Mark GriffithState of North Carolina - Senior Enterprise Architect

Thursday, September 11, 2003, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

· STRATEGY and PLANNING · QUALITY ASSURANCE

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURETECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE

Developing a Results-Driven Enterprise Architecture

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Agenda

• Overview of North Carolina IT Governance

• IT Project Review Process

• Life Cycle of IT Investments

• Overview of the NC Enterprise Architecture

• Enterprise Architecture Review Findings

• Overview of the Resulting Changes to the EA

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Governor’sOffice

Governmental Lines of Business(Also Known as State Agencies)

State CTOHead of ETS

COO CFO CSOCRM & Public

Relations

State Chief Information Officer

StatewideIT

Procurement

Statewide IT LeadershipCentral

IT Agency

NC IT Governance

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Enterprise Technology Strategies Office

• Review agency IT projects and recommendapproval to governing bodies.

• Provide leadership, guidance, and mentoringto agencies on approaches to IT, IT procurement,and IT project management.

• Independent Verification & Validation on keyprojects, services, and systems.

• Provide enterprise IT planning and strategies forthe State CIO and governing bodies.

NC IT Governance

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NC IT Governance

Governor

State Chief Information

Officer

Information Resource

ManagementCommissionOther

IT Boardsand

Commissions

NorthCarolinaGeneral

Assembly

Appoint Appoint

Representation Support

Advice

Appoint

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Project Closeout

Project Review & Closeout

Project Review Process

Monthly Project Status Reporting and

Independent QA Reviews

IRMC Project

Certification

Project Concept Definition

Project Implementation

AgencyStrategic Plan

Business Case

Statewide and agency technical architectures -security & application

architectures

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Life Cycle of IT Investments

Phase 1Phase 1 – Planning, – Planning, Budgeting and Funding Budgeting and Funding (State Expansion (State Expansion Budget Process) Budget Process)

Phase 3Phase 3 - Operation, - Operation, Maintenance and Maintenance and

RetirementRetirement

Phase 2Phase 2 - Project Certification - Project Certification and Implementationand Implementation

o Potential Investments Approved by Agency

o Potential Investments Certified by State CIO and Reviewed by IRMC

o Potential Investments Included in Governor’s Budget

o Projects Funded by General Assembly

o Candidate IT Investments for Agency Review

o Operational Assets Under Budget Review for Cost-Effectiveness

o Completed Projects Creating Operational Assets

o Projects Being Implementedo Certified Projects

NCNCEnterpriseEnterprise

ArchitectureArchitecture

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North Carolina Enterprise Architecture

• It is an Enterprise-Wide Technical Architecture; we call it a Statewide Technical Architecture.

• It is NOT currently an Enterprise Business or Information Architecture.

• It is NOT a product list.

• We have a mature architecture. We began using the STA as a framework for projects in 1997.

• We recently completed a self-directed review.

IT In North Carolina

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EA Review Findings

We Found That:

• Agencies often had difficulty interpreting the principles, practices, and standards.

• There was resistance, on the part of some agencies, to following the STA.

• The technical architecture was not very usable.

• The technical architecture was not current.

• Change happened very slowly.

• The architecture team was too small.

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EA Review Findings

We Found That:

• The technical architecture was too narrowly focused.

• There were inconsistencies in the architecture.

• We did not have a way of measuring whether having an Enterprise Architecture was having thedesired effect.

• The supporting products and processes were oftenpoorly defined.

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Presentations

Glossary Workgroups&

Committees

WhitePapers

PurchasingContracts

ImplementationGuidelines

Policies &Legislation

Principles,Practices, Standards

Architecture Products

Informational items that comprise the enterprise technical architecture.

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NCEnterprise

Architecture

Maturity ReviewEvergreen

Strategy

Trai

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Pla

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ContentDevelopment

Gov

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Architecture Processes

Processes are the methods used to maintain the Architecture.

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Contact Information

Mark GriffithSenior Enterprise ArchitectMark.Griffith@NCMail.Net

State of North CarolinaEnterprise Technology Strategies OfficePO Box 17209Raleigh, North Carolina 27619-7209

North Carolina Enterprise Architecture Websitehttp://www.ncsta.gov