Portfolio of artefacts I've created over the years

1. Enterprise
architecture artefacts
Brian Loomis

2. Princeton Digital
Advisors uses
architectural
techniques to ensure
the problem gets
solved, whether it’s a
long-term legacy
system migration, or a
new cloud-based as-a-
service offering.
These are non-code examples
from recent projects, showing how
we carry the architectural intent
from the business case through to
implementation.
Assessments and program portfolio
techniques
Techniques which understand the customer
better (business architecture)
Techniques to drive risk down in non-
functional ASRs
Techniques which provide guidance to the
implementation team (solution architecture)

4. Tools we use
Project phase
Plan (Imagine) Build (Become) Run (Achieve) Sustain (Maximize)
Techniques & tools
Business model
• Strategyzer.com
• Lean Startup Canvas
• http://bmfiddle.com/
• https://miro.com/templates/ (brainstorming)
Competitive analysis/SWOT & capability
• https://online.visual-paradigm.com
• http://apqc.org (PCF)
Customer Journey Map
• https://www.smaply.com/
• https://uxpressia.com
• https://online.visual-paradigm.com
Personas & Empathy Maps
• https://www.smaply.com/
• https://uxpressia.com
• https://xtensio.com
• https://www.smaply.com/
Storyboards
• https://www.storyboardthat.com
Business Process Modelling / Service Design
• https://www.draw.io/
• https://www.lucidchart.com
• https://bpmn.io/ & https://bpmn.studio/
• https://servicedesigntools.org/tools
• https://mural.co/templates/service-blueprint
• https://miro.com/templates/service-blueprint/
Impact Map
• https://uxpressia.com
Mockups (web/mobile)
• www.pingendo.com
• https://mockflow.com
• https://www.hotgloo.com/
• https://www.figma.com
System modelling (UML)
• http://www.archimatetool.com/ or Cameo
System Diagramming (general)
• http://www.visiocafe.com (Visio stencils)
• https://www.lucidchart.com
• https://www.draw.io/
• https://www.gliffy.com/
• https://www.graphviz.org
Cloud diagramming
• https://cloudcraft.co
• https://www.cloudockit.com/
Database diagramming
• https://www.vertabelo.com/
Interface definition
• http://editor.swagger.io
• http://wiremock.org/
• https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-
contract
• https://www.websequencediagrams.com/
CI/CD & DevOps
• https://www.gocd.org/
• https://www.mercurial-scm.org/
• http://www.mantisbt.org/
• https://github.com/
• https://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/
• https://jenkins.io/
• https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/tfs/ &
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-
us/solutions/devops
• https://octopus.com/
• https://www.collab.net/
Test/QA
• https://cucumber.io/training
• https://newrelic.com/products/application-
monitoring
• https://www.centercode.com/
Auto-deploy and environment management
• https://www.terraform.io
Microsoft Operations Framework
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-
versions/tn-archive/cc506049(v=technet.10)
• https://www.wireshark.org/download.html
Heatmap
• https://www.tableau.com
• http://www.openheatmap.com
• https://online.visual-paradigm.com
• https://www.displayr.com
• http://www.heatmapper.ca/
Visualization Map
• https://mapline.com
• https://www.maptive.com
Roadmaps
• https://roadmunk.com/roadmap-
templates/technology-roadmap
• https://vizzlo.com
• https://time.graphics/editor
• https://www.ganttproject.biz/
• https://www.openproject.org/
• https://www.smartsheet.com/free-product-
roadmap-templates-smartsheet
• https://venngage.com/templates/roadmaps?v
ap=roadmap&utm_content=roadmapLP
• https://craft.io/products/roadmap.html
Enterprise architecture
• https://www.leanix.net/en/
• http://www.archimatetool.com/
Accountability
• Architect, Bus Architect/Analyst
• Product manager
• Architect
• Product/project manager
• Architect
• Service manager
• Architect, Ent Arch
• Product manager

5. Portfolio & enterprise
planning
Identification of value, coordinating related projects, high-level guidance to development teams

