is to provide architecture leadership and make recommendations that ensure the strategic alignment and traceability of business decisions in solution delivery and management of the EA program.
Key areas of focus of its mandate are:
1. Approval of the Enterprise Architecture Program including its associated principles, standards, processes and best practices
2. Ensuring initiatives / projects are aligned to ENTERPRISE’s business strategy and IT strategies and adhere to the requirements as set out in the Enterprise Architecture Program
3. Ensure compliance with the Enterprise Architecture Program and make recommendations for exceptions to align with business and/or technical strategic objectives
4. Ensure consistency across architecture domains and provide a common language to describe strategies, programs, functions and services, information and technologies
5. Review architecturally significant business and solution architecture related changes
6. Review issues and provide direction to architecture and/or architecture review activities
7. Promoting open architecture and reuse of standardized business models, architecture design patterns, common business and IT components, common applications and services to enable agility and flexibility
Solution Architecture Development
Solution Architecture development involves a structured approach to designing and implementing technology solutions that align with business needs.
1. Understand Business Requirements
2. Analyze the Existing Architecture
3. Define the Solution Architecture
4. Develop Architectural Artifacts
5. Validate and Review the Architecture
6. Monitor and Evolve the Architecture
Application Portfolio Management
By implementing Application Portfolio Management, organizations can optimize their IT ecosystem, reduce costs, minimize risks, and accelerate digital transformation.
Application Portfolio Management (APM) is a strategic approach to managing an organization’s applications to align with business goals, optimize costs, and improve operational efficiency. It provides visibility into the application landscape, helping organizations make informed decisions about rationalization, modernization, and governance.
Key Aspects of APM
Application Assessment & Rationalization
Technology and Risk Assessment
Cost and Value Optimization
Governance and Lifecycle Management
Integration with IT Strategy
Continuous Monitoring & Optimization
Enterprise Roadmaps and Planning
Enterprise Architects (EAs) play a critical role in defining and executing Enterprise Roadmaps and Planning to align IT capabilities with business strategy. They ensure that technology investments support long-term business objectives while addressing emerging trends and operational constraints.
By developing Enterprise Roadmaps, Enterprise Architects bridge the gap between business and IT, ensuring that organizations evolve efficiently in an ever-changing technology landscape.
Key Aspects of Enterprise Roadmap Development
Define Target State Architecture
Develop the Enterprise Roadmap
Prioritize & Align IT Initiatives
Stakeholder Engagement & Governance
Execution & Continuous Monitoring
✅ Strategic Roadmaps – Business-aligned IT transformation plans.
✅ Technology Reference Models – Standards and guidelines for enterprise IT.
✅ Application Rationalization Plans – Identifying legacy system modernization.
✅ Cloud & Infrastructure Roadmaps – Defining migration and optimization strategies.
✅ Security & Compliance Roadmaps – Addressing regulatory and cybersecurity needs.
✅ Integration & Data Strategy – Standardizing APIs, data governance frameworks.
Business Capability (Enterprise, Products)
Business Capability Modeling (BCM) is a core activity within Enterprise Architecture (EA) that defines and structures an organization’s abilities to deliver value. A business capability is a high-level abstraction of what the organization does to achieve its objectives. It is stable over time and does not change with organizational structure, processes, or technology.
Capabilities are mapped in a hierarchical structure, typically three levels deep covering:
a. Business Attribute: Customer Management
b. Business Capability: Customer Onboarding
c. Business Capability Function: KYC Verification
Benefits of Business Capability Modeling
✔ Aligns IT with Business Strategy – Ensures IT investments support business goals.
✔ Optimizes Resources & Budgeting – Helps prioritize funding based on capability gaps.
✔ Facilitates Digital Transformation – Provides a roadmap for modernizing outdated processes.
✔ Improves Decision-Making – Supports data-driven architecture and enterprise governance.
Business Capability Model Deliverables
✅ Business Capability Map – A visual representation of the organization’s capabilities.
✅ Capability Maturity Assessment – A framework to evaluate capability effectiveness.
✅ Capability-to-Application Mapping – Identifies technology dependencies and redundancies.
✅ Strategic Roadmap Alignment – Ensures business capabilities drive digital transformation.
Data Models and End to End Pipeline
Enterprise Architecture (EA) plays a crucial role in designing data models and end-to-end data pipelines to ensure seamless data flow, data governance (Master Data Management), and integration across the organization. The goal is to create a scalable, secure, and efficient data ecosystem that supports business intelligence (BI), analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and operational systems.
By implementing robust data models and pipelines, Enterprise Architects ensure scalability, security, and efficiency in handling data across the enterprise, enabling AI-driven insights and digital transformation.
✔ Data Mesh & Data Fabric – Decentralized & domain-driven data management.
✔ Data Cataloging & Metadata Management – Automate lineage tracking (Collibra, Alation).
✔ DataOps & CI/CD for Data Pipelines – Automate testing, versioning, and deployment.
✔ Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Strategy – Design for scalability and vendor independence.
Information Security
Enterprise Architects play a vital role in integrating security into IT ecosystems, ensuring organizations remain resilient, compliant, and prepared for emerging cyber threats. Enterprise Architect focus in this area provides the following value for the organization:
✔ Protects Data & Reputation – Reduces breaches, downtime, and legal exposure.
✔ Ensures Compliance & Trust – Meets regulatory and SOC 2 audit requirements.
✔ Improves Business Resilience – Enables seamless recovery from cyberattacks.
✔ Enhances Agility & Cloud Adoption – Securely scales modern IT architectures.
EA’s Role in SOC 2:
✔ Define cloud security architecture aligned with SOC 2 requirements.
✔ Enforce security policies across applications, APIs, and infrastructure.
✔ Ensure compliance in CI/CD pipelines using DevSecOps practices.
EA’s Role in DR:
✔ Design geo-redundant and hybrid cloud DR architectures.
✔ Implement automated failover with cloud-native DR solutions.
✔ Define incident response playbooks with security teams.
EA’s Role in BCP:
✔ Define business impact analysis (BIA) and identify single points of failure.
✔ Ensure continuous monitoring of enterprise systems.
✔ Design alternative operational models for crisis scenarios.
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With EA, you acquire adaptable capabilities for change and transformation, enabling seamless integration of cutting-edge technologies and concepts like artificial intelligence, blockchain, and IoT into your business framework.
Enterprise Architecture (EA) upholds elevated IT standards to establish sustainable operational frameworks. Utilizing cloud-based visualization tools enables swift evaluation of alterations, facilitating prompt and accurate decision-making.
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