Chapter 5 – Understand EA FrameworksZachman Framework

EA3 Framework

Spewak EA Planning Framework

.... and there is other EA frameworks

All aims to present for each business segment:

Different enterprise views of ICT service oriented resource* planning(rows) in terms of each resource’s configuration components (columns)

*Note: A resource can be a product or a service

Chapter 6 Components & Artifacts

EA artefacts are the documented EA components/building blocks of an EA Framework.

Chapter 6 Components & Artifacts

EA artefacts are the documented EA components/building blocks of an EA Framework.

Chapter 6 – Components & Artefacts

Business Products & Services Documentation would specify these entity classes below

Source: http://eapad.dk/ea3-cube/ea3-metamodel/

Chapter 6 – Components & Artefacts

Systems & ApplicationDocumentation would specify these elements below

Source: http://eapad.dk/ea3-cube/ea3-metamodel/

Chapter 6 – Components & Artefacts

Networks & Infrastucture Documentation would specify these elements below

Source: http://eapad.dk/ea3-cube/ea3-metamodel/

Chapter 6 – Components & Artefacts

Workforce ThreadsDocumentation would specify these elements below

Knowledge, skills, ability or other qualifications

Source: http://eapad.dk/ea3-cube/ea3-metamodel/

Chapter 6 – Components & Artefacts

Complete EA Documentation

Source: http://eapad.dk/ea3-cube/ea3-metamodel/

Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling

Find all these documentation first, which describes the current business strategic and operating models

If missing develop it.

Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling

EA documentation (artefacts) describing the organisation’s CURRENT goals & initiatives are :

1. Strategic Plan/s2. SWOT Analysis 3. Current operating

Scenario & operating model specs

4. Current Balanced Scorecard specs

Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling

EA documentation (artefacts) describing the organisation’s CURRENT (business) products & services are the:

1. Business Plans2. Business process models produced by using

techniques to represent different perspectives of process modelling like:• Integration Definition for Function (IDEF)• Swim Lane diagrams• Process flow diagrams, • USE case diagrams• etc

3. Business project management plans (ie project in the IT Capital Planning Portfolios)

4. Investment business case reports for each IT projects in portfolios

Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling

EA documentation (artefacts) describing the organisation’s CURRENT data & Information models:

1. Knowledge management plan

2. Various data models eg• Information exchange matrix• Object state transition diagram• Object event sequence diagram• Logical & physical E-R models• Activity/entity (CRUD) matrix• Data Dictionary & thesaurus• Ontology models

Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling

EA documentation (artefacts) describing the organisation’s various CURRENT systems specification eg

1. System interface diagrams2. System comms diagrams3. Systems data flow diagrams4. System operation matrix5. System data exchange matrix6. System performance matrix7. System evaluation diagram8. Web application diagram9. Other software system modelling diagrams

and documentation types

Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling

EA documentation (artefacts) describing the organisation’s CURRENT network design specs eg:

1. Network connectivity diagrams2. Network inventory 3. Capital inventory list4. Building network topology blueprints5. Network Centre diagram6. Cable plant diagram7. Rack elevation diagram8. Etc.

Case Study Scene 4

Artefact categories per Line of Business,

depicting current operations

• Strategic goals & initiatives• Business services • Information flows and data elements• System & support services• Network infrastructure

Exists in many forms & formats:Reports, policy memos, manuals, spreadsheets, Powerpoint slides, diagrams, videos and other multimedia

1. Document Current EA artefacts

Chapter 8 – Future EA Modelling

TODAY Market

Situation

Diagram Source: http://itcilo.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/learning-about-scenario-planning-and-thinking/

Possible FUTURE Market

Situations

Chapter 8 – Future EA Modelling

Diagram Source: http://scenarios2strategy.com/docs/planning.html

Identify Current EA Baseline Model

Possible Future EA Models

Case Study Scene 4

2. Business scenario planning with Jim & Kate & their staffFor each scenario, identify:• Opportunities & Threats assumptions• Business planning directions

Decide which scenario is most likely

Develop EA artefacts for selected future scenario

3. Develop change management plan – current EA to selected future EA.

Questions

Find a public or private sector enterprises and identify the following current EA components/artifacts at each level of the EA³ Cube Framework:

1. Identify current strategic goals, initiatives, and outcome measures.2. Identify current LOBs, business services, and associated activity/flow

diagrams.3. Identify current information flows and data documentation in each

LOB.4. Identify the current IT systems and applications that support

information flows for each LOB.5. Identify the current IT infrastructure and networks that host IT

systems and applications.

