Architecture Capability
The Enterprise Architecture is a business capability that supports 4 different types of business capabilities:
- Architecture to Support Strategy
- Architecture to Support Portfolio
- Architecture to Support Projects
- Architecture to Support Solution Delivery
Overview
Posseses organisation structures with roles, responsibilities, skills and processes for Enterprise Architecture work. Treated like any other operational unit within the business. Establishes management capabilities for the architecture capability.
Purposes
| Purpose Capability | Description |
|---|---|
| Architecture to Support Strategy | Provide Target Architecture and Roadmaps |
| Change & synergies, governance | |
| Multiple programmes and portfolios | |
| Architecture to Support Portfolio | Ensure alignment, synergies between architectures and governance |
| Single portfolio of projects | |
| Support of Cross-functional and multi-phase architectures | |
| Architecture to Support Projects | Integration between projects |
| Integration between projects | |
| Value and Compliance per project | |
| Support the project delivery method | |
| Architecture to Support Solution Delivery | Support the solution deployment for an architecture |
| Governance Framework for change | |
| Single project or a significant part of a project |
Architecture to Support Strategy
Provide end-to-end Target Architecture Develop Roadmaps for change over a period of 3 to 10 years
Enterprise Scope - Broad and Narrow Level of Detail - Low Time Period - 3-10 years
Architecture to Support Portfolio
Deliver Enterprise Architecture to support cross-functional, multi-phase and multi-project change initiatives
Enterprise Scope - Single Subject (i.e. One Portfolio) Level of Detail - Low (but detailed where there are constraints) Time Period - 2-5 years
Architecture to Support Projects
Provide Enterprise Architecture to support the Enterprise project delivery method. A narrow architecture with a depth of less than 2 years
Enterprise Scope - Narrow (project) Level of Detail - High, Detailed as requires constraints for project guidance Time Period - <2 years
Architecture to Support Solution Delivery
A narrow architecture with a depth of less than 2 years, to support the deployment of the solution.
Enterprise Scope - Very Narrow (one project) Level of Detail - High, Most Detailed as requires constraints for project guidance Time Period - <2 years