Enterprise Architecture Research Center
Tools and methods to support EA & IT leaders establish, optimize, and navigate the enterprise architecture function throughout the EA landscape within their organization.
Talk to an AnalystEnterprise Architecture Landscape
Enterprise architecture (EA) is a complex and cross-functional discipline, and understanding how each architectural domain interlinks to drive business value can be challenging. Demystifying this challenge for key EA roles and aligning architectural practices to how they drive measurable business outcomes is needed and will significantly help achieve better results. Our approach simplifies this complexity through these four sections:
Bridge the Gap Between Key Enterprise Strategies
Establish an enterprise architecture strategy that is in collaboration with other holistically influential strategies.
Define the Enterprise Architecture Governance Framework
Ensure EA governance plays an influential role in driving the EA strategy forward and placing the operating model for success.
Design and Execute Your Operating Model
Position the EA operating model to be strategic and tactical.
Design and Build Your Architectures
Apply strategic thinking to domain architectures.
The Importance of Enterprise Architecture
Poor decisions made today have significant future impacts. Good architectural decisions are key to unlocking value today and reducing risk for the future. Working collaboratively with the business stakeholders to demonstrate how enterprise architecture supports scalability, integrations, and enhancements is key to EA and business success. Refer to the visual below when navigating the EA journey for your organization:
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STRATEGY
Bridge the Gap Between Key Enterprise Strategies
Establish an EA strategy that aligns with other key enterprise strategies.
Enterprise Architecture Strategy and Foundations
Strategize and define your core enterprise architecture journey.
Design an enterprise architecture strategy.
Develop an Enterprise Content Management Strategy and Roadmap Enterprise Architecture TrendsEnable the enterprise architecture strategy with the right technology.
Select an EA Tool Based on Business and User Need Software Selection Research CenterInfluences on EA Direction and Priorities
Align with key enterprise strategies.
Address business strategy effectively.
Define Your Digital Business StrategyAddress IT strategy effectively.
IT Strategy Research Center Trends & Priorities Research Center2
GOVERNANCE
Define the Enterprise Architecture Governance Framework
Ensure EA governance plays an influential role in driving the EA strategy forward and placing the operating model for success.
Define Your EA Governance Framework and Integrate With Enterprise Risk Management
Focus on process standardization, repeatability, and sustainability.
Define your EA governance framework.
Create a Right-Sized Enterprise Architecture Governance FrameworkIntegrate enterprise risk management.
Integrate IT Risk Into Enterprise Risk Achieve Digital Resilience by Managing Digital Risk3
OPERATING MODEL
Design and Execute Your EA Operating Model
Position the EA operating model to incrementally improve your architectural landscape, deliver consistent business value, and achieve your strategic architectural goals and objectives.
Establish the EA Operating Model’s Foundation
Make your enterprise architecture operating model relevant.
Define your EA operating model.
Agile Enterprise Architecture Operating ModelAlign to your IT operating model.
Visualize the IT Operating ModelBuild Portfolio Architectural Capabilities & Services
Translate stakeholder objectives into architecture requirements, solutions, and changes.
Align the enterprise’s strategy to the architecture landscape relevant to your industry.
Industry Reference ArchitecturesArchitect and design your enterprise’s solutions effectively.
Create an Architecture for AI Artificial Intelligence Research CenterEffectively manage your solution architecture services.
Enhance Your Solution Architecture PracticesExecute Your Architectural Services
Position your architectural services to deliver business value by aligning to corporate change and service management practices.
Product, project, and portfolio management.
Develop a Project Portfolio Management Strategy Product Lifecycle Management Research Center Optimize IT Project Intake, Approval, and PrioritizationOperate with agility.
Decide if You Are Ready for SAFe Service Management Integration With Agile Practices Agile/DevOps Research CenterService management.
Service Management Research Center Create a Service Management Roadmap4
ARCHITECTURES
Design and Build Your Architectures
Apply strategic thinking to your domain architectures.
Business Architecture
Plan your organization’s capabilities to enable agility, efficiency, innovation, and reduce risk.
Align your business architecture to a strategy.
Build a Business-Aligned IT StrategyArchitect and design your enterprise’s business posture effectively.
Map Your Business Architecture to Define Your StrategyEffectively manage your business architecture services.
Build a Winning Business Process Automation Playbook Build Better WorkflowsSecurity Architecture
Evolve the security architecture in alignment with the security landscape.
Align your security architecture to a strategy.
Build an Information Security Strategy Start With Security Strategy and Foundations Establish Effective Security Governance & ManagementArchitect and design your enterprise’s security effectively.
Identify Opportunities to Mature the Security ArchitectureEffectively manage your security architecture services.
Build a Service-Based Security Resourcing Plan Identify the Components of Your Cloud Security Architecture Assess and Govern Identity SecurityInformation and Data Architecture
Manage data change effectively and efficiently.
Data and Analytics Research Center
Align your information and data architecture to a strategy.
Develop an Enterprise Content Management Strategy and Roadmap Build a Robust and Comprehensive Data Strategy Build a Data Architecture RoadmapArchitect and design your enterprise’s information and data effectively.
Build Foundational Structures With Information Architecture Modernize Data Architecture for Measurable Business ResultsEffectively manage your information and data architecture services.
Build a Data Pipeline for Reporting and Analytics Build Your Data Practice and PlatformApplication Architecture
Evolve and enhance your application architecture.
Align your application architecture to a strategy.
Rationalize Your Application Portfolio Deliver Digital Products at ScaleArchitect and design your enterprise’s applications effectively.
Build an ERP Strategy and RoadmapEffectively manage your application architecture services.
Build Your Enterprise Application Implementation PlaybookInfrastructure Architecture
Drive efficiency in the execution of your infrastructure.
Align your infrastructure architecture to a strategy.
Build a Strategic Infrastructure Roadmap Document Your Cloud StrategyArchitect and design your enterprise’s infrastructure effectively.
Design Your Cloud OperationsEffectively manage your infrastructure architecture services.
Core Infrastructure & Data CenterIntegration Architecture
Develop sustainable integration practices that support agility and reduce risk.
Align your integration architecture to a strategy.
Build a Data Integration StrategyArchitect and design your enterprise’s integration posture effectively.
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Software Best Data Integration (DI) ToolsEffectively manage your integration architecture services.
Integration Research Center