- The enterprise architecture (EA) team is constantly challenged to articulate the value of its function.
- The CIO has asked the EA team to help articulate the business value the team brings.
- Traceability from the business goals and vision to the EA contributions often does not exist.
- Also, clients often struggle with complexity, priorities, and agile execution.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- EA can deliver many benefits to an organization. However, to increase the likelihood of success, the EA group needs to deliver value to the business and cannot be seen solely as IT.
- Support from the organization is needed.
- An EA strategy anchored in a value proposition will ensure that EA focuses on driving the most critical outcomes in support of the organization’s enterprise strategy.
- As agility is not just for project execution, architects need to understand ways to deliver their guidance to influence project execution in real time, to enable the enterprise agility, and to enhance their responsiveness to changing conditions.
Impact and Result
- Create an EA value proposition based on enterprise needs that clearly articulates the expected contributions of the EA function.
- Establish the EA fundamentals (vision and mission statement, goals and objectives, and principles) needed to position the EA function to deliver the promised value proposition.
- Identify the services that EA has to provide to the organization to deliver on the promised value proposition.
Member Testimonials
After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this blueprint and what our clients have to say.
9.3/10
Overall Impact
$69,359
Average $ Saved
30
Average Days Saved
Client
Experience
Impact
$ Saved
Days Saved
Amedisys Holding, LLC
Guided Implementation
7/10
$1,096
1
I think given our capacity and investment in EA at Amedisys, the tools and practice recommended by InfoTech is not going to be a fit. We need a mor... Read More
The Boyd Group Inc.
Workshop
9/10
N/A
20
Best parts - Helped raise my teams awareness and level of strategic thinking as pertains to EA. Helped us form a shared consensus of what it means... Read More
City of Scottsdale, Arizona
Guided Implementation
10/10
$13,700
50
An excellent way to leverage the concept of "standing on the shoulders" of the people that came before you-learn the good and not make the mistakes... Read More
Firstmac Limited
Guided Implementation
7/10
$1,820
2
positive alignment session on the arcitectural approach linking to business capability
Alcoa Corporation
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
N/A
As we continue to navigate our Enterprise Architecture (EA) journey, his invaluable advice and guidance was great input. His insights have always b... Read More
Oregon Department of Employment
Workshop
10/10
N/A
N/A
Howard Feng did a great job facilitating this workshop. Howard is very knowledgeable and gave the Oregon Employment Department a great start to dev... Read More
DKV Euro Service GmbH + Co. KG
Guided Implementation
9/10
N/A
5
Wayne went above and beyond in his answers, he is a truly experienced EA
Oregon Secretary of State
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
120
It's an art to distill such volume and complexity of subject matter into a distilled, digestible form.
Auckland Transport
Guided Implementation
9/10
$136K
23
Discussing the Intake Funnel / business advisory squad Info-Tech's Operational model blueprint
Kardex Germany GmbH
Guided Implementation
9/10
$25,000
20
Very good artifacts and materials, properly explained
Toronto Community Housing Corporation
Guided Implementation
10/10
$23,500
10
raise great perspectives to ensure holistic realistic thinking has been applied
Blue Cross of Idaho Health Service, Inc.
Workshop
8/10
N/A
10
Difficult to estimate financial impact. Thank you for running us through a well-organized workshop with valuable conversation. We look forward to... Read More
Loto-Québec
Guided Implementation
10/10
$10,000
5
Hearst Technology, Inc.
Guided Implementation
9/10
N/A
10
Kuvare US Holdings
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
N/A
Worst: I was late and missed out on some time with Altaz. Best: The collaboration, understanding, and ideas/output from Altaz is fantastic. He is ... Read More
Shared Services Canada - Chief Information Office
Guided Implementation
9/10
N/A
1
MASC
Guided Implementation
9/10
N/A
10
Good experience as a whole. Knowledgeable consultant in the topic. The service could improve by making best practice and methodologies more concr... Read More
Sydney Water
Guided Implementation
9/10
$4,550
2
Very Knowledgeable and has lost of examples and reference documents.
DPHI – Department of Planning, Housing & Infrastructure
Guided Implementation
9/10
$14,560
10
Ministry of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology
Workshop
10/10
$68,500
120
The best part was having a new understanding of what my Ministry should be trying to accomplish and replicate to other Ministries and Departments a... Read More
Halifax Port Authority
Guided Implementation
8/10
$50,000
20
Nitin provided an excellent overview of Info-Tech's Enterprise Architecture strategy blueprint, including the advisory service, workshops, and cons... Read More
General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc
Workshop
9/10
$13,700
5
Overall the experience was excellent. The best part was working on the EA Services RACI and Roadmap. The worst part was we could have used more t... Read More
California Department of Toxic Substances Control
Guided Implementation
10/10
$2,740
50
Nitin is an excellent consultant and advisor, he definitely has added value and insight in DTSC's creation of an EA strategy.
Kentucky Fried Chicken UK
Guided Implementation
10/10
$3,420
5
Community Health Choice, Inc.
Workshop
10/10
$137K
100
The workshop was very enlighten to the entire team as we had a misconception of what the responsibilities of an EA. We all enjoyed everything abou... Read More
Amey
Guided Implementation
10/10
$5,130
3
US Department of the Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service
Workshop
9/10
$1.1M
100
The first workshop was not what FWS expected, however once they received feedback they delivered what we had hoped on the first go around.
NSW Police
Workshop
10/10
$22,750
10
Excellent engagement during workshop, and Gerald provided myself and the EA team with a clear direction on how to move forward with some of our key... Read More
BRP Group
Workshop
10/10
$137K
50
Best part was lots of engagement from the team members.
Langara College
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
90
Infotech has a clear structured approach and experience with the work we needed help with. Having them to validate our issues and advise on the ne... Read More
Enterprise Architecture
EA teams need to understand the dynamic relationship between organizational complexity, operational maturity, and stakeholder value. This relationship forms the foundation for building value-driven roadmaps anchored in stakeholder needs..
This course makes up part of the Service Planning & Architecture Certificate.
- Course Modules: 4
- Estimated Completion Time: 1 hour
- Featured Analysts:
- Gord Harrison, SVP Research & Advisory
- Arif Mustafa, Research Director, Enterprise Architecture
Workshop: Design an Enterprise Architecture Strategy
Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn't enough, we offer low-cost delivery of our project workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a roadmap in place to complete your project successfully.
Module 1: Map the EA Contributions to Business Goals
The Purpose
Show an example of traceability.
Key Benefits Achieved
Members have a real-world example of traceability between business goals and EA contributions.
Activities
Outputs
Start from the business goals of the organization.
- Business goals documented.
Document business and IT drivers.
- Business and IT drivers documented.
Identify EA contributions that help achieve the business goals.
- Identified EA contributions and traced them to business goals.
Module 2: Determine the Role of the Architect in the Agile Ceremonies of the Organization
The Purpose
Create an understanding about role of architect in Agile ceremonies.
Key Benefits Achieved
Understanding of the role of the EA architect in Agile ceremonies.
Activities
Outputs
Document the Agile ceremony used in the organization (based on SAFe or other Agile approaches).
- Documented the Agile ceremonial used in the organization (based on SAFe or other Agile approaches).
Determine which ceremonies the system architect will participate in.
- Determined which ceremonies the system architect will participate in.
Determine which ceremonies the solution architect will participate in.
- Determined which ceremonies the solution architect will participate in.
Determine which ceremonies the enterprise architect will participate in.
- Determined which ceremonies the enterprise architect will participate in.
Determine architect syncs, etc.
- Determined architect syncs, etc.