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Mike Walker | Chief Architect | Enterprise Architecture IP | Microsoft Serviceshttp://www.MikeTheArchitect.com

The New World of Enterprise Architecture

From IT Architecture to Enterprise Architecture

Who am I?

Today'sSession

Today'sSession

Where Are We Going?

The Mindset Shift

Complementing Methods, Models and Tools to TOGAF

How Does Microsoft Address Enterprise Architecture

Where are we going?

WHERE Are We Going?

Innovation for Growth

More than Technology

Corporate Sustainability

Enterprise Transformation

On-premises

Cloud

Meaningful BusinessPartnerships

Drive through Emotional

Intelligence

Characteristics of EA

But only 27% thought that this actually happened at their companies.

Source: McKinseyQuarterly.com, November 2009“Time to Raise the CIO’s Game,” by Michael Chui, Par Edin, and James Manyika

71% of IT and business executives said that IT must be tightly integrated with business strategy.

We See the Evidence

Maturity of EA

Center for Information Center Systems Research (CISR) 2009 MIT Sloan CISR – Ross Source: Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution, J. Ross, P. Weill, D. Robertson, HBS Press, 2006

Maturity Models

Center for Information Center Systems Research (CISR) 2009 MIT Sloan CISR – Ross Source: Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution, J. Ross, P. Weill, D. Robertson, HBS Press, 2006

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Duality of Architecture

Ensure Balancing of EA

The MindsetShift

What you do

How you do it

Why you do it

Emotional Intelligence

Intelligence

Harmonizing our Approach

Technical Know-HowArchitecture Trade-Offs

Expert in [x] TechnologyUnderstands Architecture

Styles and PatternsSenior Coder

IQ

Technical Know-HowArchitecture Trade-Offs

Expert in [x] TechnologyUnderstands Architecture

Styles and PatternsSenior Coder

IQMotivational Reflective & Self AwareFosters RelationshipsOrganizational DynamicsSocially AwareBusiness Savvy

EQ

Thank YouComplementary Methods, Models

and Tools

http://www.mikethearchitect.com/2010/07/the-enterprise-architecture-capability-model-eacm.html

Capabilities of EA

http://www.mikethearchitect.com/2010/07/the-enterprise-architecture-capability-model-eacm.html

Key EA Capability

Motivation Model Benefits Dependency NetworkStrategy Maps

Why

Capability Map

Wha

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Value Chain, Shop, Network

How

Functional & Organizational Decomposition

Who

IT Portfolio Plan Roadmap Business Transformation Plan

Whe

nBusiness Enablement Models

“Vision without implementation is hallucination." – Benjamin Franklin

Enterprise Architecture Connects Strategy & Implementation

Initiatives

Programs & Projects

Connecting Strategy & Implementation

Strategy

Implementation

A Peek IntoHow

Microsoft Does EA

The Microsoft Enterprise Strategy Program

Enterprise Strategy Network Enterprise Strategy Library

Value Realization FrameworkEnterprise Architects

340,000+ computers121,000 end users98 countries441 buildings6 forests 16 DomainsCorp Forest

9 Domains~1 million objects

46,000,000+ remote connections per month112,000+ SharePoint Sites4 data centers8,400 production servers

5 Primary IT Groups in MSFTIn MSIT:

269 Goals2354 Capabilities1687 Apps135 Platforms819 Components

MSIT EA Environment

• Enterprise Strategy & Planning

• Enterprise Application Portfolio Management

• Enterprise Platform Roadmaps/Future State

• Ent Skills/Capacity Mgmt

Traditional EA Become a GREAT Service Provider

• Conceptual Enterprise Information Models

• ‘Stick’ Governance Models

• Principles and Standards

• Architecture Review Board Sessions

• Consultative advice

Struggled to prove valuableStruggle to be relevantStruggle to be enterprise-wide

Accelerated TransformationReactive to ProactiveBusiness Cycles Shortened

MSIT EA Transformation

MSIT EA Transformation

Three Things to Remember

1.Mindset

2.Methods

3.Make It Happen

Thank You!

Related Sessions• Enterprise Architect - More than a Technologist• Business Architecture Building Blocks• Business Architecture: How to Get Started• Results-Driven Business Architecture

Related Open Group Articles• Enterprise Architecture’s Quest for its Identity -

http://blog.opengroup.org/2011/03/10/enterprise-architecture’s-quest-for-its-identity/

Mike Walker’s Related Blog Links• IQ Isn’t Enough. Enterprise Architects Must Balance with EQ

Driven Approaches - http://www.mikethearchitect.com/2011/03/iq-isnt-enough-enterprise-architects-must-balance-with-eq-driven-approaches.html

• The Enterprise Architecture Capability Model (EACM) - http://www.mikethearchitect.com/2010/07/the-enterprise-architecture-capability-model-eacm.html

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