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Why Architect the Enterprise?

  • Introduction: Current challenges in Enterprise and IT governance
  • Legacy Systems and the need for evolution
  • Business Architecture and Enterprise Architecture: similarities and differences

The Fundamentals

  • Principles of Enterprise Architecture
  • Strategic Alignment
  • Business and IT Repository
  • Logical N-Tier Architectures
  • Application Technologies: ERP, SCM, Web Portals
  • Integration Architectures and Service Architectures: EAI and ESB
  • Service-Oriented Architectures: Roles of BPM and BAM

Enterprise Architecture Strategies and Methodologies

  • "As Is" and "To Be" system cartographies: determining the roadmap
  • Structures to better align IT with Strategies
  • Approaches and methodologies
  • Connections with development processes

Enterprise Architecture Content Framework

  • Identifying enterprise business functions
  • Cartography of actors and business functions
  • Aligning business strategies
  • Patterns for architecting the IT system
  • Zones, squares, and blocks
  • Identifying exchanges using services and events
  • Modeling inter-block exchanges and data objects to support business process execution

Building the Repository and Data Architectures

  • Master Data Management (MDM)
  • Granularity Management
  • Modeling Languages
  • Definition of the meta-model and architecture rules
  • Developing the Enterprise Architecture Repository

Architecture Cartography Reference Layers

  • Business, Functional, Application, and Technical Layers
  • Links between Strategic and Business Views
  • Traceability between the Business and Functional Views
  • Traceability between the Functional and Application Views
  • Bridges to the Technical View

The Value Creation of 'Enterprise Architecture'

  • Contribution to business value
  • Best Practices
  • The Enterprise Architecture Roadmap
  • Perspectives

Tools

  • Business Process and Cartography Management tools
  • Case study presentation

Note: The above training and mentoring sessions are conducted interactively using Business Modeling tools to ensure a high level of traceability between business specifications and their execution. Concepts are initially explained using basic examples, followed by solution drafts for your own challenges. After this session, we can support you by reviewing and validating your solutions based on your specific needs.

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