6. Program & project
roadmaps

7. Capability & heat map
assessments

8. Business model canvas

9. Helping
people live
better lives
Transform internally
(employee)
New product & subscription revenue via IoT
Social & mobile tools (competitive
draw) for easier onboarding,
ordering; predictable benefits
Crowd-sourced R&D; sentiment analysis
Reliable, easy-to-use global solutions;
best practice sharing
Global “reach” with cloud; integrated
solutions for China
Increase customer loyalty
Create new revenue streams
Drive brand of Contoso
Enable One Contoso
Retain and grow entry-level ABOs
Cross-team collaboration
Sentiment-driven 4P’s & customer
service improvements
Best practice coaching; improved
analytics for building mega-
businesses; leader development
Lower operations costs with COTS,
consolidate suppliers
OpportunitiesGoals Solution Space*Objective
Total experience
(customer)
Renew franchisee
partnership
Double number of Platinum's
Increase ABO productivity
Increase Contoso Sales / Revenue
Focus on growth markets
Externalized applications; easier
business/down-line management
Benefits dependency network
Reduce operational costs
Measured-by KPIs
Employee satisfaction
Campaign effectiveness measures
Employee sat / 360
feedback
Employee engagement
CAPEX to sales ratio
CAC, retained customer order size
Gross profit, operating margin
Net promoter score, online share of
voice
Time to hire, employee churn, training
ROI
Working capital ratio, net promoter score
Operating expense ratio, reduced COGS
Revenue per employee, net revenue
Revenue growth rate (target markets)
* People, process & technology

10. Operating model assessment

11. Joint venture
IT
assessment

12. Architectural guidance
• Views in the architectural design phase (ISO 42010)
• Patterns (environment, language selection, models in code)
• Informal or viewpoint guidance after sprints have begun
• Formal ATAM/PBAAM reviews or architectural review of
project under way
• External or partner-led reviews

13. Project requirements
And high level design

14. Customer journey mapping
and service blueprinting

15. Service
blueprinting

16. The Instructor Experience
LMS “Universe”
D2L
Qualtrics
Integrations
Tophat, Remind,
Respondus, Piazza,
SmartSparrowBio,
Pearson, PackBack,
MATLAB, LiveText VIA,
Cengage, Crowd mark,
Digication, Ech360, IClicker
Online
Zoom
Office 365 Teams
Instructional design
WKAR Studio
Univ. classroom
software
Windows 10
Adobe Presenter
Office 365 - PowerPoint
Google Classroom
Central support
BeSocratic (CEM)
LON-CAPA (Mult.)
CATME
Virtual desktop (VDI)
Assessment
Scoring Office (Digital Desk)
ProctorU (via D2L)
Proctorio (via D2L)
NortonInquizitive
Proctored exams in room?
Proctored exams on web?
Recording
Kaltura MediaSite
Camera available (Web
Zoom storage? Cisco?
Unit-supported
Bisk
Amesite
WileyPlus
WebWork (MTH)
ExamSoft?
Accessibility
Closed captioning
on request
ASL reader?
Classroom hardware
Tech cart (Crestron control screen,
HDMI & VGA laptop connections,
microphone(s), classroom PC, BluRay player,
Campus Cable TV tuner, document camera)
WiFi, iClickr, specialty (REAL room,
confidence monitor, catch box)
College systems
eValue
University lab
software
Unit lab
software
LDX (CoB)
University systems
SIS
Student success (EAB)
Academic profile
Student ePortfolio
Google Calendar, Drive
Staff print
Ziteboard, Jamboard
ZipGrade, Prezi
UNIT SUPPORTED
SELF SUPPORTED
CENTRALLY SUPPORTED
Bookstore
Student print
Internet or TechStore
downloads (e.g.,
ChemDraw)
Support Centers
WRAC
Math RC
UURAF
Neighborhoods?

17. High level design diagrams and information flows

18. Comparing architectures or
significant requirements (ASRs)

19. Prototypes
and mockups
for user
experience

20. Project
Implementation

21. Architectural guidance
• Design patterns (API gateways, full-stack)
• Code best practices (MVC or microservices)
• Views as a result of architectural spikes or experiments
• Guidance on containerization and DevOps pipelines
• Specific views on architecturally significant requirements

22. Deployment on-premises

23. Performance & protocol views

24. Deployment in public cloud (GCP)

25. Deployment
in public cloud
(AWS, Azure)

26. Database design

27. Testing strategy and
environments

28. Organizational change
management

29. Brian W. Loomis
Chief Digital Officer and Founder, Princeton Digital Advisors
Brian has over 20 years of management and technology consulting experience
with deep experience in translating the business objectives from the
boardroom into world-class digital products and services. He has served as a
CTO, as an enterprise architect, and as a product designer in several start-
ups, and has created business-driven technology strategies, customer
experience validation, and developed over a dozen innovative digital products
and services.
Brian has consulted with teams in organizations across high-tech, healthcare,
manufacturing, consumer goods and public sector. Brian is a regular
international speaker and a prolific writer within architecture and agile
communities and holds multiple architecture distinctions and technical
certifications. He is an alum from Microsoft, having been on two technical
teams supporting .NET and Azure as they first launched, and has broadened
out to be a trusted advisor for journeys to multiple cloud platforms.
Brian received his Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from Princeton
University as well as advanced degrees in business and computer science and
served as an officer in the United States Air Force. Home base for him and his
family is in East Lansing, Michigan.