Business and IT Transformation Suite

Business Case for Enterprise

Architecture and iServer
An Investigation of the Business Benefits
Why do we need Enterprise Architecture?
Optimize across the enterprise the often fragmented
legacy of processes into an integrated environment
that is responsive to change and supportive of the
delivery of the business strategy

A good Enterprise Architecture enables you to

achieve the right balance between IT efficiency and
business innovation

The role of Enterprise Architecture is to remove

stakeholder concerns by identifying their
requirements and developing views of the
architecture that show how these concerns are
being reconciled
Why do we need TOGAF®?
The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)

Describes a method for designing a target state of

the enterprise in terms of the components or
building blocks that make up the enterprise, and
how they fit together

It contains a set of tools, provides a common

vocabulary, and includes a list of recommended
standards and compliant products that can be used
to implement the building blocks

TOGAF 9.2 provides the methods and tools for

assisting in the acceptance, production, use, and
maintenance of an Enterprise Architecture
Business Case for an Enterprise Architecture Tool
Some of the major benefits that can be achieved by using an Enterprise Architecture Tool:

• Significant reduction in effort needed for • Reduction in operating costs due to the discovery
collecting, managing, validating, and reporting on of redundancies
elements of an Enterprise Architecture
• Increased Business and IT agility due to
• Improved business buy-in / engagement and architecture standardization
increased visibility of EA work

• Ability to make informed business decisions that

would not otherwise have been possible
 What tools do most Organizations use?
Most organizations use Microsoft Excel, Visio and PowerPoint.

Microsoft Visio Org Charts,

UML diagrams,
Process Architecture Data Network Roadmaps,
Models Models Models Diagrams Flow charts...

Microsoft Excel

Functions, Applications,
Lists Interfaces... Servers/hardware

Microsoft Word PowerPoint

Stakeholder
Documents Presentations
Common Pain Points that are solved by iServer
No single Source of Truth Duplication causes devaluation of assets
Single repository, fully customized to support the Reuse existing architecture building blocks, patterns
organization-specific structure and solutions

No alignment with best practices or de facto Impossible to get an overall understanding

standards and frameworks of the business
Out of the box support for leading architecture Consolidated understanding of all areas of the
frameworks and standards such as TOGAF®, enterprise; business, systems, data, technology
COBIT® and ITIL®
Very difficult to make informed business decisions
No collaboration or visibility of information Tools to assist in decision making: Impact Analysis,
Socialize ‘live’ information via any mainstream Reports, Heat-maps, Visualizations
browser with business stakeholders and enable
feedback
The Business Case for iServer
Significant reduction in effort needed for collecting, managing, validating, searching and reporting on
elements of the organization’s Enterprise Architecture
• All relevant documents stored in iServer are organized by the high level Business Model.
• This becomes the place to look for relevant input at the start of a project
• Time is saved by finding the right document at the right time
• All documents are kept up to date and accurately versioned so the latest versions are
easily accessible for all

Reduction in operating costs due to the automatic update of repository models

• iServer will automatically update the artifacts stored within it
• When a change is made to one object within a process, iServer will propagate to all the
other artifacts associated with that object
• Everything is kept up to date, with minimal manual effort of updating each artifact.
The Business Case for iServer
Improved business buy-in / engagement and increased visibility of Enterprise Architecture and Business
Process work across the organization, facilitating the ability to make informed business decisions that
would not otherwise have been possible

• Helps develop collaborative working between • Models enable the impact of change to be
Architects, Business Analysts, and Process measured more accurately, and mitigate the risk
Modelers of processes being overlooked during change
• This ensures that the outputs from a project projects
analysis phase are the building blocks for the
design. Ultimately this tool could also be used by Quantifying the Benefit
other teams within Business Systems. One iServer customer stated that prior to using
• Building of a holistic Business Process, iServer it used to take them about three days to
Information Systems and Technology manually perform an impact analysis, a process that
Architecture now takes them 2 minutes.
The Business Case for iServer
Increased Business and IT agility due to architecture standardization across the organization

