Is enterprise architecture in danger of becoming irrelevant?

1. The Value of
Enterprise
Architecture
RMIT
Masters in Enterprise Architecture

2. Is Enterprise
Architecture in danger
of becoming irrelevant?

3. 1. The old rules no longer apply
2. The rise of unbusiness
3. Some new rules to live by

7. U.S software sales in billions
150.0
112.5
75.0
37.5
0
'70 '75 '80 '85 '90 '95 '00

9. Growth of open standards
WS-*
OASIS SOA Reference Model
OASIS SOA Blueprints
SAP Netweaver
WS-I founded Oracle Fusion
SAP WS JAX-WS
J2ME Web Services MS Indigo
ESB
BPEL BizTalk 2004
Apache Axis Oracle BPEL
JAX-RPC WBI-SF
Apache SOAP Oracle WS WS-Policy and WS-Security
MS SOAP Sun WS
IBM Web Services
WS (J2EE & .NET)
WS-* starts exploding
SOAP 1.0
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

11. investment
Intensifying
Competition
Business Cycle t
investment
Static IT cycle
Technology Cycle t

13. 1. The old rules no longer apply
2. The rise of unbusiness
3. Some new rules to live by

19. Decide
Plan
Manage
Do

20. In-source
Out-source

21. In-source Out-source

22. In-source Out-source

23. In-source Out-source
Replace
with
software

24. Business and
In-source strategy
portfolio consulting
management
External (BPO)
In-source
but fully Cloud
integrated
Outsourced

26. 1. The old rules no longer apply
2. The rise of unbusiness
3. Some new rules to live by

28. 1. Focus on what really matters

29. 1. Focus on what really matters
2. Externalize

30. 1. Focus on what really matters
2. Externalize
3. Reduce the cost of planning

31. Personalize
Solutions focused on
supporting specific roles Market
Weeks
forces
Organize
Using services to achieve
cohesive executions
Months
Business
as usual
Comply
Enterprise transactions and data
in ERP and legacy applications
Years
Technology Cycles
Deliver
Mixing IT in the right amount to
align with the business cycle
Business Cycle

33. Peter Evans-Greenwood
peter@evans-greenwood.com
peter.evans-greenwood.com
@pevansgreenwood
+61 439 327 793