Enterprise Architecture - Best Practices

FUNCTION	PROCESS	PERFORMED BY	TOOLS	SUPPORTED BY	LOCATED	COMMENTS
BI	Discovers EA requirements	DA (data architect) compiles and prioritizes information and recommendations from business analysts, clients, many sources	Meetings, problem notification systems, recommendations, forums	The organization as a whole and DA's from other organizations	Throughout the organization - channeled to DA
Data Modeling	EA planned through table design	DA must approve all table design	EA Framework, NIEM, Talend, etc.	DA's from other organizations	One centralized DA for the whole government and one DA in each government organization	Data modeling must be strictly controlled by DA. SOA is defined as part of the data normalization process
Enterprise Focused Development	Implements EA	Developers	PMBOK, SOA, etc.	Both DA and Centralized Help Desk	All developer teams located within each organization should know and implement Enterprise Focused Development. Contractors.	To be successful, Enterprise Focused Development is very dependent upon strict Third Normal Form, from beginning to end
Centralized Help Desk	Helps implement EA data exchanges throughout the state wherever needed	Experts in SOA, SOAP, secure exchange, etc.	Web Services, SOAP, etc.		One centralized office for the whole government
Education Center	Teaches problem prevention and trains people to provide BI, trains developers in EA, risk management, removes bad policy from administrative manuals. Makes policy recommendations	DA	Web tutorials, training classes, best practices publications, forum, marketing plan