How do I integrate solutions across the organisation?Įnterprise Architecture Goal Bring together Business and IT people in a common understanding of how people, process, data and technology must converge to take the business strategy from vision to reality © SAP AG 2007, SAP EAF Unveiled, TechTour ’07 Palo Alto, 9th August 2007, Franck Lopez, page 4īenefits of Enterprise Architecture to the Business Achievement of a company’s business strategy or of external drivers Without a full understanding of business, application and technical architectures, a business doesn’t know what it has or doesn’t have How can I ensure that IT is aligned to the business? How do I control and govern in the deployment of an enterprise SOA? How do I get there? What are the best practices? Why Enterprise Architecture? The successful adoption of enterprise SOA requires Enterprise Architecture:
What is Enterprise Architecture? Enterprise Architecture Definition The description of the future state of an organization to best support the organization's business strategy How to get from the current architecture to future desired state Why do we need the grand vision?” “Isn’t SOA the solution?” © SAP AG 2007, SAP EAF Unveiled, TechTour ’07 Palo Alto, 9th August 2007, Franck Lopez, page 3 Recognize any of these? Some IT requests “I wish I could get the business to recognize the need for an Enterprise Architecture” “How can I explain the benefits of Enterprise Architecture?” “How can I get the business owners to listen to me?” Some Business requests “Where can I get a big picture of IT?” “What are the best practices to drive enterprise SOA adoption?” “Can you show me the value of EA… and the costs?” “We want short-term solutions with a demonstrable, early payback. © SAP AG 2007, SAP EAF Unveiled, TechTour ’07 Palo Alto, 9th August 2007, Franck Lopez, page 2 © SAP AG 2007, SAP EAF Unveiled, TechTour ’07 Palo Alto, 9th August 2007, Franck Lopez, page 1ĭrivers and benefits for Enterprise Architecture The SAP Enterprise Architecture initiative: a full package SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework Unveiled: Aligning IT to the Business Franck Lopez Global Director, Enterprise Architecture & Enterprise SOA Portfolio SAP Field Services, Global Strategic Initiatives