Enterprise Architect

Summary

An enterprise architect supports other architects in developing the strategy.

At this role level, you will:

network and communicate with stakeholders across domains or enterprises, and identify opportunities for improvement
use best practice
use emerging technologies and approaches
learn to identify influences or risks
play a part in successful delivery of the team’s objectives

Background

Background Components

Description	Background
Has excellent interpersonal skills and is fully experienced at stakeholder management. Possesses a broad understanding of business and business skills, and understands the significance of commercial constraints. Is able to recognise potential assignments outside own areas of specialisation and bring to bear appropriate expertise as necessary.	Prior Knowledge and Skills

Work Activity Components

Title	Details
Assessment	Supports the assessment and reporting of emerging technologies to evaluate the potential impacts, threats and opportunities to the organisation.
Environmental scanning	Maintains an awareness of current and emerging digital information and communications technologies, processes and methods. Identifies and evaluates potential opportunities to establish relevance and feasibility for inclusion in strategy formulation.
Strategy/ plan evaluation	Contributes to post-implementation, and/or architecture compliance, reviews of information and communications technology applications and products introduced in pursuit of the strategy, to assess the effectiveness of planned versus actual business architectures.
Strategic position	Supports the analyses of business goals and objectives to identify factors resulting from the employing organisation’s business environment and directions, that are likely to affect requirements for strategic information and communication systems.

Knowledge/Skills

Knowledge/Skills Components

Title	Depth	Details	Type
Analytical Thinking		Acquiring a proper understanding of a problem or situation by breaking it down systematically into its component parts and identifying the relationships between these parts. Selecting the appropriate method/tool to resolve the problem and reflecting critically on the result, so that what is learnt is identified and assimilated.	Behavioural Skills
Conceptual Thinking		Acquiring understanding and insights regarding the underlying issues in complex problems or situations through the development of abstract representations, the identification of patterns and the analysis of hypotheses.	Behavioural Skills
Interacting with People		Establishing relationships, contributing to an open culture and maintaining contacts with people from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines. Effective, approachable and sensitive communicator in different communities and cultures. Ability to adapt style and approach to meet the needs of different audiences.	Behavioural Skills
Business Analysis Techniques	Familiar with	Applying techniques that help investigating, analysing, modelling and recording a business area or system of interest.	Technical Knowledge and Skills
National/International Standards	Aware of	Current and emerging standards associated with IT practice nationally and internationally, published by authorities such as IEEE, IEC, BSI, ISO.	Technical Knowledge and Skills
Operational/Service Architecture	Aware of	Knowledge of the IT/IS infrastructure and the IT applications and service processes used within own organisation, including those associated with sustainability and efficiency.	Technical Knowledge and Skills
Own Organisation’s IT Products and Services	Familiar with	The IT products and/or services supplied to internal and external customers by own organisation.	Technical Knowledge and Skills
Research Field	Aware of	Theory, current practice and latest developments in a field of computer science, telecommunications, software engineering, information systems or other cognate discipline.	Technical Knowledge and Skills
Product Evaluation and Selection	Familiar with	The analytical comparison of IT products against specified criteria (including costs) to determine the solution that best meets the business need.	Technical Knowledge and Skills
Big Data	Aware of	The discipline associated with data sets so large and/or complex that traditional data processing applications are inadequate. The data files may include structured, unstructured and/or semi-structured data, such as unstructured text, audio, video, etc. Challenges include analysis, capture, curation, search, sharing, storage, transfer, manipulation, analysis, visualization and information privacy.	Technical Knowledge and Skills
Cloud/Virtualisation	Aware of	The principles and application of cloud/ virtualisation (including ownership, responsibilities and security implications). Use of tools and systems to manage virtualised environments.	Technical Knowledge and Skills
Proof of Concept and Prototyping	Familiar with	Performing a proof of concept or prototyping exercise to demonstrate or evaluate the feasibility and potential benefits of applying a particular technological business change in order to meet a business need.	Technical Knowledge and Skills
Process Improvement Techniques	Familiar with	Methods, tools and techniques to analyse and optimise processes in order to improve the quality of a product or service.	Other Knowledge and Skills
Business Characteristics	Familiar with	Organisational structures; their mission, objectives, strategies and tactics adopted by organisations; measures of performance such as critical success factors and key performance indicators; organisational cultures and cultural dimensions.	Other Knowledge and Skills
Presentation Techniques	Familiar with	Methods and techniques for delivering effective and accessible presentations, either face-to-face or online within various contexts and to a variety of audiences.	Other Knowledge and Skills
Business Proposals	Familiar with	Methods and techniques for preparing and presenting business cases, requests for proposal (RFP) invitations to tender (ITT) and statements of requirements/work both verbally and in writing.	Other Knowledge and Skills
Techniques for Effective Meetings	Aware of	Methods and techniques for running effective meetings and for understanding and influencing the roles played by participants.	Other Knowledge and Skills
Service Delivery Economics	Aware of	The economics of service delivery, such as the cost per service line in terms of hardware, software, and manpower used to deliver the service.	Other Knowledge and Skills