• Immediate standardization of content, Quantifying the Benefit

governance, and alignment with Industry An iServer customer in the government sector
standards such as COBIT® 5, TOGAF® and ote how Orbus Software’s TOGAF
ITIL® Solution could shorten the TOGAF orientation
• Supports global notations such as UML , period to 1 month
BPMN 3.0, and ArchiMate 3.0
• Supports reference models for SCOR, APQC PCF,
eTOM, EMMMv and FEA
• Using iServer quick start ‘out of the box’
solutions saves up to 3 months of conventional
deployment options
Business Benefits
1. How is iServer different to other EA tools?
2. Continue to use Microsoft Visio/Office
3. Single Source of Truth
4. Governance over EA content creation
5. Fast start to TOGAF
6. Re-use of Architecture Building Blocks
7. Manage dependencies within EA content
8. Make informed business decisions
9. Create dynamic visualizations
10. Plan and visualize change
11. Showcase EA work within the business
How is iServer different to other EA tools?
1. Continue to use Microsoft Visio 4. Speed of Deployment
Architects and Business Analysts can continue to use Up and running within a few days!
their preferred tools – Visio and Office.

2. Easy to Use / Minimal Training 5. Best Presentation Tools

New users are up and running very quickly because Great looking visuals, and a suite of outstanding
they know how to use Visio already. communication modules

3. Flexibility / Configurability 6. A Better Chance of Success

Easy to customize – can support any framework, All of these points combine to increase the chances
metamodel or notation of a successful tool deployment
Continue to use Microsoft Visio / Office
Based on Visio
iServer reuses and enhances the desktop products available to
virtually all organizations: Microsoft Visio, Excel, Word, and
PowerPoint

Because iServer allows you to import your existing documents/

models it is possible to deliver value almost immediately, much
faster than the lengthy configuration/conversion work required
by other tools. Because it is easy to use/learn, it takes hours to
train rather than days.

Benefits
• Leverage your existing investment in Microsoft technologies
• Reuse existing content; cost saving
• Quick start
• Easy to use; reduced training overhead
Single Source of Truth
Central Repository
iServer provides a central repository for Enterprise Architecture
information, in which Microsoft Visio and Office documents are
stored, versioned and managed.

The repository provides:

• A single source of truth for EA information
• Multi-user collaboration
• Secure access to models and documents
• Document and Object Versioning, roll back and audit trail

Benefits
• Share models; work as a team rather than as individuals
• Quickly locate documents, models or objects; time saving
• Accuracy of data; always see the latest up to date information
• Reduced risk; centrally backed up location for EA information
Governance over EA content creation
The stencil controls the types of
Modeling Standards information that can be created
within each type of diagram
With iServer, it is possible to select and enforce the
use of modeling notations, document templates, a Branded header panel on each
diagram shows diagram information
meta-model, and the data to be captured.

Benefits
• Removes inconsistency in models and deliverables
being produced
• An increased understanding of EA work within the
business; consistent models, documents and
reports
• The ability to compare like with like, almost
impossible without such standardization
Fast start to TOGAF
ARCHITECTURE PRINCIPLES, VISION, REQUIREMENTS AND ROADMAP

The TOGAF® Solution TOGAF 9 Associated

PRINCIPLE CONSTRAINT ASSUMPTION REQUIREMENT GAP WORK PACKAGE CAPABILITY

CONTENT With All

Principle Constraint Assumption Requirement Gap Work Package delivers Capability
Objects

Complete support for TOGAF , including a META-MODEL

ORGANIZATION UNIT

repository pre-configured with support for the TOGAF Motivation Ext.

Organization Unit

produces
BUSINESS
ADM, Meta-model, View Points (models, matrices, ARCHITECTURE
DRIVER

Driver
Is motivated by

contains
performs task in
ROLE

Role
owns
PRODUCT

Product All object types can be nested, and have

decomposition relationships with

catalogs) and Deliverables.

accesses

creates Process Modeling Ext. themselves.

GOAL
contains

ACTOR FUNCTION
Goal
motivates performs

Process Modeling Ext.

contains Actor interacts with Function
Is realized through CONTROL
produces

Benefits
owns and governs

OBJECTIVE is guided by Control

Objective resolves generates is realized by

orchestrates

• Fast start to TOGAF ; reduced implementation

consumes
supplies
EVENT PROCESS
is tracked against participates in
consumes generates Governance Ext.
MEASURE Event is bounded by Process SERVICE QUALITY CONTRACT

and orientation time

is resolved by
meets

Measure Process Modeling Ext. Service Quality Contract

Governance Ext. resolves orchestrates

• Compliance to TOGAF
Infra. Consolidation Ext. is tracked against meets is governed and measured by

