Solutions

On a daily basis, architects activities can change quickly and dramatically requiring a broad range of knowledge, skills and tools. Competencies span across domains from technical lifecycles, portfolio management, and governance to modelling, critical thinking, and negotiation. Not to mention, proficiencies in one or more of the numerous industry standard frameworks.

Skill sets aside, architecture plays a crucial role in providing business-responsive advice and aligning business strategies with IT in the most efficient, sustainable, and agile manner – and having the right tool set just reinforces this notion.

The table below indicates the commonality and differences of priorities across members of the C-Suite and Enterprise Architecture.

C-Suite

Enterprise Architect

Deliver Quick Time-to-Value and Provide Business-Responsive Guidance. Determine Changes Required by Business Strategies, Understand Technology Environment and Relationships, Plan Technology Lifecycles, Create Target Architectures and Chart Roadmaps.

Portfolio Architect

Optimize and Transform Application and Technology Portfolios. Uncover Opportunities and Evaluate Scenarios on Cost, Health, Risk, and other KPI’s, Understand Capabilities, Align and Manage Portfolios to Fulfill Business Needs.

Solution Architect

Cloud Architect

Plan and Oversee Cloud Computing Strategy. Design, Manage and Monitor Application Deployment in Cloud Environments
Ensure Service Level Agreements are Met, Negotiate and Work with Legal and Procurement Organizations.

Governance Architect

Architect Practitioner

Use Business and IT information as an asset. Develop Artifacts, Model Scenarios, Design Solutions and Create Logical and Physical Architectures to Make Effective Decisions.

While the needs of the C-level roles may be different than those of Enterprise Architecture, everyone is trying to make smarter, fact – based decisions to achieve the desired outcome. Integral to making those decisions, Enterprise Architecture must make actionable insights and present the data needed to support management decisions. Rely on putting your data in a 360° context and deliver actionable information.