First Steps in Enterprise Architecture

Paul Hobson, Associate Director - Information Services

“I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may

learn how to do it.”

Pablo Picasso

Disclaimer

I am not an Enterprise Architect

Lean Enterprise Architecture Project

http://leanea.cf.ac.uk/

1. identify business processes requiring improvement

2. examine the role of EA and other supporting methods in improving the processes

3. implement the process using appropriate methods and tools

Objectives

Sickness Absence Notification

External Order Requests

Processes

TOGAF Architecture Development

LEAN Process Improvement

Soft Systems Methodology

Methods

Processes mapped

Data schema designed

Forms and UI developed

Processes implemented

Infrastructure built

Models drawn

Results

FIN(ok, not quite)

We started out with Enterprise Architecture defined, not by

IEEE 1471, but simply by a number:

42

The answer to Life, The Universe, and Everything

It seemed like we were missing something

All we had to do was figure out what

ea in a bubble

“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done

at all”

Peter Drucker

Stepping Outside:

“Our Mission is to pursue research, learning and teaching of international

distinction and impact.”

125 years old and 3 mergers

Cardiff

26000students

> £300m annual income

6000Staff

33 IT and LibraryLocations

28Schools

2Campuses

Strategic Initiatives:

LEAN University

Positive Working Environment

Modern (IT) Working Environment

People

Processes Technology

LEAN

Reducing waste and maximising value in core University business processes

LEAN

People

Processes Technology

MWE

Anytime, any place access to core information

services and applications

Steering Groupchaired by Vice-Chancellor

Research AdministrationLTSE

MWE

An aside: Governance

“A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours”

Milton Berle, US Actor and Comedian

...back to plot

MWE

Anytime, any place access to core information

services and applications

People

Processes Technology

MWE

People

Processes Technology

MWE

Strategic Alignment and Business Change:

People

Processes Technology

Domains

PWE

LEAN MWE

Mapping

PWE

LEAN MWE

Mapping

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Back to ea and TOGAF ADM

AA

EE

RequiremRequirementsents

ManagemManagementent

CCGG

HH BB

DDFF

Pre-Pre-ReqReq

ss

Lean EA

AA

EE

RequiremRequirementsents

ManagemManagementent

CCGG

HH BB

DDFF

Pre-Pre-ReqReq

ss

Lean EA

AA

EE

RequiremRequirementsents

ManagemManagementent

CCGG

HH BB

DDFF

Pre-Pre-ReqReq

ss

Lean EA

Lean EA

C+D = Engineering, not Architecture

Where next?

PWE

LEAN MWE

EA

?http://leanea.cf.ac.uk/

Monday morning. Day 1.

Paul Hobson, Associate Director - Information Services

Where to start?

Start with modelling, as this helps foster understanding

within the IT domain

Learn Marketing

People

Processes Technology

EducateEducateEducate

Embed the discipline across the University in existing business practices

Provide and prove value on cross-initiative projects.

How do you measure value?

People

Processes Technology