Case Study: Victorian Local Government MinistryAs from 1 April 2014, all 79 Councils in Victoria will adopt a new Local Government Performance Reporting Framework (LGPRF) in their operations.

For the last two years, all Councils have been involved in the development and pilot testing of this LGPRF. They are now at the stage of implementing this LGPRF into their operations.

You have been commissioned to develop the LG Ministry's EA artefacts for this LGPRF initiative. As one of the first steps, you will need to:

1. Identify its current strategic goals, initiatives, and outcome measures

2. Identify current LOBs, business services, and associated activity/flow diagrams.

3. Identify current information flows and data documentation in each LOB.

4. Identify the current IT systems and applications that support information flows for each LOB.

5. Identify the current IT infrastructure and networks that host IT systems and applications.

Reference Resources for Case Study #2 Answers Development

1. Draft LGPRF & Indicators Working Paper (May 2013)

2. The system of local government

3. Guide to Local Government

4. LGPRF – Indicator Workbook Version 3.1

5. MAV IT Strategy for Local Government

6. 75 Victorian Councils choose Crisisworks

7. Monash City Council Automates their Contract Management Process with Open Windows CONTRACTS

8. Local Government Performance Reporting

Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling

EA documentation (artefacts) describing the organisation’s CURRENT goals & initiatives are :

1. Strategic Plan/s2. SWOT Analysis 3. Current operating

Scenario & operating model specs

4. Current Balanced Scorecard specs

The Draft LGPRF & Indicators Working Paper (May 2013) contain overview information about the current strategy direction, which should enable you to identify the strategic objective/s and benefit-outcomes, and the overall strategic approach.

Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling

EA documentation (artefacts) describing the organisation’s CURRENT (business) products & services are the:

1. Business Plans2. Business process models produced by using

techniques to represent different perspectives of process modelling like:• Integration Definition for Function (IDEF)• Swim Lane diagrams• Process flow diagrams, • USE case diagrams• etc

3. Business project management plans (ie project in the IT Capital Planning Portfolios)

4. Investment business case reports for each IT projects in portfolios

The resources:• The system of local government gives insights about the structure of LG in Victoria• Guide to Local Government gives insights about the functions of each council• Council Plan development Guidelines give insights about a Council’s business plan

Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling

EA documentation (artefacts) describing the organisation’s CURRENT data & Information models:

1. Knowledge management plan

2. Various data models eg• Information exchange matrix• Object state transition diagram• Object event sequence diagram• Logical & physical E-R models• Activity/entity (CRUD) matrix• Data Dictionary & thesaurus• Ontology models

Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling

EA documentation (artefacts) describing the organisation’s various CURRENT systems specification eg

1. System interface diagrams2. System comms diagrams3. Systems data flow diagrams4. System operation matrix5. System data exchange matrix6. System performance matrix7. System evaluation diagram8. Web application diagram9. Other software system modelling diagrams

and documentation types

Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling

EA documentation (artefacts) describing the organisation’s CURRENT network design specs eg:

1. Network connectivity diagrams2. Network inventory 3. Capital inventory list4. Building network topology blueprints5. Network Centre diagram6. Cable plant diagram7. Rack elevation diagram8. Etc.

Conclusion

You can summarize your analysis findings into a matrix list of EA artefacts needed for supporting the LG Ministry to understand and acquire the full service provisioning capacities in improving its current deployment of its LGPRF strategy in all 79 Victorian Councils.

This matrix would help identify scope the EA work require.

Discuss how this matrix looks like.