How bad is your enterprise condition?
I've compiled 10 questions that might help you to get an idea about your enterprise condition:
1)
Is your organization has any blueprint or matrix of all
running systems, how they communicate one with each
other and which technology they are using?
2)
Can you show me a matrix of
professional user groups, their requirements and systems
that address those requirements?
3)
Do you have mapping of all of your enterprise data, how
data being grouped and by how data is being accessed?
4)
When you start a project do
you have blueprint, which you have to follow, for the
type of the application you up to start with?
5)
Is there a formal stage in
the project life cycle were system architecture is being
checked against the enterprise architecture.
6)
If you have any question or problem regarding
architecture do you know whose job is to help you?
7)
Is there a clear list of all
technological tools and services that your system might
use or you can use whether technology you want?
8)
Do you have duplicate application or data?
9)
Is there a clear development
methodology in your enterprise?
10)
Do you know of more then 10 technologies (development
tools, operating systems, Databases, ERP tools, etc’)
used in your organization?
9-10 : call me or leave me your contact details I WANT TO
LEARN FROM YOU.
7-8 : I guess you are running EA for
a while.
5-6 : you just start an enterprise architecture effort.
Be aware from EA pitfalls so your effort will come to it
end.
1-5 : read about