Collaborative Consulting - Architecture Strategy Assessment

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Architecture Strategy Assessment

Collaborative offers a comprehensive Architecture Strategy Assessment to help companies keep their plans aligned with business realities and an evolving marketplace. We review the fundamental architecture, as well as the technology decisions an organization has made. Next, we determine the efficacy of these high-level plans, and the likelihood of their coming to fruition. To do so, we examine the long-term approaches a company undertakes to realize its vision.

Collaborative looks at a company’s overall plan to develop its application architecture, and determines whether it is aligned with the stated business vision and direction.

We begin an Architecture Strategy Assessment by asking five questions. The answers are the basis for a structured approach that ensures an up-to-date architecture strategy is developed and put in place.

Does the organization have an enterprise architecture group? If so, the entire team must be well versed in the strategy. If not, key stakeholders need to be identified and informed.
Is there a governing body to enforce architecture policies? Without fairly strict policies and procedures that are tracked regularly, organizations tend to backslide.
Is there a mechanism in place to implement policies, or to educate stakeholders about architecture procedures? As with many initiatives, an architecture strategy is more likely to succeed if it is embraced by the entire organization.
Is the architecture maintained regularly, and kept current? Again, the architecture strategy must evolve continuously, to reflect the company’s current state.
How does the company plan to create rules, applications or components in the future? These approaches need to be documented and revisited periodically.

By exploring issues such as these, Collaborative can determine an architecture strategy’s likelihood of success. And, if a strategy is lacking in some respect, Collaborative can recommend numerous ways to align it more closely with the organization’s business goals.