Enterprise Architecture Tools Good enough Point of View Behzad Andishmand SWEAN 14 :

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology Content First, some definitions and questions How to select an EA tool Quick comparision of some EA tools Lessons learned More information 2

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology FIRST, SOME DEFINITIONS AND QUESTIONS 3 Football =

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology Good enough definition of EA Enterprise Architecture is the art of making sure that the right people do the right things in the right place at the right time! How? Why? Who? What? Where? When? 4 Question 1: Which one of these do You cover in the answers that your EA work provides?

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology Different usage of the information, from perspectives of different stakeholders, is a challenge for the EA repository. 5 Question 2a: What is the focus area of your EA work? Question 2b: Who are your stakeholders? Question 2c: What information do you deliver to them? Question 2d: What information do n’t you/them have? Question 2e: Where do you find/create all that information?

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology Question 3: In which areas do you have the most current/reliable information about how your company’s EA looks like and performs in reality? Scope definitionBusiness definition Scenario definitionArchitecture definition Component definition Lifecycle definition Vision Goals Principles & Guidelines Principles & Guidelines Processes Information definitions Information definitions Functions/ Services Functions/ Services Measurement points Measurement points Stakeholdes Locations More (if needed) More (if needed) Needs & Concerns Needs & Concerns As-Is Architecture As-Is Architecture Scenarios Architecture Scenarios Functional Requirements Functional Requirements Non- Functional Requirements Non- Functional Requirements To-Be Architecture To-Be Architecture Development & Test Development & Test Hand-over, Operation & Maintenance Hand-over, Operation & Maintenance As-Is definition 6

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology Question 4 Assuming that your EA work: Is quite successful : You have good enough information about what you need to know And You are able to provide good enough information for your stakeholders, then what is wrong with the tools that you already use? Or is not as successful as it should be or perhaps it is in the beginning phase and you still don’t know if it will succeed: then what is wrong with the tools that you already use? 7

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology HOW TO SELECT AN EA TOOL 8

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology Gartner says 9 It is a view of the market as a whole. Best EA tool for a given organization might well be outside of the Leaders quadrant. Often, niche problems reuire niche solutions.

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology How to select a tool that is better than what you already have: Decide which areas are in focus of the EA work Check evaluation guides (links available in ”More information”) Create customized checklist from above Evaluate the existing tool(s) according to the checklist Evaluate the selected EA tools according to the checklist Decide which EA tool to go on with Plan and define the scope of a Proof-of-Concept Perform a Proof-of-Concept Through a minor (or preferably none) customization of the tool’s repository meta model and And a quick evaluation of integration with your current repository, documentation, communication and reporting tool(s) Analyze, define and report the findings and the short-term implementation roadmap And when the tool is in place: Implement a real-life pilot (from a real-life stakeholder’s perspective) Analyze and make the adequate adjustments to the implementation roadmap Follow the implementation roadmap, stepwise and with the adjustments due to your own (which should be equal to your stakeholders) prioritizations 10

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology Areas in focus of the EA work 11 Business process landscape design, development & management Business process landscape design, development & management Data landscape design, development & management Data landscape design, development & management Integrated Secured Governance design, development & management Governance design, development & management Infrastructure landscape design, development & management Infrastructure landscape design, development & management Application portfolio landscape design, development & management Application portfolio landscape design, development & management

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology COMPARISION OF SOME EA TOOLS The evaluation was done according to a customized checklist based on the evaluation area definitions and questions in this questionnaire provided by Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments.questionnaire 12

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology Definitions 13 Expected Minimum results Expected Minimum results Evaluated Tool’s results Evaluated Tool’s results Evaluation area Evaluation area

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology ARIS (IDS Scheer) 14

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology System Architect (IBM) 15

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology Troux Transformation Platform (Troux Techn.) 16

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology Qualiware (Qualiware) 17

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology Enterprise Architect (Sparx systems) 18

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology LESSONS LEARNED 19

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology Lessons learned If you can manage your EA approach by using the tools that you already have, then you will be able to get it done even with an EA tool 20 Documentation & Repository tools Analysis & Design tools Reporting & Communication tools One tool does not do it all for all stakeholders Prioritize and decide what and for whom and in which tool ”A fool with a tool is still a fool”

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology More lessons learned Even if an EA tool will improve the process and increase the quality of your work with EA, they usually slow it down a bit at the beginning. It is recommended to avoid to start your EA initiative by bringing in an EA tool at the same time. An EA tool implementation is not different from other tools implementations. Start small and deliver results that your stakeholders can use in their day-to-day work from day 1. Automated information gathering and distribution is a key success factor for the EA repository. My personal opinion is still that most EA tools are: Really good for As-Is and To-be documentations, when it does not fit into some Excel sheets Quite helpful for communication of your EA work As good as Excel and other Office tools for simple but yet useful analysis 21

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology MORE INFORMATION 22

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology More information EA tool selection criteria (link)link Togaf : Tools for Architecture Development (link)link Applicable standards for tools selection: IEEE Std ISO Reports: Gartner: Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools Forrester Research: EA Tools and IT Planning Open source alternatives: The Essential Project (link)link Iteraplan (link)link And if your EA work is focused on providing a repository for your (customizable) Togaf 9.0 methodology: Eclipse Process Framework (link)link 23

Copyright – Good enough Architecture MEthodology Thank You 24 Copyright: GAME (Good enough Architecture Methodology)