Overview

Foundations and concepts: principles, viewpoints, the EA content metamodel, and the interactive model.
Methodology stage deep-dives: gap analysis, requirements management, and the procedure for managing temporary exemptions from defined standards.
Establishing the practice: setup, organisational structure, strategy, tasks, performance indicators, communication plan, and training plan.
Practice outputs and artifacts: main outputs, procedures, standards, RFP requirements, and reports.
Specialised topics: emerging technologies.

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Foundations and concepts

Thirty-two principles spread across six domains: business, beneficiary experience, applications, data, technology, and security.

The viewpoints adopted in the NORA framework for describing the enterprise architecture to different stakeholders.

The building blocks, their attributes, and the relationships between them across the six EA domains.

A business architecture viewpoint that shows how the entity interacts with beneficiaries, partners, and stakeholders.

Methodology stage deep-dives

Comparing the current state with the target state, identifying gaps across the six domains, and linking them to roadmap initiatives.

Approving EA requirements, tracking their status, and assessing the impact of changes through the development cycle.

A Stage 7 procedure for approving a temporary exemption from a defined standard when needed, with controls on its scope, duration, and follow-up.

Establishing the EA practice

The basic steps for setting up the EA practice inside the entity and running it on a sustainable basis.

Designing the organisational unit responsible for EA and writing the job descriptions for its members.

Building the EA strategy and aligning it with the entity strategy and the digital transformation priorities.

The tasks assigned to the EA organisational unit to keep the practice running inside the entity.

Building measurable performance indicators for the EA practice and tracking them on a regular cadence.

Planning communication between the EA team and the stakeholders inside and outside the entity.

Identifying the training needs of the EA team and building a plan to raise its capability.

EA practice outputs and artifacts

The main documents and outputs produced by the EA practice under the NORA framework.

The operating procedures that govern how the EA practice works inside the entity.

The defined standards that EA components inside the entity must comply with.

Embedding EA requirements in RFPs and digital project contracts.

Producing periodic reports on the state of EA practice and the results of the development cycles.

Specialised topics

The role of EA in studying emerging technologies and judging their fit for the entity business.