This is a presentation I made to the IIBA Vancouver chapter on the interaction of business analysts with our enterprise architecture practice.

1. Enterprise Architecture and the Business Analyst Leo de Sousa, Manager, Application Services and Enterprise ArchitectureBritish Columbia Institute of Technology IIBA – Vancouver Chapter – November 30, 2007

2. Enterprise Architecture and the Business Analyst British Columbia Institute of Technology’s Strategic Vision using EA and BA to deliver on our Strategic Vision Enterprise Architecture – a Framework & a Practice Enterprise Architecture and Business Analysis Future Plans Questions ??? Future BA EA Vision

3. BCIT’s Vision and Mission Vision: BCIT will be Canada’s premier polytechnic institution. Mission: To build pathways for career success in the global marketplace through teaching excellence and applied education and research Size: Approximately 48,000 students are enrolled annually at BCIT. ??? Future BA EA Vision

4. BCIT – Experience it! ??? Future BA EA Vision

5. “Advance Polytechnic Education” “Ensure Effective Work Processes” “Connect BCIT to the World” “Support Effective Learning & Teaching” “Equip BCIT’s Learning Spaces” The Business of BCIT Best Teaching Practices Applied Research Intelligent Learning Spaces Collaboration & Connectivity Strategic Goal Areas from TEK Vision Enterprise Architecture

6. BCIT – TEK Initiative ??? Future BA EA Vision

7. Leveraging BCIT’s Strategic Vision ??? Future BA EA Vision

8. Enterprise Architecture “a Framework & a Practice” ??? Future BA EA Vision

9. The Value of Enterprise Architecture Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a strategic framework to provide guidance, consultation and approval of investments in people, process and technology that aligns to and supports Institutional Strategy and Vision. The benefits of adopting EA at BCIT are : ??? Future BA EA Vision

10. Strategic Practice ??? Future BA EA Vision

11. Enterprise Architecture Roles @ BCIT ??? Future BA EA Vision

12. Enterprise Architecture Roles (cont …) ??? Future BA EA Vision

13. Integrating and Growing an EA Practice Strategic Alignment Architectural Fit and Risk Mgmt Tactical Alignment ??? Future BA EA Vision

14. Enterprise Architecture and BA ??? Future BA EA Vision

15. EA Roles in Governance EA plays a role of influence in advising IT Governance groups at BCIT Strategic and Tactical Governance groups receive: EA advice on feasibility, risk, integration EA advice based on vendor and peer partnerships EA facilitates the technical reviews of technology initiatives BA helps the EA by gathering and documenting requirements from the client’s perspective ??? Future BA EA Vision

16. Opportunistic Innovative Support Program Departmental Control/Risk IT Program Strategic Governance Model and EA Roles Funding Guidance Program Consult Approval Enterprise Program = schools or departments Institute = centrally governed Institute ??? Future BA EA Vision

17. EA Guiding Principles When deciding on architecture to implement, we will: 1 REUSE before ACQUIRE 2 ACQUIRE before CREATE 3 CREATE REUSABLE COMPONENTS Definitions ACQUIRE add new components to the architecture either COTS or OS/CS COTS Commercial Off the Shelf / Vendor Supplied CREATE add new components to the architecture by creating a new component OS-CS Open Source or Community Source REUSE leverage existing architecture components (cost savings in training, infrastructure, etc) ??? Future BA EA Vision

18. Enterprise Architecture Philosophy 100 EA 100 will apply the following tests as part of the EA review process: Does the proposed solution adequately meet the clients’ needs? Is the proposed solution fiscally responsible and sustainable? If the above are true, when introducing new functions, features, or infrastructure, we will ALWAYS look at our current vendors and their products FIRST. This will: Ensure we are making fiscally sound decisions Allow us to leverage existing relationships and licenses Manage complexity focusing on delivering solutions with known technology that has adequate staffing and support Leverages native integration within existing vendors’ products, features and services Prevent further dilution of IT Services staff skill sets If we pass these tests, then we WILL license/implement that solution. ??? Future BA EA Vision

19. EA Taxonomy Strategy and Policy IT Service Management Business Application Presentation Data Infrastructure Service Delivery and Support Security ??? Future BA EA Vision

20. EA Taxonomy – Layered View Business Analysis Presentation Layer Business Layer Application Layer Data Layer Infrastructure Layer IT Service Management Service Delivery and Support Strategy Policy and Security Layer ??? Future BA EA Vision

21. EA and BA Support IT Service Management ??? Future BA EA Vision

22. BA Role in helping IT Services Deliver Work ??? Future BA EA Vision

23. BA Works with Client to Articulate Request ??? Future BA EA Vision

24. BA Discovery Document used for Triage ??? Future BA EA Vision

25. BA Works with Client to Gather Requirements ??? Future BA EA Vision

26. BA Works with Solution Architect ??? Future BA EA Vision

27. BA Works with Project Manager ??? Future BA EA Vision

28. BA Works with Project Manager and Client ??? Future BA EA Vision

29. BCIT Enterprise Architecture Plan EA Strategy continues to evolve in a three phased approach ??? Future BA EA Vision

30. IT Services EA Reference Model Enterprise Data Dictionary Technology Services Portfolio Relies on Data Application Portfolio Relies on Applications Vendor List Provides Infra Relies on Infra Configuration Management Database (CMDB) (infrastructure) ??? Future BA EA Vision

31. Enterprise Architecture aligns … Learning&Teaching Technologies BusinessTechnologies People … Process … Enterprise Architecture Technology … Research Technologies By using a framework containing disciplined strategies like EA and BA to align with the Institution’s Vision ??? Future BA EA Vision

32. Thank You! Leo de SousaManager, Business Application Services and Enterprise Architecture British Columbia Institute of TechnologyLeo_de_Sousa@bcit.ca http://leodesousa.ca ??? Future BA EA Vision