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Enterprise architecture

Enterprise architecture
Enterprise architecture (EA) is "a well-defined practice for conducting enterprise analysis, design, planning, and implementation, using a holistic approach at all times, for the successful development and execution of strategy. Enterprise architecture applies architecture principles and practices to guide organizations through the business, information, process, and technology changes necessary to execute their strategies. These practices utilize the various aspects of an enterprise to identify, motivate, and achieve these changes."[1] Practitioners of enterprise architecture call themselves enterprise architects. Overview[edit] In the enterprise architecture literature and community, it is possible to distinguish various perspectives with regards to the meaning of the term “enterprise architecture”. The MIT Center for Information Systems Research (MIT CISR) in 2007 defined enterprise architecture as the specific aspects of a business that are under examination: Criticism[edit]

L'Architecture d'Entreprise Pour assurer la cohérence de tous les éléments de gouvernance opérationnelle, nous avons développé une plateforme commune, HOPEX, sur laquelle repose toute notre offre. La plateforme HOPEX nous permet de délivrer des solutions Web et orientée métier dans un environnement de travail collaboratif et multilingue avec un référentiel d’entreprise unique accessible à tous les acteurs de l’entreprise selon leurs rôles. Les utilisateurs sont accompagnés et guidés tout au long de la mise en œuvre de leur projet au travers de services plateformes, de fonctionnalités d’administration du référentiel, et de fonctionnalités de configuration technique. Les atouts de la plateforme HOPEX en quelques mots En savoir plus sur la plateforme HOPEX

System Architect (software) IBM Rational System Architect is an enterprise architecture tool that is used by the business and technology departments of corporations and government agencies to model their business operations and the systems, applications, and databases that support them. System Architect is used to build architectures using various frameworks including TOGAF, DoDAF, MODAF and NAF. Enterprise architecture (EA) is a mechanism for understanding all aspects of the organization, and planning for change. Those aspects include business transformation, business process rationalization, business or capability-driven solution development, application rationalization, transformation of IT to the cloud, server consolidation, service management and deployment, building systems of systems architectures, and so forth. System Architect is widely used in developing defense architectures. System Architect was initially created and developed by Jan Popkin under the auspices of Popkin Software.

Enterprise modelling Enterprise modelling is the abstract representation, description and definition of the structure, processes, information and resources of an identifiable business, government body, or other large organization.[2] It deals with the process of understanding an organization and improving its performance through creation and analysis of enterprise models. This includes the modelling of the relevant business domain (usually relatively stable), business processes (usually more volatile), and uses of information technology within the business domain and its processes. Overview[edit] History[edit] Enterprise modelling has its roots in systems modelling and especially information systems modelling. The first methods dealing with enterprise modelling emerged in the 1970s. Enterprise modelling basics[edit] Enterprise model[edit] According to Fox and Gruninger (1998) from "a design perspective, an enterprise model should provide the language used to explicitly define an enterprise... See also[edit]

Enterprise architect Enterprise architects are practitioners of enterprise architecture; an enterprise strategic management discipline that operates within organizations.[1] Role[edit] Enterprise architects work with stakeholders, both leadership and subject matter experts, to build a holistic view of the organization's strategy, processes, information, and information technology assets. The role of the enterprise architect is to take this knowledge and ensure that the business and IT are in alignment.[2] The enterprise architect links the business mission, strategy, and processes of an organization to its IT strategy, and documents this using multiple architectural models or views that show how the current and future needs of an organization will be met in an efficient, sustainable, agile, and adaptable manner. Enterprise architects operate across organizational and computing "silos" to drive common approaches and expose information assets and processes across the enterprise. Responsibilities[edit]

Enterprise systems engineering Enterprise systems engineering (ESE) is the discipline that applies systems engineering to the design of an enterprise.[1] As a discipline, it includes a body of knowledge, principles, and processes tailored to the design of enterprise systems. It accomplishes all of the tasks of "traditional" systems engineering, further informed by an expansive view of the context (political, operational, economic, technological, interacting systems, etc.) in which the system(s) under consideration are being developed, acquired, modified, maintained, or disposed of. Enterprise systems engineering may be required when the complexity being faced (due to scale, uncontrollable interdependencies, and other uncertainties) breaks down the assumptions upon which textbook systems engineering is based, such as requirements being relatively stable and well-understood, a system configuration that can be controlled, and a small, easily discernable set of stakeholders. See also[edit] References[edit] Jump up ^ R.E.

