When introducing Enterprise Architecture as a program or initiative, it is
regularly done from an IT perspective rarely considering what the costs will
be and if there will be any return on investment. This presents a particular
challenge to Enterprise Architecture.
Generally speaking, IT departments have all sorts of criteria to justify
projects and measure their performance. They use measurements and metrics,
KPIs. Going to the solution level, they commonly use indicators such as
percentage uptime for systems from the System Management team, error rates
for applications from the Development Support team, or number of calls
resolved on the first call from the Service Desk, etc. These KPIs usually are
defined at an early stage and very often delivered in dashboards from various
support applications.
On the other hand it is much more difficult to define and implement ... (more)
Every company should plan regular architecture capability maturity
assessments using a model. These should provide a framework that represents
the key components of a productive enterprise architecture process. A model
provides an evolutionary way to improve the overall process that starts out
in an ad hoc state, transforms into an immature process, and then finally
becomes a well defined, disciplined, managed and mature process. The goal is
to enhance the overall odds for success of the enterprise architecture by
identifying weak areas and providing a defined path towards improv... (more)
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Asmore enterprises engage in public, private and hybrid cloud computing
services,they face new sets of security and compliance challenges. As a
result of therapid transition and growing capabilities of the cloud,
enterprises must evolvetheir security framework to include powerful yet
flexible governance, risk andcompliance policies.
Jointhis online summit to hear from top security experts, including Serge
Thorn (Chief Information Officer,Architecting the Enterprise), AndyBurton
(Chairman, Cloud Industry Forum) and Vernon Poole (Head Consultant, Sapphire)
as they share theirinsigh... (more)
I will be delivering a speech at the next Open Group Conference in San Diego
on the subject of Architecting the Cloud, February 9, 2011.
Taking place at 9:45am, “Cloud Computing requires Enterprise Architecture
and TOGAF™ 9 Can Show the Way “
Abstract: Most companies doing Enterprise Architecture are wondering how to
approach Cloud Computing and how does it fits in TOGAF 9. This presentation
is a suggested approach which has been used by some companies.
Key takeaways:
When does it make sense to use Cloud Computing in a company which does
Enterprise Architecture What suggested add... (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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