The Future of Enterprise Architecture (EA) in 1 minute. - The Enterprise as a Network - The EA as a Network of Capabilities

1. ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE 3.0
DAVID SPROTT

2. “. . our institutions need to radically decentralize . . . the future is not to be predicted, but to be achieved
through a new dynamic paradigm including self-organizing, emergent and sometimes resilient networks
involving millions of stakeholders. Command and control being replaced with self-organizing networks.
Linear and non-linear organizations.” Don Tapscott at the Drucker Forum, November 2013 ©Everware-CBDI Inc

3. CHANNEL OR
EXPERIENCE
PRODUCT
LINE, DOMAIN,
ECOSYSTEM OR
FAMILY
PARTICIPANT
BUSINESS SERVICE
(API / SOLUTION)
NETWORK
OUTCOME
PROCESS
CAPABILITY
SOFTWARE
SERVICE
RECORD
LINK
RESOURCE
INFORMATION TYPE
THE ENTERPRISE AS A NETWORK
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4. SCOPE: Defined set of Capabilities
ROADMAP
BUSINESS SERIVCE / API /SOLUTION
PRODUCT
LINE
FAMILY
CLUSTER
PATTERNS
POLICY
COMMON ASSET ARCHITECTURE
...
PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE
REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS
SERVICE AND
APPLICATION
IMPLEMENTATION
TECHNOLOGY
DEPLOYMENT
GOVERNANCE
FEDERATED ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE MODEL
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5. To-Be Model
As-Is Model
Minimum necessary EA Framework defines structure
for federated architecture
EA Framework
Domain
Domain
Capabilities
Capabilities
Domain
Solution Architectures
Domain
Capabilities
Solution Architectures
The aim is frequently to seek the highest level of
commonality and focus on scalable and re-usable
modules in order to maximize re-use at the
enterprise level.
Capabilities
The aim is always to organize the business as
independent capabilities which provide services to the
enterprise and the networks it engages with.
ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE IN TRANSITION
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