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2. Agenda Part 1: Don’t Fence Me In Part 2: So What Worked? Part 3: Ugh, That could have gone better… Part 4: The Future

3. Part 1: Don’t Fence Me In The Rule of “Tactical Agility”

4. 2006: Tactical Agility Get-er Done “Flexible and Agile” Passive Change Control Heroism at the Interfaces Architecture in Silos

5. A Few Good Successes Recent Network Redesign Billiken Info Shield Campus-wide DHCP Banner ERP Upgrade Beginnings of Identity Management

6. Part 2: The Birth of EA “Show me ROI for my investment.” - Ellen Watson, SLU CIO, 2006

7. Other Drivers for EA at SLU Mitigate Risk Associated with Banner Upgrade and Related Projects SAS 112 / SOX IT control levels Lack of Standards and Documentation Inconsistent or Undocumented Architectural Decisions Lifecycle (Mis)Management Lack of Coordination across Technical Boundaries and organizational silos Section 2: Getting Started at SLU

8. Our Approach Show Quick Results Build Value through lasting Processes Establish Governance Get “ITS’ House In Order” First Then Branch Out

9. The Purpose of Enterprise Architecture “EA provides a common basis for understanding and communicating how systems are structured to meet strategic objectives.” Source: Bredemeyer Consulting Section 1: EA Overview

13. Part 3: So What Worked? People, Process and Technology The PIM: A Beginning Partnering: Governance Relationships Procurement: Server / Storage Deal Persuasion: UCCI Architecture, Etc. Governance Checklist

14. The PIM: Product Item Master Standards Lifecycle Management Boring But Essential EA Website is becoming the definitive source (http://ea.slu.edu) Quarterly Reports

15. Partnering: It’s About Relationships IT Business Office relationship Ex-officio ARB seats EIWG Training Vendor relationship

16. Procurement: Saving Money RFI/RFP for servers and storage: forward design and $$ savings Standards/eCommerce for commodity servers Host Review problem survey/approvals Build permit before procurement

17. Persuasion James Madison story Leveraging Across Projects Strategic Planning Task Force

19. Part 4: Where do we Go From Here? Architecture Gaps Governance Gaps Executive Buy-In Organizational Placement The Future

21. Governance Goals Control of the work. Co-ordination between different pieces of work. Measurement of outcome. Compliance with internal policy or regulation. Justification of spending. Accountability and transparency. Connecting with the needs of customers, the broader organization, and other stakeholders.

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23. Building an Enterprise Architecture Program at Saint Louis University James Hooper Enterprise Architect hooper@slu.edu Saint Louis University Information Technology Services 3690 West Pine Mall St. Louis, MO 63108-3304 Q&A © 2007 Saint Louis University

24. Recommended Sites http://ea.slu.edu http://www.bredemeyer.com http://www.togaf.com http://eajournal.blogspot.com http://www.nascio.org/nascioCommitte es/ea/EAMM.pdf http://www.nascio.org/nascioCommitte es/ea/EAMM.pdf