Frame the business decision
Agree the outcomes, affected capabilities, stakeholders, constraints and evidence needed to compare options.
Make the next technology decision with confidence.
Connect business priorities, capabilities and application dependencies to a practical improvement roadmap.
Enterprise Architecture & RoadmapsWHEN THIS IS USEFUL
The situation
Technology choices are being made project by project, overlapping systems are accumulating or a major change lacks a shared view of dependencies and trade-offs.
The intended change
A defined business improvement, reviewable deliverables and an agreed path to implementation and support.
What the service covers.
Map the current and desired state
Describe relevant processes, applications, data, integration, security and operating responsibilities at the level the decision needs.
Sequence the change
Compare options, document trade-offs and build a staged roadmap with dependencies, ownership and decision gates.
What an agreed engagement can produce.
| Deliverable | What it makes clear |
|---|---|
| Business capability and system views | The relevant business abilities, applications, data and dependencies. |
| Options and architecture decision record | Alternatives, constraints, trade-offs, assumptions and open questions. |
| Target architecture and transition plan | The desired arrangement and achievable intermediate states. |
| Prioritized delivery roadmap | Work packages, dependencies, owners, acceptance and review points. |
Select and tailor the deliverables to the agreed scope, access, responsibilities and acceptance criteria.
What acceptance should establish
- The business owner agrees on scope, responsibilities and expected behavior.
- Representative tasks, reconciliation and exception cases meet the agreed acceptance criteria.
- Access, recovery, operating guidance and support ownership are established before release.
Make the work concrete.
A situation to examine
An organization is considering a new CRM while its ERP roadmap is changing. Map shared customer records, interfaces and operational ownership before choosing the sequence of projects.
What to measure
Decisions supported by agreed evidence, identified dependencies, accepted transition milestones and changes against the scoped baseline.
Methods that support the work.
The service scope determines which methods, artifacts and review points are needed.
Questions about this service.
Is this a large documentation exercise?
The scope follows the decision. A focused application or integration question may need only a small set of useful views and a decision record.
How do the Acextic frameworks help?
Acextic Enterprise Architecture Framework (AEAF), Enterprise Capability Framework (ECF) and Enterprise Transformation Method (AETM) support relevant views and delivery stages. The engagement uses only what the problem requires.
Define the next useful decision.
Which technology decision needs a clearer business and architecture view?