Assess and Optimize EA Capability
Right-size the EA operating model to reap the benefits of EA: improve business-IT alignment, lower costs, and decrease time to production.
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Please note that the content on this page is retired. This content is not maintained and may contain information or links that are out of date.Organizations with low EA capability result in:
- Immature EA process and management practices
- Poorly defined EA organization structure, roles, and EA staff competencies
- Inadequate mix of EA tools, artifacts, and deliverables
Organizations with high EA capability result in:
- Lowered non-discretionary IT spend
- Increased ability to deal with increasing IT complexity
- Improved IT agility to meet demanding business imperatives
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Module 1: Develop a sponsored mandate for EA capability
The Purpose
- Get formal sign-off authorizing the project execution
- Establish EA’s responsibility and authority
Key Benefits Achieved
- Identified and engaged EA capability stakeholders.
- Determined organizational scope, i.e. responsibility and authority of EA.
- Identified business drivers for optimizing an EA capability.
- Analyzed organizational context.
- Secured executive support and authorization to execute the EA capability optimization project.
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| 1.1 | Analyze stakeholders |
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| 1.2 | Determine scope |
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| 1.3 | Identify business drivers |
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Module 2: Establish a capability purpose and strategic direction
The Purpose
- Define the EA capability direction and purpose
Key Benefits Achieved
- Developed EA capability vision and mission statements.
- Defined EA capability goals and measures.
- Created EA principles.
- Assessed current and determined target EA capability level.
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| 2.1 | Write EA capability vision statement |
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| 2.2 | Craft EA capability mission statement |
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| 2.3 | Define goals and measures |
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| 2.4 | Create EA principles |
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| 2.5 | Assess current state EA |
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| 2.6 | Determine target EA capability level |
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Module 3: Document EA management process
The Purpose
- Define and standardize EA operating model at the logic level
Key Benefits Achieved
- Created an EA policy.
- Defined EA management practices.
- Defined interactions between EA management and other processes.
- Defined EA capability performance and value measurement approach.
- Created an EA Communication Plan.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Create an EA policy |
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| 3.2 | Define EA management practices |
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| 3.3 | Define interactions between EA management and other processes |
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| 3.4 | Define EA capability performance and value measurement approach |
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| 3.5 | Create an EA Communication Plan |
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Module 4: Design EA organization and roles
The Purpose
- Ensure the EA function has authority over all areas of its influence to be able to direct and verify EA compliance
Key Benefits Achieved
- Designed EA organization structure.
- Defined EA roles, and required skills and proficiency levels.
- Determined required EA staff capacity.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 4.1 | Design EA organization structure |
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| 4.2 | Define EA roles |
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| 4.3 | Define required skills and proficiency levels for EA roles |
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| 4.4 | Determine required EA staff capacity |
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Module 5: Standardize EA tools and work products
The Purpose
- Standardize EA tools and work products to promote consistency across the enterprise
Key Benefits Achieved
- Established the need for an EA repository.
- Defined next steps for implementing EA tools.
- Established the need and defined next steps to standardize EA work products.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 5.1 | Implement an EA repository |
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| 5.2 | Decide on EA tools to be used |
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| 5.3 | Define EA artifacts and deliverables |
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Module 6: Develop an EA capability improvement plan and roadmap
The Purpose
- Plan to improve the EA operating model
Key Benefits Achieved
- Consolidated and refined the steps required to roll out the target EA operating model.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 6.1 | Define EA capability improvement actions |
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| 6.2 | Draw an EA capability improvement roadmap |
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