What is Enterprise Architecture?
Enterprise Architecture (EA) is an integrated approach to designing and evolving UCD’s business, data, application, and technology domains to effectively support the delivery of the digital campus experience and the implementation of the UCD Strategy.
It establishes a shared language and methodology for developing UCD’s digital architecture.
How are we doing this?
We are capturing the applications (and underlying technologies) that form UCD digital campus.
At a high level this involves;
- Providing Digital Application Governance Framework, Enterprise Architecture Principles and Non-Functional Requirements to help inform, guide and govern the design and deployment of applications across the University
- Maintaining an Application Portfolio with detailed overview of the Applications in use in UCD, including their Ownership
- Mapping Applications to Business Capabilities (using the Higher Education Reference Model Business Capability Model - HERM BCM)
- Mapping the Technologies that underpin the Applications
- Capture Data Flows for Applications, including the Data Objects and Interfaces used.
- Applying Application Portfolio Management techniques to determine where rationalisation of Application is needed
- Creating Roadmaps to outline the future direction of an UCD Architecture
Key Business Outcomes
Key Business Outcomes
- Informed decision-making
- Aligning IT investments with business strategy
- Increased communication and efficiency across the business
- Compliance and governance
- Risk management and analysis
- Opportunities to reduce costs
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