Introduction to ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE (EA)by Fahmie Bahweris

Enterprise challenges: exampleBusiness Domain: • Unaligned business process governance between subsidiaries.Information / Data Domain:• Unaligned master data across division and subsidiaries.Application Domain:• Overlapped functions of applications and integrations.Infrastructure / Technology Domain:• Lack of technology standardization governance.Overall entire Enterprise:• No single source of enterprise architecture references (artifact) for

future planning.

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Enterprise challenges: Information and Data mapping integration with Hairball Architecture

What is Enterprise Architecture (EA)?

• a well-defined planning function which helps organizations to understand the steps how business strategies translates into operational reality.

• sets out the organization's capability blueprint, for the successful development and execution of the enterprise strategy.

• The intention of EA is to determine how an organization can most effectively achieve its current and future objectives.

Benefit of implementation EA to company

A more efficient business operation

Lower business operation costs

More agile organization

Business capabilities shared across the organization

Lower change management costs

More flexible workforce

Improved business productivity

A more efficient IT operation

Lower software development, support, and maintenance

costs

Increased portability of applications

Improved interoperability and easier system and network

management

Improved ability to address critical enterprise-wide issues

like security

Easier upgrade and exchange of system components

Better return on existing

investment, reduced risk for

future investment

Reduced complexity in the business and IT

Maximum return on investment in existing

business and IT infrastructure

The flexibility to make, buy, or out-source business and IT

solutions

Reduced risk overall in new investments and their cost of

ownership

Faster, simpler, and cheaper procurement

Buying decisions are simpler, because the information

governing procurement is readily available in a coherent

planThe procurement process is

faster — maximizing procurement speed and

flexibility without sacrificing architectural coherence

The ability to procure heterogeneous, multi-vendor

open systems

The ability to secure more economic capabilities

EA values to the company

Short term value:• a Digital Enterprise Map

with full traceability from the Business to the Application to the Infrastructure and vice versa that will result in business IT integration.

Long term value:• to allow Digital

Transformation of Enterprise to take place that will result in the business agility and maximum return of IT investment.

Importance of EA for PRASARANA

Enterprise Architectur

e

Reducing the fragmentatio

n of ICT development

Enhance information integration

Improve external access to

information

Identify future

connected company’s

opportunities

Enhance technology planning

policy development

Objectives of EA initiatives:• Reduce the fragmentation of ICT development

and deployment within company.• Improve the ability of company to share

information among subsidiaries.• Improve the ability of external users (e.g.

Ministry, other GLC, public) to access information.• Identify opportunities for future end-to-end

service integration to achieve connected business services.

• Attain better technology planning and policy development by having a consolidated view of technology adoption among subsidiaries.

EA initiatives: Who need to be involved?

The entire organization as EA is a culture as follows:• The Top Management: to drive digital transformation efforts• The various Business Units/Departments: to contribute in

the enterprise digitalization efforts• The EAO (Enterprise Architecture Office): to be

responsible and custodian of the Enterprise Architecture development efforts

• The PMO (Program/Project Management Office): to ensure the success of any IT project implementation that are fully aligned with the business

Technology / Infrastructure Architecture

Software / Application Architecture

Information / Data Architecture

Enterprise Architecture Components / Domains

Business Architecture

EA organization (EA Office)

Business Technology

Steering Committee

(Stakeholders)

Business Architect

Data / Information

ArchitectApplication Architect

Infrastructure Architect

Solutions Architect

Chief Enterprise Architect

EA initiatives: expected outcome

• Business IT Integrations – harmonization between information technology (IT) and business cultures and objectives and align technology with business strategy and goals.

• ROI on any IT Investment – Reusability and maximizing existing investment and structural future investment.

• Digital Enterprise– End to end Business Process paperless enterprise.

• Enterprise Agility – company’s ability to outperform the competition and drive growth in new businesses, ambiguous situations adapting when confronted with foreseen and unforeseen circumstances, dilemmas, crises, and complex problems.

EA case study

• 1GovEA – Malaysia Government Enterprise Architecture initiatives drives by MAMPU to provide a common approach, set of steps and templates to ensure a consistent method of EA development in the public sector. (started since 2013)

• South Korea Government (GEA) - World's Best Korean e-Government by fully implementing Enterprise Architecture. Through systematic information management, Enterprise Architecture has improved the information efficiency of government and public agencies. Now, for the better e-government service provision, Korea is going beyond agency-level to national level. The one e-government for the people. The revolution of e-government which will improve the quality of people's lives. Korea realizes All-In-One Government through this Government-wide Enterprise Architecture.

References

• The Open Group: http://www.opengroup.org/• Why Enterprise Architecture by Gerben Wierda: https://

youtu.be/qDI2oF1bASk • Government-Wide Enterprise Architecture(GEA) in Korea:

https://youtu.be/VZbRbTdaIdI • 1GovEA from Malaysia Administrative Modernisation and

Management Planning Unit (MAMPU)• Aaron Tan Dani from ATD Solution.