EA Maturity Model

Presentation by:

Vish Viswanathan
Managing Principal- C C and C Solutions Regional Partner- The Open Group Vice Chair-The Architecture Forum

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EA Maturity Model
EA market focus & evolution
EA Maturity focus
Pilots Pilots

Full scale Implementation

Training & Certification awareness

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Region based variations Industry based variations Size based variations Category based variations

USA>>Europe>>>Australia/ New Zealand>>> Asia>>ROW Defence>>Government >>Finance>>> Insurance>>Manufacturing Fortune 100>>>Fortune 500>>>Fortune 1000 Consultants >>Trainers>>Service Providers >>End users
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EA Maturity Model
Measuring Success of EA Measuring against architecture project goals Measuring architectural compliance Measuring architecture benefit targets Measuring architectural maturity progression

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Measuring against benefit targets

Looking Forward
Savings from reuse of existing components

Saving from not reinventing information for every project Cost of non-compliance Cost of maverick procurement/ non standard RFI & RFQ information Cost of vendor lock-in Looking Back. How many times have we collected current state information -$$$ How many times have we reversed our decisions--$$$ How many multiple sets of solutions to achieve the same result-$$$
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EA Process Maturity model TOGAF 8.1

Based on US Govt. Architecture Capability Maturity Model
Level 0 1 2
U N D E R D E V E L O P M E N term T

3
D E F I N E D

Architectural Process Architectural Development Business Linkage Senior Management involvement Business Unit participation IT Security in place Governance IT investment and acquisition strategy based on architecture
Source: TOGAF 8.1 documentation

5 Specific Criteria for O Each cell

P T I M I S I N G

N O N E

I N I T I A L

M A N A G E D

Short

Long term

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A Comprehensive look at EA Maturity
Industry standard
Open

Framework

Maturity Metric Measurement Points

Processes

creation change management governance measurement

Certified Knowledgeable

Professionals

Toolset

Certified

Comprehensive

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Maturity Assessment Process Sequence
Modified TOGAF/ ACCM

Agreement on TOR

One on one Interviews with EA Team

CMM Template

Workshop 1 (EA Presentation / Feedback)

Analysis, Benchmarking (Assessment / roadmap)

Additional Interviews with Other Stakeholders

Workshop 2 (Consensus building)

Deliverables

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Benchmarks

Key Information sets Key processes: Creation Change management Governance Measurement Key Deliverables

Principles Business Application Information Infrastructure

Rules

Guidelines

Reference Models

Standards

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Final Deliverable - Strategic roadmap
Area EA overall planning Governance process Governance in practice EA creation EA Change management EA Measurement Links to IT investment Link to Projects Link to Business Link to Corporate strategy Framework / methodology Tool (s) effectiveness Repository EA artifacts Skills &experience Team synergy Communication
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Rank

Current state

Desired State

Key roadmap steps

Exists at a minimum level / needs improvement

Exists at an adequate level Non existent Needs substantial improvements

EA Maturity Model
Issues and challenges
Perceptions

of maturity vary widely

( Experience/ Skills / Ownership / Abstracting ability) Consensus building process needs careful thinking No defined industry benchmarking available Quantification Formula

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