Use of Iasa innovation and engagement model.

1. Is IT Transforming Your Business?
Tom Philbin
Sr. Enterprise Architect
November 2013

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2 messages for you today
1.The story of IT Strategy & Architecture at Dell
2.Dell’s approach and how you can do something similar

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By the Numbers: Strategy & Architecture
60%+
Application Rationalization since 2008
32
Acquisitions since 2006
83%
Defect removal efficiency (DRE)
4 New business models; multiple channels

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Explosive Growth + Strategic Shift = IT Complexity Handful of applications Approx. 6,500 applications Our approach to EA has simplified our environment to less than 2,400 apps while supporting an increasingly complex business.

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Dell IT’s Approach to Transformation

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Our Architecture Method: Enabling strategic outcomes
Understanding Dell’s business needs and IT’s value proposition (ITSP)
so we can define our architectural goal (ESRA),
long term, low-fidelity strategic architecture plan (ASD)
high-fidelity program architecture enabling strategic delivery (PAD)
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Strategy
Goal
3-5 yr Plan
Program Architecture
EA Consulting Services
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and produce both a
and then a
Architecture Oversight
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Our Architecture Method: Enabling strategic outcomes
SO WHAT? What does this mean to your stakeholders?
BU & Functional Leaders:
“When will I get what I need to realize my strategy?”
IT Leaders: “How can IT best-enable business strategy?”
Understanding Dell’s business needs and IT’s value proposition (ITSP)
so we can define our architectural goal (ESRA),
long term, low-fidelity strategic architecture plan (ASD)
high-fidelity program architecture enabling strategic delivery (PAD)
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Strategy
Goal
3-5 yr Plan
Program Architecture
and produce both a
and then a

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EA Specializations: From Concept to Outcomes
EA Skills Based on

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IT Strategic Plan
EA-specialization overlay of Key EA Deliverables: IT Strategic Plan
EA Skills Based on
= Primary accountability
Table of Contents
1.Business-Enabling Strategy
2.IT Foundational Strategy

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End State Reference Architecture
EA-specialization overlay of Key EA Deliverables: End State Reference Architecture (ESRA)
Table of Contents
1.Business Architecture
2.Solution Architecture
3.Information Architecture
4.Infrastructure Architecture
EA Skills Based on
Framework Based on
= Primary accountability

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EA-specialization overlay of Key EA Deliverables: Architecture Strategy Document (ASD)
= Primary accountability
EA Skills Based on
Framework Based on
Application 1
Application 2
Interface (information)

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EA-specialization overlay of Key EA Deliverables: Program Architecture Document (PAD)
= Primary accountability
EA Skills Based on
Framework Based on

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CLOSING???

15. Thank You!
Tom Philbin
Sr. Enterprise Architect