Enterprise Architect Presenation Final
Enterprise Architect Presenation Final
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Dirk Dee Patterson
Arlene Alvarez
Adam Ziegenhals
Briseida Gonzalez
Victor Ambriz
Case Study
Enterprise managers must understand how to use IT to
diminish silo thinking.
They must garner the confidence of upper level execs
and be able to speak all the way down to the production
level.
Their major priority is to establish compliance for their
system.
And must find a way to establish IT solutions according
to how it is best for the company. Ex sony and SAP
Enterprise Architecture
Is applying a method for a current and future
structure and behavior for an organization.
Service-Oriented Architecture
(SOA)
Is to have software resources available as
independent services and these services should
achieve a business objective.
Enterprise Architecture:
Is the mapping of the present and future of the
business
Today Tomorrow
Service-Oriented Architecture
Focus on delivering the services and facilitating the
communication.
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Enterprise Architect
Qualifications
Four Cs: connection, collaboration, communication,
and customers
Map, define, standardize
Macro and micro view of the business
Strategic/Operating level- thorough understanding
Business and technical knowledge
How Enterprise Architecture
Accommodates to Company
Needs
Enterprise Architecture approaches certain company needs which means
that not all companies will have the same approach work for them.
For example:
Toyota Europe has incorporated it in order to map, define, and standardize
technology, data and business processes
Campbell Soup Company has incorporated it to help them work together
before incompatible systems in each department made employees within
the same company unable to share information.
Sony Pictures Entertainment incorporated it in order to have more
efficiency and savings from IT.
W.W. Grainger incorporated it in their ERP project enterprise architecture
was an important role in shaping the needs for completion and assuring
that its design would function with their business requirements.
Value of Enterprise Architecture
- enterprise architecture is not optional
- architecture exists without design
- the point is to make the structure of the
company more operate more efficiently
Value of Enterprise Architecture
- Knowledge Sharing
- Common goals can be established
- Helps build upon business competencies
and strengths
- This combines to help create value within
the company
- Acts as a heads up
Value of Enterprise Architecture
- Ensures that customer receive value
- reduces infrastructure, less work for IT
- Benefit from reduced redundancies
- Build and retain competitive advantage
Value of Mature Enterprise Architecture
After years of a long-term mindset and not
focusing on short-term problems, competitive
advantage is built and more easily sustained
Maturity of a system brings better
synchronization with business leadership
- Helps define future strategy
- Design processes to met goals
- Use goals to implement strategy