This document summarizes a presentation about the interaction between enterprise architecture and solution architecture over the project lifecycle. It discusses how enterprise architects inform and control solution architects through governance processes, principles, policies, reference models, and other artifacts. Solution architects facilitate solution delivery and have a narrower focus on specific capabilities within time and budget constraints. The presentation maps architect roles to skills frameworks and notes that projects generally have a start, finish, milestones and other common elements regardless of methodology. It concludes by noting enterprise architecture can inform and direct solution architecture at various interaction points over the project lifecycle.

1. Hosted by the BCS Manchester Branch at the Manchester Metropolitan University
An informal discussion
Life Cycle Interaction & Control
Points for Enterprise ~ Solution
Architecture.
Daljit Roy Banger MSc FBCSManchester - 27th March 2018
EA SIG

2. Agenda
• Me,
• Part 1 –Context
– Definition
– Project Life Cycle
– Solution Architecture Flow
– Interaction / Control
– Transition Into Service
• Part 2 – Touch Points
– Flow dissected and discussed

3. Previous
Consultancy Clients
Publications / Lectures
Presentations
Website : www.s-ea-t.com (Tools, Papers Downloads)
Blog : https://dalbanger.wordpress.com/
Date Presentations/Rep
orts / White
Papers
Title Description Document URL
Architectural Blog https://dalbanger.wordpress.com/
June
2017
Webinar to the
Australian Computer
Society (ACS)
• https://youtu.be/_41-izCm5rw
Nov
2015-16
BCS EA Special
Interest Group -
Practitioners Day
• Security Thinking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6oDybpjdho&sns=em
• The Stack
https://youtu.be/NXMPYYsrcNM
• ICT Strategy Development
https://youtu.be/a3dcv4erGlI
April
2012
Enterprise
Architecture
Practitioners
Conference(Cannes,
France)
Presentation of the
Article Published in Feb
2012 – Same title
Presentation providing a description of
architectural roles (Enterprise, Solution
& Technical), the duties, deliverables.
http://slidesha.re/J
HOYZX
June
2010
S-EA-T Concepts
documents /
Software
Simple Enterprise
Architecture Toolset
A Java Application which seeks to
promote the core concepts in
Enterprise Architecture thinking.
http://www.s-ea-
t.com
Quick bit about me

4. Part 1
10 Mins
Setting the Scene -
Context

5. Session Map

6. Definitions

7. Notional Stack
Context

8. A Definition Of Enterprise Systems Architecture
The Processes, Patterns & Practices associated with the alignment and
re-calibration of the organisational Technology Landscape to that of its
Business Operating Model
DefinitionContext

9. Enterprise Architecture - Example Product Matrix
Control Inform Direct Artefacts
x x x API Management
x x Governance – Process
x x Application - Target Architecture/s
x x Architectural Boards – (Review, Technical, Business Boards(Participation))
x x Architectural Principles - System, Process, Generic
x x x Best Practices Research / Promotion/ Socialisation
x x x Business Architecture Target Definition
x x x Data & Information (MDM Strategy), Journey from Data to Insights
x x x Financial / Funding Models (TCO, Investment Plans)
x x x Gap Analysis – New Solutions, Transitional States
x x x Group / System Policies (Sys Admin etc)
x x x Impact Assessments - Projects, Technologies, Solutions
x x x Infrastructure Target Architecture – Enabling Technology & Platforms
x x Reusable System Patterns (Dev, Integration etc.)
x x Portfolio Advisory
x x x Programme / Project Engagement
x x x Reference Models
x x x Technical / Application
x x x Roadmaps (Product / Technology)
x x x Service catalogue
Strategy (Product/technology, Deviation etc.)
x x x Service promotion Plans
x x x Stakeholder Engagement
x Stakeholder Management
x x Standards / Notations (Promotion of BPMN, UML, Archimate, etc.)

10. Control
Governance –
Process
Boards –
Review,
Technical,
Business
Boards
Programme /
Project
Engagement
Business /
Partner
Engagements
Stakeholder
Management
Inform
Principles
Policies
Portfolio
Manageme
nt
Funding
Models
Reference
Models
• Technical
• ApplicationBest
Practices
Patterns
Impact
Assessmen
ts
Marketing
Plans
Standards /
Notations
Direct
Stakeholder
Engagement
Business
Architecture
Target
Definition
Application
Target
Architecture
Data &
Information
(Master Data
Management
Strategy)
Infrastructure
Target
Architecture –
Enabling
Technology &
Platforms
Roadmaps
(Product /
Technology)
Gap Analysis –
Transitional
States
Impact
Assessments
Service
promotion,
catalogue
etc…
Enterprise Architecture Products (Support/Enablers)

11. Solution / Project Architecture
Solution / Project Architects facilitate the delivery of a specific or point in time
solution to a problem or to meet a specific requirement and have ;
• A narrower Line of Sight
• A specific capability or outcomes focused
• A cradle to grave Systems View
• Technical Due Diligence of Estate Components
• Technology Specific
• Time / Budget Bound Projects
• The EA Delivery mechanism?
*Will cover this in more detail when discussing the lifecyle

12. Mapping the Architect to SFIA Plus

13. Project Life
Cycle
Interaction

14. Irrespective of project methodology or approach to
delivering a product or service everything will have
one or all of the following;
Start
Finish
Milestones Set of outcomes / values
Cost
One or many stakeholders
Set of activities
Service Consumers / Producers
Projects / Programmes
Agile/Scrum

16. Solution Architecture
Flow Discussed
Part II
15-20 Mins

17. Interaction Points – EA / SA
Inform
Direct/Control

18. Website : www.s-ea-t.com (Tools, Papers Downloads)
Blog : https://dalbanger.wordpress.com/
Email : dal@s-ea-t.com
Thank You