LOCATION
BUSINESS SERVICE

Location Business Service

Business Service

is processed by
realizes
consumes provides implements provides platform for
Data Modeing Ext. Infra. Consolidation Ext.
LOGICAL DATA LOGICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM LOGICAL
DATA ENTITY PLATFORM SERVICE
COMPONENT APPLICATION COMP. SERVICE TECHNOLOGY COMP.

iServer customer Premera have been able to engage

encapsulates Logical implements Logical is supplied by
Logical Data Information Platform
Application Technology
Data Entity Component System Service Service
Component Component

is extended by
realizes Services Ext. is extended by

in TOGAF® based collaborative modeling, all whilst PHYSICAL DATA

COMPONENT

Physical Data
encapsulates
PHYSICAL
APPLICATION COMP.

Physical
Application is realized by
PHYSICAL
TECHNOLOGY COMP.

Physical
Technology
Component

staying within the Visio and Office environment. This contains Component Component

contains Infra. Consolidation Ext.

DATA ARCHITECTURE contains

APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE
has delivered time savings and risk reduction without
imposing unacceptable overheads
Reuse of Architecture Building Blocks
Reuse
iServer allows building blocks such as applications,
processes, requirements and data entities to be
reused across diagrams and documents. Duplicate
items can be identified & rationalized, and changes
made to a building block in one diagram will
propagate across all other diagrams in which it
appears. Entire models, such as Patterns or Solutions
can also be reused. The ability to reuse existing
information makes modeling far more efficient and
can save a considerable amount of time.

Benefits
• Reuse rather than reinvent; cost saving
• Make a change once; time saving
• Accuracy of data; less chance of models becoming
out of date
Manage dependencies within EA content
Relationships
Relationships between architecture elements, such as
processes, applications, business services, and
architecture principles, can be defined, managed
navigated and analysed in the architecture repository.

Benefits
Huge time saving because iServer maintains links
across diagrams and documents
- Increased data accuracy and lower risk
- Relationship Matrix makes it possible to
manage large volumes of relationships
Managing relationships
in a matrix
Make informed business decisions
Understand the Impact of Change
Use the Impact Analysis tool to understand the impact
of change across the domains with an enterprise
architecture. One iServer customer stated that prior
to using iServer it used to take them about 3 days to
manually perform an impact analysis.

Benefits
• Make informed business decisions which may in
turn lead to cost savings or other benefits
• Answer business questions quicker (lower cost)
and more accurately (lower risk)
Create dynamic visualizations
Heat Maps Benefits
Use the meta-data collected in the repository to • Create models and presentations quicker
quickly generate meaningful, business-friendly views, (cost saving)
both for presentation to stakeholders and to assist in • Visual presentation leads to improved
decision making. understanding

Manually maintaining heat-maps

is time consuming not only
because of the time taken
to colour the diagrams, but the
effort ensuring data is kept up to
date. Within iServer, both of
these tasks occur automatically.
Plan and visualize change
Baseline, Target, and Transition Architectures Benefits
iServer allows you to model current and future state • Easy to generate outputs; save a huge amount of
architectures, then plan, check and visualize the manual effort
transition using a number of tools. Before • Visual presentation leads to improved stakeholder
implementing iServer, a number of customers used to understanding
manage architecture roadmaps by manually drawing
timelines within Excel spreadsheets. These roadmaps
• Identify gaps early, saving unplanned future cost
are incredibly time-consuming to create and maintain.

Show the transition from current to future state with an Architecture Landscape Roadmap to understand and visualize the status of any element at any point in time
Showcase EA work to the business
iServer Portal Benefits
Models and documentation can be shared with the • Cost effective access for large volumes of users
business via the online portal. • Increased buy-in from the business; allow
stakeholders to take ownership by contributing
Features online
• Live browser access to EA models online • Better business engagement and content usage
• Easy to use, intuitive viewing environment
• Simple navigation between related items
• Contribute to improvement by posting comments
• Stakeholder specific viewpoints
What the Analysts Say About Us

In this evaluation, Orbus Software was cited as a leader in

Enterprise Architecture Management Suites with the top
ranking among all vendors in the product strategy
category. The iServer Business and IT
Transformation Suite was the focus of the assessment.

Latest review:
The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Architecture
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