The success of any transformation efforts depending on the best practices followed over the transformation and beyond. Enterprise Architecture practice helps to execute the transformation efforts seamlessly. This presentation discover more details.

1. Are you ready for transformation?
Webinar Featuring Enterprise Architecture Practice
With…

2. Corporate Overview
Been in IT service business for over 14 years
Niche Enterprise IT Services Provider
60+ active engagements; 1000+ Aspirians TM
Core Competencies: SaaS, Mobile, Test
Automation, Infrastructure Management,
SOA/BPM, Enterprise Architecture
Gartner listed Product Engineering Provider
ISO 9001:2008 certified
Awards
Ranked among the Top 20
Global R&D Service
Providers by Zinnov
Consulting

3. Hariharan V Ganesarethinam
Senior Enterprise Architect
Aspire Systems Inc.
 15 years of experience in defining Enterprise level Architecture solutions
 Subject Matter expert on Enterprise Architecture, IT Portfolio Management,
SOA Architecture, IT Strategy and Roadmap, Governance etc
 Architecture consulting experience in ecommerce, B2B, R&D, Retail and
Pharma domains
 Oracle certified SOA Architect, Author of Oracle AIA foundation pack: 11gR1
book and Service Technology Magazine
Peter Harrad
North America Manager
Orbus Software
 15+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture consulting & Business
process modeling
 Strong background in IT strategy, architecture and business analysis
 Extensive experience in Telecom & Mobile domain
 Lead Architecture consultant with Orbus Software since 2007
Speaker’s Profiles

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5. Transformation = ?
Agenda
Top 10 ERP / Apps Projects Failure 2011
7 Factors of Transformation Failures
Enterprise Architecture: The Differentiator
TOGAF and Transformation Methodology
5 Steps for Successful Transformation
Rapid EA Adoption Solution
Enterprise Architecture - Overview

6. Technology
Change
Innovation
40%
40%
20%  New Product / Service / LOB
 Market Competitions
 Trends / Regulations
 Business Strategy
 ERP / Apps Implement
 Mobile Enablement
 Cloud/SOA/BPM/MDM
 Social Media
 Others
 Business Processes
 Governance
 Business Structure
 Strategy / Planning
 Operational Model
Transformation = Innovation + Change

7. • UK government scraps the £12 billion National program for IT in the NHS
Source: www.pcworld.com
10 Biggest ERP Projects Failures of 2011
New York City's City Time project Stopped due to cost overrun.
Ingram Micro Woes SAP Project for dent in Q1 Profits.
Marin County accuses SAP, Deloitte Consulting of a racketeering.
EPCOR customer sues after allegedly wild cost overruns
ERP software woes could cost Idaho millions
Care Source Management sued Lawson Software due to ERP failure.
EPCOR sued by customer over ERP project that turned into a 'big mess‘
Montclair State University sues Oracle over a PeopleSoft project.

8. Source: www.ZDNet.com
Source: http://projectmanagement.ittoolbox.com/documents/why-erp-implementations-fail-15304
Inadequate requirement
/ process definition
Lack of management
commitment
Internal resistance
Lack of Architecture
Guidelines
Unrealistic timeframe
Inappropriate IT Apps selection
Inadequate skilled
resources
Cause Factors
7 Factors of Transformation Failures

9. Holistic View ?
IT Factor: Silos of IT Management

10. Lack of holistic view &
Poor Design
Complete vision & well
defined and designed
Enterprise Architecture: The differentiator

11. As per The Open Group “Enterprise architecture is to optimize across the enterprise the often
fragmented legacy of processes (both manual and automated) into an integrated environment
that is responsive to change and supportive of the delivery of the business strategy.”
EA align IT strategy and projects towards
business strategy.
EA helps to identify target IT architecture
and gap between current and target
strategy.
EA can define short-term and long-term
goals, roadmap.
Define standards and principles to align
enterprise projects.
TOGAF – The Open Group Architecture Framework
ZACHMAN – Enterprise Architecture Framework for EA
FEAF – Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework
What is Enterprise Architecture?

12. ADM – Architecture Development Method
TOGAF ADM – Quick View
Systematic architecture practice implementation model
Core concept of TOGAF approach
Focus on Architecture Models includes:
Architecture Definitions
Business Architecture
Information Architecture
Application Architecture
Technology Architecture
Governance

13. Assessment
Consolidation
Transformation
Implementation
OracleAIMModel
Transformation Phase vs. TOGAF ADM

14. Oracle AIM vs. TOGAF ADM

15. 5 Key Steps for Successful Transformation
Thumb Rule: Know your position before start, just like GPS
Business Transformation Readiness Assessment
Enterprise Architecture Maturity Assessment
Enterprise Architecture Establishment
Enterprise Architecture Repository Enablement
Baseline Business / IT Capabilities
Kickoff Transformation Initiatives

16. Road to successful Enterprise Transformation
Rapid EA Adoption Solutions

17. AN ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE REPOSITORY
AND MODELING ENVIRONMENT
FOR MICROSOFT VISIO AND OFFICE USERS

18. Introducing a Selection of Our Customers
Recent Customer-Partners
Customers around the world are overcoming
their business problems using iServer.
A Selection of Customer-Partners

