Architecture Capability Framework

1. Architecture Capability Framework Building Capability

2. Purpose • In order to successfully operate an architecture function within an enterprise, it is necessary to put in place appropriate organization structures, processes, roles, responsibilities, and skills to realize the Architecture Capability.

3. Establishing • Establishing the architecture practice within an organization would therefore require the design of BDAT

4. Architecture Board • A key element in a successful architecture governance strategy is a cross organization Architecture Board to oversee the implementation of the strategy. • This body should be representative of all the key stakeholders in the architecture, and will typically comprise group of executives responsible for the review and maintenance of the overall architecture.

5. Architecture Compliance

6. Complicance Process

7. Architecture Contracts • Architecture Contracts are the joint agreements between development partners and sponsors on the deliverables, quality, and fitness-for-purpose of an architecture.

8. What is in a Contract ? • A system of continuous monitoring to check integrity, changes, decision-making, and audit of all architecture-related activities within the organization • Adherence to the principles, standards, and requirements of the existing or developing architectures • Identification of risks in all aspects of the development and implementation of the • architecture(s) covering the internal development against accepted standards, policies, technologies, and products as well as the operational aspects of the architectures such that the organization can continue its business within a resilient environment • A set of processes and practices that ensure accountability, responsibility, and discipline with regard to the development and usage of all architectural artifacts • A formal understanding of the governance organization responsible for the contract, their level of authority, and scope of the architecture under the governance of this body

9. Architecture Governance • Architecture governance is the practice and orientation by which enterprise architectures and other architectures are managed and controlled at an enterprise-wide level.

10. Characteristics of Governance • Discipline • Transparency • Independence • Accountability • Responsibility • Fairness

11. Governance Framework

12. Governance Framework

13. Architecture Maturity Models • Organizations that can manage change effectively are generally more successful than those that cannot.

14. Maturity Levels • 0 None • 1 Initial • 2 Under development • 3 Defined • 4 Managed • 5 Measured

15. The nine enterprise architecture elements are: • 1. Architecture process • 2. Architecture development • 3. Business linkage • 4. Senior management involvement • 5. Operating unit participation • 6. Architecture communication • 7. IT security • 8. Architecture governance • 9. IT investment and acquisition strategy

16. Architecture Skills Framework • The TOGAF team skill set will need to include the following main categories of skills: • Generic Skills: — typically comprising leadership, teamworking, inter-personal skills, etc. • Business Skills & Methods: — typically comprising business cases, business process, strategic planning, etc. • Enterprise Architecture Skills: — typically comprising modeling, building block design , applications and role design, systems integration, etc. • Program or Project Management Skills: — typically comprising managing business change, project management methods and tools, etc. • IT General Knowledge Skills: — typically comprising broker ing applications, asset management, migration planning, SLAs, etc. • Technical IT Skills: — typically comprising software engineering, security, data interchange, data management, etc. • Legal Environment: — typically comprising data protection laws, contract law, procurement law, fraud, etc.