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Service: Requirements for an Enterprise Architecture

Having an enterprise architecture in place catalogs your organization's intellectual property and allows for sharing of knowledge and assets across operational areas. It also serves as a foundation from which to select initiatives to invest in. Engage Doreen Evans Associates to aid you in determining what knowledge to include in your enterprise architecture, how the knowledge can be developed and maintained, and how the knowledge can be structured and stored.

Time Frame

	4-6 weeks (estimate)

Typical Activities

	Scoping and planning meetings to gain understanding of goals of the enterprise architecture
	Facilitated sessions with stakeholders to determine the information and assets to capture
	Analysis and interviews to determine how project work products and deliverables can be leveraged and incorporated into the enterprise architecture
	Analysis of the ideal structure and storage for the enterprise architecture assets
	Presentation of how information in the enterprise architecture will be shared across the organization as well as how the architecture will be maintained

Work Products

	Inventory of the assets to include in the enterprise architecture, as well as the most useful relationships to establish among the assets
	A strategy for using existing and future project work products and deliverables to enrich and develop the enterprise architecture
	A strategy for how and where the enterprise architecture will be structured and stored
	A strategy for how to share the enterprise architecture with others in the organization
	A maintenance strategy for the enterprise architecture
	A strategy for how the enterprise architecture can be used to support project investment decisions

When does this service make sense?

	You want an accessible archive of the current state of the business and a place to develop and envision the future state of the business
	You have valuable project artifacts and deliverables but lack a vehicle to share the information across the enterprise
	Your company is involved in a merger where different operations, technology and initiatives must be seen as a whole
	Knowledge and documentation is needed to support project initiative decisions

We are Ready to be Your Business Analysis Partner
Whatever your company's line of business or the nature of your challenge, DEA has unparalleled Business Analysis expertise combined with in-depth knowledge of the insurance industry. We would be happy to discuss your specific needs without obligation.