The establishment and operation of the Enterprise Architecture Office, based on the National Enterprise Architecture (NORA) methodology, passes through the following stages:
Establishing and operating the Enterprise Architecture Office
1. The general evaluation stage of the facility:
Analysis of the current situation:
- Provide a comprehensive assessment of the facility’s infrastructure.
- Analyze the work environment and measure the level of maturity.
- Conduct a SWOT analysis to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
- Identify external influences from relevant policies and bodies.
Building reference models:
- Create models for business, application, data, technical, and cyber domains.
Enterprise architecture project strategy:
- Develop a solid strategy to achieve the project objectives.
2. The stage of establishing the enterprise architecture office:
Preparing the institutional architecture charter:
- Develop a charter that defines the goals, roles, and responsibilities of the office.
Operational model:
- Clarifying the office’s internal organizational structure.
- Documenting the services provided and the roles and responsibilities of office members.
- Establishing mechanisms for committees concerned with governance, follow-up, and digital transformation.
The general framework of the institutional structure:
- Documenting the principles, vision and mission of the institutional structure.
- Design a framework that represents the three-dimensional structure of information and management of target departments.
3. Modeling stage:
Documenting the current situation:
- Document the status of target areas (business, applications, data, technical, and cyber).
- Analyze observations related to each field.
Documenting the future situation:
- Documenting the target situation based on the strategic objectives.
Gap analysis:
- Study the gaps between the current and the targeted situation.
- Document recommendations and improvements.
4. Documentation stage:
Analysis of modeling outputs:
- Prioritizing improvements and turning them into initiatives and projects.
Roadmap for digital transformation:
- Documenting the strategic plan to implement digital transformation.
Achievement follow-up:
- Follow up on project implementation and goal achievement.
- Ensuring compatibility with national and global policies and trends.
In short, the establishment of the Enterprise Architecture Office includes successive stages aimed at evaluating, analyzing, designing and implementing a strategy for improving the facility’s infrastructure and ensuring its compatibility with strategic and technological aspirations.
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