Embedding EAM into strategic planning - Leveraging EAM for strategic planning - Developing the architecture vision

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What is EAM’s core undertaking?


To develop an architecture vision explicating the strategic directions.

What is a TOM and how does it contribute to the firms archtecture vision?


A TOM a high-level architecture model, target operating model (TOM).
It describes the primary aspects of the company’s future operations, before further refining and detailing the strategic intentions in the form of an architecture model.
A TOM determines the cornerstones regarding how an organization operates across process, organization and technology domains in order to deliver value.

What key aspects can be clarified by a TOM e.g.?

(1) Which customers and regions will the new product address?
(2) Will the firm keep its revenue model and build on the existing distribution channels?
(3) How should the firm change the existing sales processes and applications to launch the new product?
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What questions can be addressed by process maps,  application and data models e.g?

(1) Can the existing online shop and the order management application handle the new product or does the firm need to implement new information systems?
(2) What does this mean for the underlying technical infrastructure?

Describe management recommendations to support EA's role in developing the architecture vision

  • Senior management should specify the target operating model that describes, at a high level, how the firm will operate in the process, organisational and technology domains in future.
  • Strategic initiatives’ desired effects should be documented by means of the target architecture. This target architecture comprises EA models specifying the organisation’s designated future state and keeps projects focussed.
  • The architects should cooperate closely with the relevant stakeholders, such as the functional managers, process owners and IT experts in order to reflect their concerns and views in the target architecture and to attain stakeholder identification with the planning results.

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