Establishing an Architecture Baseline

Course Overview

• Introduction
• Enterprise Architecture Baseline
  • Importance of an Architecture Baseline
  • Architecture Baseline Process Overview
  • What are Your EA Baseline Objectives?
  • Group Discussion: EA Baseline Goals & Objectives
  • A Typical Place to Start
  • Core Catalogs
  • Core Matrices
  • Templates: Baseline Collection Templates
  • Creating Building Blocks from a Baseline
  • What Can You Learn From Your Baseline
  • Customized Taxonomy
  • Baseline More Than Software
  • Baseline Classified by Lifecycle
  • Baseline Relationships
  • Relationship Types
  • Baseline Reporting
  • EA Baseline Best Practices
• Establish EA Baseline Goals & Objectives
  • Method to Establish EA Baseline Goals & Objectives
  • Tool: Baseline Maturity Assessment
  • Baseline Maturity Model
  • Baseline Data
  • Example Logical Repository Metamodel
  • Sample Technology Domain Repository Entities
  • Sample Application Domain Repository Entities
  • Sample Data Domain Repository Entities
  • Sample Business Domain Repository Entities
  • Sample Reference Repository Entities
• Perform EA Baseline Planning
  • EA Baseline Planning Approach
  • Complete Baseline Data Identification Worksheet
  • Complete Baseline Data Source Identification Worksheet
  • Complete Touch Point Identification Worksheet
  • Complete Baseline Report Identification Worksheet
  • Complete Baseline Initiative Planning Worksheet
• Perform EA Baseline Enhancements
  • Execute Plan: Implement Enhancements
  • Gather Baseline Data
  • Record, Classify & Integrate Baseline Information
  • Review & Approval
• Use & Maintain EA Baseline
  • EA Baseline & EA Governance
  • Use EA Baseline to Reduce Costs
  • Use EA Baseline to Improve Quality
  • Repository Administration & Support
• Baseline for Federated Enterprises
  • How do you handle HUGE enterprises?
  • Templates: Federated Baseline Collection
• Workshop 1 - Establish EA Baseline Goals & Objectives
  • Baseline Goals & Objectives: Baseline Data
  • Baseline Goals & Objectives: Baseline Management
  • Baseline Goals & Objectives: Baseline Use
  • Baseline Goals & Objectives: Baseline Value Realization
• Workshop 2 - Baseline Data Identification Source Worksheet
  • Baseline Data: Technology & Application Domains
  • Baseline Data: Business Domain Catalogs
  • Baseline Data: Business Domain Matrices
  • Baseline Data: Data Domain
• Workshop 3 - Baseline Data Sources
  • Baseline Data Sources
• Workshop 4 - Baseline Touch Point Identification Worksheet
  • Baseline Touch Point Identification
• Workshop 5 - Baseline Configuration Decision Worksheet
  • Configuration Decisions
• Workshop 6 - Baseline Report Identification Worksheet
  • Baseline Report Identification: Technology & Application Domains
  • Baseline Report Identification: Business Domain Catalogs
  • Baseline Report Identification: Business Domain Matrices
  • Baseline Report Identification: Data Domain
  • Baseline Report Identification: Data Domain (Continued)
• Workshop 7 - Baseline Initiative Planning Worksheet
  • Overview
  • Assumptions
  • Resources to Consider
  • Risks to Consider

Prerequisites

N/A