In my previous article I describe the role of the Solution Architect within
the TOGAF ADM, mostly acting between phases E to G, with a specific focus on
E (Opportunities and Solutions) and F (Migration Planning). This article will
cover the role in phase G: Implementation governance.
The objective of that phase is to formulate recommendations for each
implementation project, and govern and manage an architecture contract
covering the overall system implementation and deployment. In companies where
the maturity is high, it would be perfectly acceptable to have the Solution
Architect acting in the name of the Enterprise Architecture team and
coordinate activities during the phase G.
TOGAF defines objectives during that phase and each of them may be detailed
as follows.
► To formulate recommendations for each implementation project (Source:
TOGAF 9)
The Solution Architec... (more)
Governance is currently a key topic for many IT functions. Its definition
varies, but its key themes are true for all companies: effectiveness,
efficiency, and reliability. Business value and risk mitigation are also at
its center and represent a significant part of enterprise governance overall.
Due to the horizontal nature of IT, where almost everyone in the enterprise
uses IT assets to complete their responsibilities, the impact of effective IT
governance is quite visible throughout an organization.
IT governance defines a structure of relationships, processes, and
measurement... (more)
OneCMDB Version 2.0 is a real interesting concept and product as this may be
one of the first IT Service Management solution developed in an Open Source
mode. It will not replace your Service Desk solution but may help companies
with limited budget or companies which have a wide diversity of existing
catalogs of assets. It is only covering Configuration Management as a process
and in some way IT Assets management. For those who are using Nagios, there
exist some connectors.
This has been initially developed by Lokomo Systems using Java but I’m not
sure how does that fit with the ... (more)
Phase H in TOGAF helps to describe how to create a viable implementation and
migration plan in co-operation with the portfolio and project managers. Very
often companies already have in place a Project Portfolio Management
framework and there may be a need to integrate your enterprise architecture
with that.
As an example, PMI has introduced a standard for Portfolio Management, and
portfolio managers have a resource to help them develop professionally and
achieve success for themselves and their enterprise. Within an organization,
a portfolio represents a collection of active pro... (more)
Interesting enough a few days ago a new version of the CMDB federation
Whitepaper has been posted. The list of participants is impressive as we find
every key players in ITSM including Microsoft…CA, IBM, BMC, Fujitsu, HP and
Microsoft have worked together to propose a standard for federating data from
ITIL compliant CMDB repositories. The intention is to submit their
achievement to a standard body sometimes this year. For the time being, this
is a draft which is reviewed by the main IT Service Management actors.
In this current version, there are explanations how to push or pull
... (more)
Serge Thorn is currently developing and delivering new Enterprise Architecture consultancy and training services, implementing Governance and managing IT Operations.
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