Implementing Business Strategies using the Enterprise Architecture

Introduction

• Definitions of the Business Motivation and Business Architecture Models
• Business Architectures vs. Enterprise Architectures

 Business Agility : Elements of the Strategy Models, Business Architectures and Operating Models using ArchiMate

• High level view of the Connections between the Strategy (Motivation) Model, Business Architecture and Operating Models
• The Business Motivation Model (BMM) : Sources of Change and Assessment of Impacts (Influencers, Assessments, SWOT analysis, Potential Impacts),
• Deciding on Desired Results : Business vision, goals, objectives,
• Decision about Means : Missions, strategies, tactics, business policies and rules until operational business elements (business processes, organisation units, liabilities and assets),
• The Business Model Canvas, Strategy Map and Balanced Score Cards: Essential elements of the business architecture,
• The Business Architecture Views of the OMG : From the Strategy View to the Organizational View through Business Capabilities and Value Streams,
• Case Study : Defining Strategies and translating them under Strategy Perspectives and Business Motivation Elements

Business Transformation : From Goals and Objectives to the EA Implementation

• Components of the TOGAF EA Framework and the ADM (Architecture Development Method),
• EA Governance, EA Maturity Model,
• The Capability Based Planning : Definitions, Steps and Illustrations using ArchiMate,
• Establishing an Architecture Capability before undertaking the EA,
• Specifying the Elements of the EA and their relationships using ArchiMate 3.0,
• Case Study : Translate Strategies into the Capability Based Planning Steps using ArchiMate.

Developing the Architecture using the ADM

• Deliverables and artifacts of the Architecture Cycle,
• Risk Management and Risk Mitigation in the ADM,
• Structuring Capabilities on the basis of risks & Impact Analysis,
• Specification of the Roadmap, the GAP analysis,
• Defining Capability Increments,
• Case Study : Create deliverables and artifacts of the Architecture Development Cycle : ensure that traceability is kept with the previous strategies,

Planning the Migration and Implementing the Architecture

• The Migration Planning,
• Potential solutions and dependencies,
• Work Packages of Actions to implement capability increments,
• Management of projects portfolio for assessing business values of the projects and risks,
• ‘Coordinating’ Implementation Projects using Architecture RoadMaps,
• Capability Increments and the Governance of the Implementation,
• Reviews of the Implementation Projects with the Architecture constraints

Summary

• Recap on the steps for an efficient bridge between Strategies and EA Implementation
• Tools that allow connections between Strategies and EA Operating Model steps