Architecture Architecture

Architecture

The key to driving successful outcomes for organisations where ICT plays an important role is the integration of business processes, information management, applications and underlying technology. Enterprise architecture facilitates enhanced business process integration and standardisation, and articulates a Strategy-to-Operations roadmap in a way that makes sense to stakeholders at all levels from executive management through to junior administration personnel.

Enterprise architecture is a strategic management discipline that creates a single business driven, future oriented perspective designed to deliver on the vision and strategy of the enterprise. It brings order to chaos and acts as a key mechanism for bridging the worlds of business and IT by putting business and IT leaders on the same page. When used in conjunction with effective project governance, enterprise architecture provides the current and future context against which to make informed decisions about the value and impact of proposed changes.

Business Aspect is experienced in the use of contemporary frameworks and methods for applying enterprise architecture including: TOGAF, AGAF, Zachman, and Meta/Gartner, as well as government specific frameworks such as the QLD Government’s GEA.

Business Aspect consultants have the experience and know how to leverage these frameworks and methodologies in a way that is pragmatic and most appropriate to your organisation's needs. This experience, coupled with real, in depth domain knowledge means that Business Aspect's approach is relevant to organisational and strategic planning as well as solution design and lifecycle planning for each domain area (Business, Information, Application and Technology).

 

Benefits and Outcomes

Mature enterprise architecture is critical for building a foundation for enterprise execution, and facilitates the following benefits and outcomes:

Enhanced Strategic Outcomes

  • Increased business and IT strategy alignment;
  • Improved enterprise understanding, facilitating informed strategic decision making.

Reduced Investment Risk

  • Improved strategic roadmaps that mitigate stranded asset risk;
  • Creates architecture that is executable (deliverable and operational).

Increased Operational Excellence and Efficiency

  • Increased business service consolidation and automation;
  • Reduced service Total Cost of Ownership through reduced business and IT operations and maintenance costs.

Increased Enterprise Agility

  • Service and solution componentisation enabling dynamic service reconfiguration in response to changing needs and environments;
  • Early to market product delivery, enabling product leadership.

Increased Return on Investment

  • By developing and continually leveraging non-redundant strategic assets.