Enterprise Architecture Institute will Assess and Diagnose your our organization its use of information and technology. Enterprise Architecture Institute will recommend the steps necessary to take your organization it the future. These steps set the stage for effective planning by providing the organization with a vision that drives strategic planning, budgeting, service management, as well as the EAP process.

Strategic IT Assessment and Diagnosis efforts usually require two to three months, resulting in both short-term quick-fixes and long-term recommendations.

Planning and organizing an EAP, or combined EAP and Reengineering project, and putting all of the ingredients for success into place is in itself a monumental effort. Enterprise Architecture Institute will work with your team to define important scope and project success factors. The steps necessary to achieve each success item (and to ensure that risks are minimized and controlled) are delineated. Team composition and skills are outlined. Program and project management is set forth and , finally, a detailed work plan that sequences the more than 300 steps that a typical EAP effort takes is produced.

Pre-Initiation projects are typically from three to six days in duration.

Whether you need a full EAP (Data, Applications and Technology) , an EAP combined with Business Process Reengineering or simply a Technology Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Institute can assist your Enterprise achieve its goals. Enterprise Architecture Institute has several alternative ways to drive success. Explore our "Tag-Team" , Full consulting services or a minimalist "Train and Quality Assure" approaches and see which best fits your organization.

EAP’s are intense efforts that usually are of 6 - 8 months in duration.

Planning Initiation Starting EAP on the right track, including which methodology to use, who should be involved, and what toolset to use. This leads to producing a workplan for EAP and securing the management commitment to go through all of the following phases.

Principles The effective government of information and technology must be based on a declaration of values and rights. Principles form the basis for making architectural decisions, accepting the results, and managing the migration.

Business Modeling Compiles a knowledge base about the business and the information used in conducting the business. The Enterprise Survey phase is part of this.

Current Systems & Technology Defines what is in place today for application systems and supporting technology platforms. This is a summary-level inventory of application systems, data, and technology platforms to provide a baseline for long-range migration plans.

Data Architecture Defines the major kinds of data needed to support the business.

Applications Architecture Defines the major kinds of applications needed to manage that data and support the usiness functions.

Technology Architecture Defines the platforms needed to provide a technological infrastructure for the applications that manage the data and support the business functions.

Implemantation/Migration Plans Defines the sequence for implementing applications, a schedule for implementation, a cost/benefit analysis, and proposes a clear step-by-step path for migrating from where we are today to where we want to be. Executive-level recommendations will be made from the critical success factors for implementing the plan, and a plan will be developed for the transition period after EAP.

Planning Conclusion Final report and presentations of the EAP results to management.

The creation of an integrated environment for data and applications brings about major changes to the business as well as IT organizations. Streamlined procedures, new services, growth and service improvements, and cost reductions are a some of the business changes. IT organizations may need to reorganize, shift and learn new skill sets, acquire new technology and training, and create new standards and procedures. For the ultimate success of EAP, it is important to set expectations about the potential outcome, and be prepared to accept and approve the recommendations of the EAP team.

A readiness assessment determines the ability for an organization to conduct an EAP project, identifies potential obstacles and risks, and the willingness to accept and implement the architectures and plans. Enterprise Architect Institute. will survey the organizations that are within the scope or would be affected by the EAP. The survey will examine the favorable or unfavorable aspects of more than two dozen organizational and cultural characteristics, and present the findings and recommendations to management. Unfavorable characteristics are very important, since some of them represent potentially insurmountable obstacles for EAP Enterprise Architecture Institute will recommend a strategy to overcome or remove the unfavorable factors and obstacles.

The readiness assessment typically takes about 3 to 5 weeks duration, and requires six to ten days of consulting depending on the size and geographical distribution of the organization.

When completed successfully, the EAP process establishes an implementation plan for the architectures. Periodically, Enterprise Architecture Institute can conduct a review of (a) the progress of the implementation, (b) conformance of the designs to the architectures, (c) the conformance of standards and procedures to the principles, (d) the alignment of the designs and architectures with the business vision and strategies, (e) unforeseen implementation issues and obstacles, and (f) the coordination and conformance with other EAP initiatives and the established principles and standards.

Each periodic review would be about 2 - 3 days if conducted quarterly, and 5 days if conducted semiannually.