Training Activities

Training Components

Title	Details
Service Delivery	The service delivery processes: the systems, products, services, hardware and software environment.
Quality Management	Principles and practices of quality systems, models, manuals, procedures and plans. Quality assurance and audit. External quality standards such as TickITplus. Total Quality Management and European Foundation for Quality Management Excellence Model. Understanding of different definitions of quality in software engineering. Developing KPIs.
Advanced Techniques for Business Process Improvement	More complex tools and techniques associated with the analysis, modelling and streamlining of business processes.
Service Management	Principles, methods and techniques for managing IT services, including the preparation, understanding and use of Service Level Agreements, Operational Level Agreements and underpinning contracts.
Requirements Definition	Requirements elicitation, analysis, validation, documentation and management techniques to identify and define requirements relevant to a change initiative or project.
Negotiation Skills	The ability to identify common objectives and arrive at mutually acceptable agreements.
Enterprise Architecture	The discipline that: defines, organises, standardises, and documents the whole architecture and all important elements of the respective organisation. Enterprise architecture covers all relevant domains, such as business, digital, physical, or organisational; and the relations and interactions between elements that belong to those domains, such as processes, functions, applications, events, data, or technologies.
Security Awareness	Tools and techniques to help users and employees understand the role they play in helping to combat information security breaches and for IT and security professionals to prevent and mitigate risk.

PDAs

PDA Components

Title	Details
Deputising	Standing in for supervisor or manager on a temporary basis during periods of absence.
Job Shadowing and Special Assignments	Undertaking temporary periods or secondments in other roles, inside or outside IT, particularly those that offer a new perspective on own function or exposure to other environments and cultures.
Research Assignments	Exploring a topic which is not part of own normal responsibilities and presenting findings to colleagues and/or management
Gaining Knowledge of Activities of Employing Organisation	Developing an understanding of the potentially diverse range of activities (service, governance, administrative, regulatory, commercial, charitable, industrial, etc.) undertaken by the employing organisation.
Gaining Knowledge of IT Concepts and Techniques	Undertaking study, learning and, where possible, practice in IT concepts and techniques external to own function.
Participation in Professional Body Affairs	Taking an active part in professional body affairs at branch, specialist group, committee or board level.
Negotiating and Influencing	Undertaking learning and practice of negotiating with and influencing others.

Qualifications

Qualification Components

Title	Awarding Body
TOGAF Certification Portfolio (4 certificates)	The Open Group
FEDIP Practitioner	FEDIP

Organisation Skills

Framework » Organisation Category » Subcategory	Skill Name and Description	Level
DDaT » Enterprise Architect	Enterprise Architect -Commercial perspective You can understand and contribute to commercial contracts, procurement, sourcing and exit strategies. You can contribute to supplier selection and evaluation processes. You can use government procurement processes and frameworks such as G-Cloud, the Digital Services Framework and the Digital Marketplace. You can implement effective sourcing strategies that meet organisational needs.	1 – Awareness You can show an awareness of government commercial processes. You can show an awareness of legal and compliance rules.
DDaT » Enterprise Architect	Enterprise Architect -Communicating between the technical and non-technical You can communicate effectively across organisational, technical and political boundaries, understanding the context. You can make complex and technical information and language simple and accessible for non- technical audiences. You can advocate on behalf of a team and communicate what it does, to create trust and authenticity. You can successfully respond to challenges.	1 – Awareness You can show an awareness of the need to translate technical concepts into non-technical language. You can understand what communication is required with internal and external stakeholders.
DDaT » Enterprise Architect	Enterprise Architect -Community collaboration You can contribute to the work of the community, building successful teams through understanding team styles and influencing and motivating team members. You can give and receive constructive feedback, enabling the feedback loop. You can moderate conflict resolution within teams. You can ensure that the team is transparent and that the work is understood externally. You can help teams maintain a focus on delivery while being aware of the importance of professional development.	1 – Awareness You can understand the work of others and the importance of team dynamics, collaboration and feedback.
DDaT » Enterprise Architect	Enterprise Architect -DDaT perspective You can demonstrate an understanding of user-centred design, technology and data perspectives. You can understand the range of available technology choices and can make informed decisions based on user need and value for money. You can understand the variety and complexities of digital and data contexts and can design services to meet them. You can demonstrate knowledge of the wider digital economy and advances in technology.	1 – Awareness You can demonstrate a basic understanding of design, technology and data principles. You can understand the range of available technology choices.
DDaT » Enterprise Architect	Enterprise Architect -Enterprise and business architecture You can demonstrate a strong understanding of enterprise architecture and its subdomains. You can understand the organisational landscape and strategy of an organisation and can support the creation of future state architecture aligned to strategy. You can translate business drivers, goals and constraints into business objectives. You can define required capabilities and support organisational changes to create operating models that meet business objectives. You can describe and influence relationships between organisational structures, processes, technology, people and skills within and outside of an enterprise, to achieve transition to the new state.	1 – Awareness You can support the translation of business drivers, goals and constraints into business objectives. You can work under supervision to define required capabilities and support organisational changes to create operating models that meet business objectives.
DDaT » Enterprise Architect	Enterprise Architect -Governance and assurance You can understand technical governance. You can participate in or deliver the assurance of a service	1 – Awareness You can understand technical governance. You can participate in the assurance of a service.
DDaT » Enterprise Architect	Enterprise Architect -Making and guiding decision You can make and guide effective decisions, explaining clearly how the decision has been reached. You can understand and resolve technical disputes across varying levels of complexity and risk.	1 – Awareness You can recommend decisions and describe the reasoning behind them. You can identify and articulate technical disputes between direct peers and local
DDaT » Enterprise Architect	Enterprise Architect -Problem definition and shaping You can look beyond the immediate problem and identify the wider implications across the whole enterprise. You can understand relevant historical context and future impact, and how current work fits in broader contexts and strategies. You can identify underlying problems and opportunities and carry out horizon scanning to identify future threats or opportunities.	1 – Awareness You can show an awareness of the strategic context of your work and why it is important. You can support strategic planning. (

