| |DEC - JAN19CIOReviewTechnology Stack and Resolution Planning : It is important for EA to establish a baseline Technical Reference Model (TRM) of assets with an optimal set of appropriate standards and policies. Resolution planning often is the first step in optimizing capital and operational expenses and it is imperative to have a configuration management (CMDB) system to record and track all assets. For example, it is essential to use such a tool as a basis for something like security landscape assessment to frame roadmaps.EA Roadmaps : The EA roadmaps typically indicate architecturally significant areas where improvements are sought in the reference architecture and high level timeframes from current state to future states. Critical business processes that need improvement form the backbone of roadmaps on the common substrate of the target reference architecture. Measurable business goals in combination with all the technology roadmaps should drive technology investments leading to program formulation and execution of projects. At the end of each cycle of roadmap realization, progress needs to be tracked and roadmaps appropriately updated.Governance and Standards : EA practice needs to drive the governance aspects of delivery/execution such as framing SDLC workflows, architectural/design/code review standards or cloud migration plan including management of technical debt. Use of architectural and design patterns at multiple levels are crucial concrete deliverables expected of EA with POCs to prove and certify any new technology to reduce operational risks early on in SDLC. It is critical for PMO and Delivery teams to be governed by workflow gates in SDLC, framed in collaboration with EA. Modern developments of virtualization and containers along with scalable agile best practices using CI/CD components of PaaS are pivotal to faster release cycles. EA practice is expected to go both in breadth and depth in communicating with business, solution architecture and delivery teams as a catalyst to make the office of the CIO successful. This pandemic with its unique challenges of remote work and automation underscored the crucial role EA. Process optimization and automation need to be at the center of any transformational initiative as they form the core intellectual property of an organizationFigure 1 Scope of Enterprise Architecture
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