Architectes d’entreprise : snobés mais tenaces. Une étude Forrester confirme l’intérêt de la France pour l‘architecture d’entreprise, de plus en plus stratégique dans la nouvelle entreprise (5.O ?). Et si les métiers se remettaient à l’ouvrage… L’Enterprise Architecture Research forum définit l’architecture d’entreprise comme « la pratique permanente de description des éléments essentiels à une organisation sociotechnique, des relations entre eux et avec leur environnement, afin de comprendre la complexité et de gérer le changement » ! Les EA français très impliqués dans les métiers Une nouvelle race d’architectes « La prochaine génération de l’architecture d’entreprise devra relever le défi du Smart Computing, dans un contexte ou les lignes métier gagnent en indépendance face à l’informatique et choisissent leurs solutions. Au service de métiers qui les ignorent En septembre 2009, Forrester publiait son étude (menée en ligne) “Global annual state of enterprise architecture”. Priorités 2010 en architecture d'entreprise

Engineering information management From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Engineering information management (EIM) is the business function within product development and specifically systems engineering that allows engineers to collaborate on a single source of truth of engineering data. Contrary to product data management (PDM) and product lifecycle management (PLM), its main purpose is not storage of CAD-related drawings and files, but rather the full execution of the V-model for hardware development, complementing and integrating to the above mentioned systems. Scope[edit] EIM systems enable collaboration on all important aspects of the engineering lifecycle, such as: EIM systems implement the activities on both sides of the engineering V-model. EIM therefore enables the optimization of products and engineering processes, where traditional methodologies have become ineffective in keeping up with rising product and process complexity.[3] Interactions with the other engineering management systems[edit] References[edit]

The rise of the enterprise architect | Business | Subject areas Daljit Roy Banger, principal consultant, White Knight Management. 'Architectural realization is a way of thinking and not a concrete technology implementation.' It is however, supported by frameworks, patterns and best practices that complement the mindset. It is the role of the enterprise architect (EA) and his team to both define and deliver a technical roadmap that supports the short and long-term strategic objectives of the business. Thus, the EA must be one who understands all the architectural forces and more importantly the technology components that allow him/her or them to deliver a transitional and target architecture. In many cases the title architect has become a generic name for a specific systems domain expert and has resulted in a situation, where today, we have infrastructure, data, applications, network, and solutions architects. The first question one asks is, what is an EA? If the above question is raised, then both the EA and his team are on a downhill slope.

Event tree analysis Event tree analysis (ETA) is a forward, top-down, logical modeling technique for both success and failure that explores responses through a single initiating event and lays a path for assessing probabilities of the outcomes and overall system analysis.[1] This analysis technique is used to analyze the effects of functioning or failed systems given that an event has occurred.[2] ETA is a powerful tool that will identify all consequences of a system that have a probability of occurring after an initiating event that can be applied to a wide range of systems including: nuclear power plants, spacecraft, and chemical plants. This technique may be applied to a system early in the design process to identify potential issues that may arise, rather than correcting the issues after they occur.[3] With this forward logic process, use of ETA as a tool in risk assessment can help to prevent negative outcomes from occurring, by providing a risk assessor with the probability of occurrence.

urbanisme Historique et contexte L’évolution constante des marchés, la recherche d’une compétitivité toujours plus forte et le rôle croissant des technologies de l’information nécessitent que l’entreprise fasse évoluer rapidement ses Systèmes d’Information. Mais le patrimoine informatique existant dans l’entreprise, résulte de l’empilement de générations successives d’applications, souvent imbriquées, comportant des redondances et manquant de cohérence. La complexité croissante de ce patrimoine existant génère des difficultés de plus en plus grandes pour faire évoluer les Systèmes d’Information en adéquation avec les attentes des différents métiers de l’entreprise. Urbanisme des SI En France pour répondre à cette situation les entreprises ont développé des approches d’urbanisation des Systèmes d’Informations (SI), approche top-down ayant pour objectifs de L’urbanisme a pour enjeu de mettre en adéquation les différentes visions (ou perspectives) sur les SI de l’entreprise : Enterprise Architecture

Engineering design process Factors that influence engineering design process The engineering design process is a common series of steps that engineers use in creating functional products and processes. The process is highly iterative - parts of the process often need to be repeated many times before another can be entered - though the part(s) that get iterated and the number of such cycles in any given project may vary. It is a decision making process (often iterative) in which the basic sciences, mathematics, and engineering sciences are applied to convert resources optimally to meet a stated objective. Common stages of the engineering design process[edit] It's important to understand that there are various framings/articulations of the engineering design process. Research[edit] The source of information should be relevant. Design requirements[edit] Feasibility[edit] In some cases, a feasibility study is carried out after which schedules, resource plans and estimates for the next phase are developed. S.

OMB releases 'Common Approach to Federal Enterprise Architecture' Agencies get direction on implementing standardized enterprise architecture The White House has added another framework to the lineup to help federal agencies double down on eliminating waste and streamline processes. The Common Approach to Federal Enterprise Architecture directs executive branch agency leaders to craft an agencywide enterprise architecture that fuses strategic drivers, business requirements and technology. Its main focus is to standardize the development and use of architectures within and between agencies, in hopes of eliminating duplication and enhancing engagement with industry and the public. U.S. The overarching goal purpose is better governance, and “we can’t have visibility and make data-driven decisions unless we have this level of consistency across agencies,” VanRoekel said. In addition to providing standardization, the common approach gives agency heads guidance on how business, information and technology architectures should be developed. and the soon-

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