Framework » Organisation
Category » Subcategory

Skill Name and Description

Level

DDaT » Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect -Commercial perspective

You can understand and contribute to commercial contracts, procurement, sourcing and exit strategies. You can contribute to supplier selection and evaluation processes. You can use government procurement processes and frameworks such as G-Cloud, the Digital Services Framework and the Digital Marketplace. You can implement effective sourcing strategies that meet organisational needs.

1 – Awareness

You can show an awareness of government commercial processes. You can show an awareness of legal and compliance rules.

DDaT » Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect -Communicating between the technical and non-technical

You can communicate effectively across organisational, technical and political boundaries, understanding the context. You can make complex and technical information and language simple and accessible for non- technical audiences. You can advocate on behalf of a team and communicate what it does, to create trust and authenticity. You can successfully respond to challenges.

1 – Awareness

You can show an awareness of the need to translate technical concepts into non-technical language. You can understand what communication is required with internal and external stakeholders.

DDaT » Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect -Community collaboration

You can contribute to the work of the community, building successful teams through understanding team styles and influencing and motivating team members. You can give and receive constructive feedback, enabling the feedback loop. You can moderate conflict resolution within teams. You can ensure that the team is transparent and that the work is understood externally. You can help teams maintain a focus on delivery while being aware of the importance of professional development.

1 – Awareness

You can understand the work of others and the importance of team dynamics, collaboration and feedback.

DDaT » Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect -DDaT perspective

You can demonstrate an understanding of user-centred design, technology and data perspectives. You can understand the range of available technology choices and can make informed decisions based on user need and value for money. You can understand the variety and complexities of digital and data contexts and can design services to meet them. You can demonstrate knowledge of the wider digital economy and advances in technology.

1 – Awareness

You can demonstrate a basic understanding of design, technology and data principles. You can understand the range of available technology choices.

DDaT » Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect -Enterprise and business architecture

You can demonstrate a strong understanding of enterprise architecture and its subdomains. You can understand the organisational landscape and strategy of an organisation and can support the creation of future state architecture aligned to strategy. You can translate business drivers, goals and constraints into business objectives. You can define required capabilities and support organisational changes to create operating models that meet business objectives. You can describe and influence relationships between organisational structures, processes, technology, people and skills within and outside of an enterprise, to achieve transition to the new state.

1 – Awareness

You can support the translation of business drivers, goals and constraints into business objectives. You can work under supervision to define required capabilities and support organisational changes to create operating models that meet business objectives.

DDaT » Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect -Governance and assurance

You can understand technical governance. You can participate in or deliver the assurance of a service

1 – Awareness

You can understand technical governance. You can participate in the assurance of a service.

DDaT » Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect -Making and guiding decision

You can make and guide effective decisions, explaining clearly how the decision has been reached. You can understand and resolve technical disputes across varying levels of complexity and risk.

1 – Awareness

You can recommend decisions and describe the reasoning behind them. You can identify and articulate technical disputes between direct peers and local

DDaT » Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect -Problem definition and shaping

You can look beyond the immediate problem and identify the wider implications across the whole enterprise. You can understand relevant historical context and future impact, and how current work fits in broader contexts and strategies. You can identify underlying problems and opportunities and carry out horizon scanning to identify future threats or opportunities.

1 – Awareness

You can show an awareness of the strategic context of your work and why it is important. You can support strategic planning. (

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