1. The Core Concepts of EA A Few Final Words
EA Course Summary
The Core Concepts of EA
A Few Final Words
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Core Concepts
There are about five things that are needed for every EA projects
A Governance approach
A Framework
A Methodology
List of artifacts
Repository
Best Practices
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Governance
The guiding light of the project
This is a collection of:
Policies
Processes
These guides the people who make the decisions
Oversees and plans the direction of the project and team
Governance is always under the authority of the Board and/or CEO
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Framework
We have seen several frameworks
The book emphasizes the EA Cube
The framework determines the scope of the project
Defines the relationships of the various levels and threads of the project
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Methodology
The steps needed to create and maintain the original architecture
Recall the four phases:
Establishment
Framework and Tool Selection
Documentation
Maintain and Use
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Artifacts
The types of documents to accumulate or create
Each level has a different set of documents
The process on how these are discovered or created
Generally a list of artifacts that will describe the enterprise
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Repository
A mechanism to store the artifacts that have been found or created
This function is used by the EA team
Should be easy for any enterprise member to access
Also should be able to index and search for appropriate artifacts
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Best Practices
The tried and true ways to document the architecture
Best practices are typically an evolving set of processes that guide the EA team
One good reason to have an experienced hand as the chief architect
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Now What?
You are as yet not qualified to be Enterprise Architects!
Sorry to have to break it to you
Enterprise Architects need more knowledge and experience than a single semester course may provide
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What should you do?
Obtain a succession of IT jobs
Acquire 5-10 years of experience in these positions
Become familiar with:
IT operations
Software development
Planning of IT acquisitions and purchasing
Corporate culture
Business practices
Getting onto an EA team
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The Final
Thursday, May 11 at 8:00
Counts for two tests
Unit test over untested stuff
The comprehensive final
I will send results when complete
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Finally
This concludes the instruction of this course
I hope that this course will help you in your career
Either as one who cooperates with the EA team or as one of its members
Good luck on the final and your career
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