Planning and governing the change
The target is designed. What is missing is the path: which initiatives go first, how the enterprise keeps running through the interim states, how data crosses over, and who decides when a project wants to deviate from the design. Without this, the roadmap is a list and the architecture is a document.
What we do here
We sequence the initiatives against dependency and capacity, define every interim state the business has to live in, and plan the migration. Then we install the governance that keeps the design intact: the review board, the standards, the decision rights, and the enterprise change management that brings the organization with it.
- Roadmap & TransitionInitiatives & Roadmap · Data Migration Strategy · Transition States Evaluation
- Practice & GovernanceGovernance Framework · Principles, Policies & Standards · Architecture Practice · Enterprise-Level Organizational Change Management
What you walk away with
- Multi-year roadmap and initiative charter pack
- Transition state models and transition risk assessment
- Data migration playbook and runbook
- Governance charter, review templates and escalation model
- Architecture standards repository and EA operating model
- Enterprise change plan and change impact assessment
A defined way to start
EA Retainership
The architecture function as a standing service: a monthly cadence of review board, standards custody and design authority, for enterprises that do not want to build an EA team to keep one program honest.
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Initiatives & Roadmap
ScopePrioritization and sequencing of transformation initiatives across time horizons, considering dependencies and resource capacity.
OutputsMulti-year roadmap, initiative charter pack.
Data Migration Strategy
ScopeDefinition of the migration approach: cleansing rules, mapping logic, staging, cutover strategy and validation controls.
OutputsData migration playbook, migration runbook.
Transition States Evaluation
ScopeDefinition of interim states between current and target architecture, including coexistence strategies and risk controls.
OutputsPhase architecture models, transition risk assessment.
Practice & Governance
Governance Framework
ScopeEstablishment of the architecture review board, decision rights, approval workflows and compliance monitoring.
OutputsGovernance charter, review templates, escalation model.
Principles, Policies & Standards
ScopeFormal documentation of architecture principles, technical standards and policy enforcement mechanisms.
OutputsArchitecture standards repository.
Architecture Practice
ScopeDesign of the internal EA function: roles, processes, repository management, tool selection and performance metrics.
OutputsEA operating model, RACI, capability maturity roadmap.
Enterprise-Level Organizational Change Management
ScopeStructured management of enterprise-wide change: stakeholder alignment, communication strategy, adoption metrics and training planning.
OutputsEnterprise OCM plan, change impact assessment.
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