1. EA Governance as
IT Sustainability
Eric A. Stephens (@EricStephens)
Oracle Enterprise Architect Director
Oracle NA Technology & Government Consulting
NY IT Leadership Academy
17 April 2013

2. EA & The Second Law of Thermodynamics
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Closed biological systems &
entropy
Enterprise = system
Funding streams and suboptimization
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4. Case Study
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5. Mortgage Insurance Company
Context
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Recent and rapid CIO turnover
EA governance posture fluctuating from lenient to draconian
Large infrastructure with major EA blueprinting effort underway
Three month effort to rejuvenate EA governance program
Worked closely with EA who was trained as a lawyer
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6. Mortgage Insurance Company
EA Governance Activities
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EA Charter, EA Board Charter
Principles, Standards
Defining and customizing language in principles and standards
• “What works ‘round here”
Metrics - Focus on Outcomes versus Activity
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7. EA Governance Functional Model
EA Governance
Implementation
Governance
EA Change
Management
Value
Measurement &
Reporting
Implementation Governance
EA review process to ensure compliance
EA deviation process to record disallowed variances
EA exception process to record & communicate exceptions
Change Management
Formally manage artifacts, standards/principles, and architecture blueprint
Value Measurement
Record and articulate value of EA program
Focus on customer and business-centric outcomes
Continuous process improvement feedback
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8. EA Governance Model
Business Strategy
IT Governance
EA Scorecard
EA Governance
Implementation
Governance
EA Change
Management
Value
Measurement &
Reporting
EA Repository
Environmental
Changes &
Innovation
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Project
Funding
Project
Execution
IT-intensive
Procurement &
Adoption
Metadata, Patterns
Standards, Waivers, &
Violations, Models,
Reference Architectures,
Strategies & Roadmaps

9. Summary
Thoughts
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10. Characteristics of Good EA Governance
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Organization specific
Just enough, just in time
Balances the “tension” of agility and governance
Well communicated and socialized
Integrated with procurement, PMO, SDLC, ADM, COBIT, ITIL
Iterative, persistent program
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11. Technology & Process Adoption
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Comprehensive – people & process
Repeatable process with certification for new components
Approval gates and roadmaps
Portfolio management essential
Governance-driven sustainability
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12. “Neither the importance nor
the tedium of EA Governance
can be overstated.”
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14. Thank You
Eric A. Stephens (@EricStephens)
Oracle Enterprise Architect Director
Oracle NA Technology & Government Consulting
NY IT Leadership Academy
17 April 2013

15. Oracle Enterprise Architecture Framework
Just Enough, Just in Time
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18. Backup Material
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19. Strategic Customer/Citizen Focus
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20. Key Governance Artifacts
Artifact
Description
EA Program Charter
Defines scope of program, design, authority, and responsibilities of the EA program
Architecture Review Board Charter
Defines the scope and authority of the review board with regard to architecture changes
Architecture Review Process
Defines process for creating and validating solution designs. Also is applied to strategic/segment architectures.
Architecture Exception Template
Provides a guide for capturing the necessary information regarding architectural deviations.
Architecture Directive Maintenance Process
Process for ratifying new directives (e.g., principles, standards, strategies). This also covers approving exceptions.
Architecture Principles
Directional statements to guide the broadest level of EA decision making
Enterprise Conceptual Architecture (ECA)
Collection of reference models defining key segments of the architecture. The ECA is used during the creation and review of
architectural designs.
Technology Adoption Process
Structured flow for introducing new IT capabilities into the organization.
EA Standard - *
Initial versions of Technology Architecture standards. Includes Definitions, Middleware, OS and Virtualization, DBMS, Open
Source Stack, Workflow, and IT Asset Management.
EA Program RACI Matrix
Draft of map between EAs and SolArchs and their respective areas of expertise/interest.
Architecture Review Checklist
Body of questions to use during architecture reviews
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21. Instilling a GovernanceDriven Technology
Adoption Process
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22. EA Governance Implications
• Explicit management of business architecture elements
• Ownership of capabilities, functions, processes
• Of the elements, which attributes to manage?
• What is the lifecycle of a business architecture element?
• How are business architecture elements rationalized in a portfolio?
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23. SOA Governance Considerations
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What is your overall governance framework?
What constitutes a service?
Where in the SDLC are services sourced/designed/created?
What are the approval gates?
What are the criteria for new COTS and SOA?
Internal SOA roadshow & education
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24. BYOD/Mobile Governance Considerations
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Who owns the data?
Who pays for the service? Device?
Devices: forbidden, permitted, supported?
Who permits the “data wipe”? User? Enterprise?
Onboarding/off-boarding/emergency terminations
Necessary Mobile Device Management (MDM) and network protection
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25. Cloud Computing Governance Considerations
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Data ownership and location
Availability & control
Request processing
Procurement authority
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26. IT Consumerization - Governance Considerations
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Most are embracing BYOD (Avande)
73% C-level executives report increased use, 60% adapting IT
88% report employees already using personal technology
64% of IT executives consider the matter “simple”
Risks: 66% security, 37% unmanaged data
Your competition is figuring this out
Strategy: Trust & Facilitation
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27. Big Data Governance Considerations
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Standard Data Governance applies
Architecture, Master Data Management
Metadata management
Privacy & Access management
Data stewardship and ownership
Integrate with existing Business Intelligence Fabric
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