19. Do You Recognize These Common Challenges?
“We use Visio, Excel, Word &
PowerPoint to create EA information”
“Information is stored all over the place
(there is no central storage point)”
“Diagrams / documents are inconsistent
in terms of notation / templates”
“We want to promote content and
building block reuse”
“Architects want to work as a team
and compare & share artefacts”
“We are starting out with EA. We
need a tool that is easy to adopt”
“We have a limited budget until we
gain wider-scale buy-in for EA”
“We want to showcase our EA work
to the wider business”

20. iServer creates a Collaborative Modeling Environment
Empowering Visio and Office Users
How iServer helps Your Team Solve These Issues
Providing Web Access to the Repository
from Around the World
Business Analyst
Solution
ArchitectInformation Architect
Enterprise Architect
Traine
r
Network Support

21. Enables Visio Users to collaborate on
- Visio diagrams
- Word documents
- Excel spreadsheets
- PowerPoint presentations
iServer – the Core Product
...and are transformed
into reusable objects...
These objects are then reused across
the repository including meta-data
Stencil shapes from a Visio
diagram are saved/imported
to repository
iServer – Visio’s Components or ‘Objects’
Published
to
SharePoint
(SharePoint only manages docs
– not components)

22. Live browser access to repository
Powerful search
Reporting Integration
Live Issue Management
Email Notifications
Portal
Portal
iServer – Extendable Product Range
Go to Data Exchange

23. Publish integrated HTML Websites
Easily customizable for consumption
of target audience
Snapshot of models
Easy distribution & access
Simple interface
Create, collect and disseminate
Issues etc.
Publisher Portal
Publisher
iServer – Extendable Product Range
Go to Data Exchange

24. Uses XML and Excel
Data Import/Export interfaces
Conversion hub for other tools
Sync with external data
Import Excel Lists
Enables enforcing of
common standards
Data Exchange
Data Exchange
iServer – Extendable Product Range
Go to Data Exchange
Portal
Publisher
Data Exchange

25. Audit Reports
Content Reports
Productivity Reports
Timeline Views
Gap Analysis / Comparison Reports
Reporting Services
iServer – Extendable Product Range
Portal
Reporting
Services
Data Exchange
Publisher
Go to Data Exchange

26. Portal
Publisher
Data Exchange
Reporting
Services
iServer’s - ‘Out-of-the-Box’ Solutions
TOGAF 9
TOGAF 9 ‘Out-of-the-Box’
A complete data set of templates, notations, stencils and meta-model.
BPA
Solution
BPA Solution
Enhancing Your Team’s ability to create structured Business
Process with required documentation in MS Office
Infrastructure
Management
Infrastructure Management
iServer delivers extensive capabilities to help create, monitor,
analyze and report on an organization's network infrastructure
(Released in Q2)
ITIL v3
ITIL v3
A pre-configured repository structure incorporating all the
compliant processes, relationships and documentation.
TOGAF 9
+ ITIL v3
TOGAF and ITIL v3
The TOGAF 9 OOTB repository also incorporating the full set of
ITIL compliant processes relationships and stencils
SCOR
SCOR
Providing a set of process templates and enabling customization
and documentation to enhance supply chain projects.
TOGAF 9 +
ArchiMate
TOGAF 9 + ArchiMate
An integrated set of stencils, notation, template for the
incorporation of ArchiMate compliant data and documentation.
eTOM
eTOM
A pre-configured set of templates, relationships and meta-data
to provide foundation for building a powerful repository.

27. Why Stay Within the Visio Modeling Environment?
Benefit from Microsoft’s investment
New release every 3 years
Visio is most common EA modelling tool
iServer is Visio 2010 compliant
24 million users worldwide
 Quick Shapes Functionality
 Wider Diagram Type Support
 Attribute driven properties (eg Heatmaps)
 Improved Modelling Environment
 Auto Alignment
Visio 2010 Highlights

28. Keep Using MS Office and Visio!
iServer users are up-and-running in hours!
Identifying Risks When Deploying a Modeling Tool
Immediate Collaboration
Architects & Business Analysts can
collaborate from Day One
Easy to Use
iServer Architecture teams are up
& running in hours
Flexible
Notations, frameworks or meta-models
are easy to customize – rapid deployment!
Low Risk
Visio & Office documents retained –
no conversion to a proprietary repository
Low Cost
Leverage your current investment in
Microsoft immediately
Minimal Training
Repository set up is fast and modeling
requires minimal training

29. iServer declared:
“Cool Vendor for Enterprise Architecture”
“iServer has many similar capabilities to other popular repository-based BPA
tools like those from Casewise and ARIS, but with the advantage of being less
expensive and easier to use”
“Orbus has developed an easy-to-use modeling environment that extends
Microsoft’s Office platform by utilizing Visio as the front end. The company
has created a solution that provides comparable functionality to the top-
end products at a significantly lower cost of ownership”
What are the Analysts Saying?

30. Check out our EA maturity calculator at http://www.aspiresys.com/eacalc/ to
assess your EA maturity level

31. To know more about our offerings and
solutions, please contact us -
ea@aspiresys.com