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Introducing the Enterprise Architecture Toolkit
Mike WalkerArchitecture StrategistArchitecture Strategy TeamMicrosoft Corporation
Agenda
What is Enterprise Architecture?
Challenges in Enterprise Architecture
Announcing the Microsoft Enterprise Architecture Toolkit (EATK)
Purpose of the EATK
EATK tooling alignment
Demo
Enterprise ArchitectureIt Is…
A function that spans IT, Business and Operation lines to optimize the enterprise to fulfill the strategic mission of the organization
Performed By…Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, Domain Architects
Executes Within…Governance Frameworks, Operation Models, Review Boards
That Produces…Information that is used to support decisions in the enterprise.
Creates processes for implementing or augmenting new and existing technologies
A baseline architecture roadmap
Library of Architecture Patterns and Standards
Processes to create Technology Life Cycles
Challenges
Little industry definition of the role of an Architect
Loose standards adoption
Competing or conflicting Frameworks
Enterprises do not understand their assets
Legacy technology hinders forward progress
Challenges with Tools
EA Tools are Niche and Fragmented
Source: http://www.enterprise-architecture.info/EA_Tools.htm
Consolidate EA Tooling
Community Strategy Management Repository
Modeling
Enterprise ArchitectureToolkit
Objectives of EATK
Rationalize in terms of scenarios
Leverage existing enterprise tooling for your EA practices
Empowerment of EA’s for reporting, self-service workflows and inherent governance
Addresses EA organizations that:
Need pragmatic guidance and tooling
Want to ease IT governance
Have little money to spend on EA tooling
In need of a “solution accelerator”
EATK Scenarios
Architecture Creation
Collaborative Solution Architecture
Architecture Visualization
IT Strategy Management
Total Cost of Ownership
Principles, Policies and Standards Management
Repository Capabilities
Core of the EA Reference Architecture
Supports all the scenarios
Provides critical data to expose meaningful data to the EA
Bridges together several LOB and Operational Systems
Information Model is Federated
Existing meta-data schema’s exist today that may be able to be leveraged
EATK Repository
Building blocks for EA Meta-Data Repository
Services Layer for Information Access
Bridges Existing MS Assets such as:
Portfolio Mgmt. (Project Server)
Operational Mgmt (MOF)
IEEE 1471 Based XML Schema
Project Management
Application Portfolio Mgmt
Architectures
Configuration Management
Incident Management
Development
Business Architecture
Community CapabilitiesBuilding communities and collaboration is
key to the role of an EA
Architecting Solutions is a collaborative
effort
Scenarios Include:
Architecture Development –
Coordination with project teams and
domain architects.
Architecture Reviews – Aid for ARB’s
and project teams
Creation of organizational governance –
Principles, Policies, Standards and
design patterns.
Information sharing
Rewards Program (e.g., List of Top
Architects)
“…85% of a the typical S&P 500
company’s market value is the
result of intangible assets. These
intangible assets is the result of
it’s people, it’s human capital…
It’s no longer what you own that
counts but what you know …”
Craig Symons, Forrester
Research
Strategy Capabilities
Facilitation of Strategy Development
Strategies are put together by understanding:
Key Business Imperatives
Uncontrollable External Forces (Competition, Natural Disasters, Economic)
Business and IT Capabilities
Current Assets
Community Buy-In
“Research consistently reveals that when companies institute a portfolio approach, IT expenditures
decline by 15% to 20% without significant negative impact”
- Bryan Mazlish, Robert Handler “IT Portfolio Management Step-by-Step: Unlocking the Business Value of
Technology”
Management Capabilities
EA Process injection into the SDLC process
Application Portfolio Mgmt Process
Architecture Review Board Process
Must provide mechanisms to pull metrics form all sources
Principle, policy and standards development process
Design Patterns development
EA KPI/Dashboard
Architecture Documentation
CIO Magazine: State of the CIO
2007 Surveyhttp://www.cio.com/state/survey_slideshow/index.html
Modeling Capabilities
Modeling is the core to
architecture activities at all
levels:
Business Architecture
Application Architecture
Domain Architectures
Visio is widely used as modeling
tool of choice
EATK Enhances on Visio’s built-
in Capabilities
Architecture
Meta-Data
EATK Portal
Lists
Visio
Libraries
Architecture
Word Task Panes
MOSS Presentation Services
Web Parts FormsLists Project Parts
MOSS Application Services
Collaboration- Ent. Search- Presence
Human Workflow Services (WF)
PSI Forwarder
Project Server
Project Server Interface
Business Objects
Data Access
Outlook Web PartsOpen
Extensibility
Windows SharePoint Services (WSS 3.0)Base Services (RMS | Document Libraries)
Forms Server
WSS ContentWSS
ConfigProject Server
Architecture Meta-data Store
Web
Services
Portal
Call to Action
You got posters at the conference. Hang them up!
Keep your eyes out for the Beta Release of the EATK
Review the Enterprise Architecture Portal on MSDN (http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/EA )
Talk to your Account Mgr about the EATK POC program
QUESTIONS?
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Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted
to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.