Architecture & Design

Architecture falls into two main categories. IT architecture and Enterprise architecture. Both are important for business as they are both tools that provide long-term planning, roadmaps and strategies for improvements.

IT Architecture

  • Design and Planning: Careful planning and design are crucial for a robust IT architecture.

  • Infrastructure: This involves selecting the right hardware and software components to support your IT systems.

  • Security: Ensuring data and system security through firewalls, encryption, and access controls.

  • Scalability: The architecture should be able to grow or adapt to changing needs.

  • Integration: Ensuring that different IT systems and components can work together seamlessly.

  • Performance: Optimizing system performance and responsiveness.

  • Reliability: Ensuring systems are available and dependable.

  • Cost-effectiveness: Balancing performance and functionality with budget constraints.

  • Change Management: Managing transitions and changes in technology and processes effectively.

  • Cost Management: Optimizing IT investments and ensuring cost-effectiveness.

  • Compliance: Adhering to industry regulations and standards.

  • Documentation: Maintaining thorough documentation for easy management and troubleshooting.

Enterprise Architecture

  • Strategic Alignment: Ensuring that IT initiatives align with the overall business strategy and goals.

  • Business Processes: Analyzing and optimizing business processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

  • Information Architecture: Managing data and information flows within the organization to support decision-making.

  • Technology Architecture: Selecting and integrating appropriate technologies to meet business needs.

  • Migration Planning: Establish a path to migrating to the new architecture

  • Governance: Establishing governance structures and processes to manage and oversee the enterprise architecture.

  • Change Management: Managing transitions and changes in technology and processes effectively.

  • Documentation: Maintaining comprehensive documentation to ensure clarity and facilitate decision-making.

  • Requirement Managemnt: Optimizing investments and ensuring cost-effectiveness.

  • Stakeholder Engagement: Involving key stakeholders in decision-making and communication regarding enterprise architecture.

Here is a list of popular workshops. All workshops can be customized to the needs of customers and participants. They can be delivered on-site or Remotely, as well as in English or German.

TOGAF, ITIL and IT

This workshop takes TOGAF, ITIL (or PRINCE2) out of the theoretical realm and into a more practice-based approach. We will discuss how to use the tools provided by the methodologies and apply them to the real world and real-time situations, especially considering aspects of Security, Disaster Recovery, and BAU (Business as Usual).