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Tanmoy answered on Aug 30 2021
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Assessment 2: Report
Part - I
1. Write a report on how should SteelCo structure its architecture function in terms of necessary architecture positions?
Enterprise architecture functions can be defined as organizing, various roles and statutory bodies involved in creation, maintenance, ratification, enforcement and observation of enterprise architecture decision making purpose. The ultimate purpose of enterprise architecture is the arrangement between an organization’s Information technology and business operations. SteelCo is a large steel producing company and was formed as a result of merger and acquisitions of many small companies which underwent corporate restructuring and occu
pied market niches. There are two divisions in SteelCo which is Alpha and Beta and both are managed by the head office and report the quarterly with the help of financial statements to its business executives.
SteelCo should structure its architecture functions in terms of architecture positions as per the following ways:
1. Enterprise architecture decision making
2. Enterprise architecture delivery
3. Enterprise architecture conformance testing
In handling the EA decision making SteelCo must take into consideration of the enterprise architecture products which is steel in this case. They should also try to handle the escalations as per the standard procedures established by the organization. For Alpha division since it is a large scale centralized manufacturing shop, having a single line product which is distributed among the wholesale customers of a well integrated supply chain system, it is the responsibility of SteelCo to handle all the escalations of the production, warehousing, sales and delivery, HR, finance and legal services by providing necessary supports from the IT department. For this there are around 150-180 in house specialists along with 100-120 contractors employed in SteelCo on full time basis. On the other hand, its second division Beta has more complex and diversified business model. It offers three core lines of products on various market segments and customer groups. The product line also requires different manufacturing process, sales approaches, distribution channels and marketing campaigns. Also, there is partial overlap of the products and as a result there is need to cross-sell its products. This department consists of 450-500 IT staffs who manages the HR, finance, IT and finance departments by providing valuable information to them. Thus SteelCo architecture position for both its divisions will be as follows:
(
Chief Information Officer
)
(
Architecture Review Board
) (
EA Steering Committee
) (
Chief
Enterprise
Architecture
)
(
Business
Enterprise
Architect
) (
Security
Enterprise
Architect
)
(
Information
Enterprise
Architect
) (
Consultant / Advisor Architect
)
(
Application
/ Claim
Architect
) (
Store/ Warehouse
Master
)
(
Technology/ Equipment
Architect
) (
Geospatial
Enterprise
Architect
)
For handling the enterprise architecture delivery it is the responsibility of SteelCo to provide consultancy and advice in order to support the enterprise architecture decision making process. It will also enable to manufacture and preservation of the enterprise architecture products of SteelCo. Then, SteelCo has to validate the enterprise architecture in conformance to the applicable standards as established by SteelCo and also help in handling and management of the waiver request. Finally, SteelCo has to provide support in application of the enterprise architecture products of steel. Thus, it is at this level that the enterprise architecture provides guidance and decision making at various tactical and strategic levels.
Finally for handling the enterprise architecture standardization process and conformance, SteelCo must conform to the enterprise architecture products as per the applicable guidelines and policies. Then SteelCo has to take feedback on the various enterprise architecture products based on which they can make the necessary modifications and corrections. Finally, it is the responsibilities of the IT team to manage the enterprise architecture conformance at various operational and tactical levels while operating the changes in the projects and various changes in the operation of SteelCo.
2. How many architects does the company need for each of these positions? Provide detailed explanation.
For each of the positions as per SteelCo enterprise architecture and structure, the positions to be filled are as follows:
A. There will be one Chief Information officer for each of the departments. Hence, to manage the strategic and tactical operations of SteelCo there is need of atleast 6 CIO required.
B. For the post of Architectural Review Board, Chief Architecture, EA Steering Committee there is requirement of atleast 7 employees in the Review Board. Followed by 2 Chief Architecture and 5 EA Steering Committees. The Board will be responsible for review, analysis and making decisions related to financial and management decisions. The Chief Architecture will be responsible for providing the various planning of the system and applications so that there is smooth functioning of the operations in the different departments. The EA Steering Committee will be responsible for managing the compliance and programs and helps in resolution of disputes, ambiguity and conflicts in SteelCo.
C. There is requirement of Security Enterprise Architect and Business Architectures to handle the privacy and security of information and management and operations of the business of SteelCo. At this level there is requirement of at least 20 employees required to manage the role.
D. The role of Consultant Architect and Information Enterprise Architect is to provide advisory services to the various departments and help in resolution of the escalation. Also, all the information needs to be updated and be communicated to all the departments of the organization. This will reduce the miscommunication and lack of information among the staffs at various levels. The number of personnel required at this level is around 30.
E. Warehouse master and application architect are the people who will be responsible for handling SteelCo’s warehouse operations and its application or claim process. This will enable them to have security implemented and proper application of the standardized process. At this level the contracting staffs needs to be deployed.
F. At Geospatial architecture and technology architecture level the requirement is to store and handle various documents from the two geographies of SteelCo which are Division Alpha & Division Beta. The geographic business information and services can be addressed on a regular basis through this department. The technology architecture on the other hand provides physical, logical and virtual infrastructure which...
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