Many organizations have Enterprise Architecture (EA) groups, but how many of those are effective members of the IT strategy and decision-making teams? An Enterprise Architecture program should focus on preparing the information that will help CIOs and IT departments make better decisions for the entire organization, help the organization move forward to optimize the IT landscape, and to support compliance and reporting requirements.
Too often an organization grows in a fragmented way, where certain questions are hard to answer. Do I have duplicative systems? What services does our IT department provide? Does my data have integrity? What will happen if an application “goes down”? These questions, and many others, can be answered by an effective Enterprise Architecture team.
Frameworks Used
- Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF)
- Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF)
- The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
- Fit-for-Purpose architectural designs, using best practices
Lori Coleman has built usable architectures for various agencies taking advantage of the frameworks and tools required and provided by the client. Clients can maintain compliance and meeting reporting requirements, and use the building blocks of the architecture to make sense of the IT landscape today and moving forward.
Ms. Coleman can build any aspect of an architecture, or work as part of a larger team developing full and detailed architecture programs. Depending on the need, Ms. Coleman helps to create a fluid team that will do the most effective work possible.