Enterprise Architecture Meeting business goals through IT alignment

Smart421's Enterprise Architecture capability provides customers with a tried and tested way to better align the IT estate with business goals and objectives, leading to more agile, simpler, lower cost applications and infrastructure - and smarter investment decisions.

Working with clients in highly competitive sectors such as financial services, insurance, telecommunications and utilities, Smart421 uses the industry-standard TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) method to create and maintain Enterprise Architectures. Smart421 are an active voting member of the Open Group with a number of certified TOGAF practitioners. By using Smart421 to embed an Enterprise Architecture process in their organisations, our clients: Know what their existing IT estate is today Know how it supports their business goals Know what the roadmap is for that IT estate Make better IT investment decisions Have an Enterprise Architecture process that is open, vendor-neutral and sustainable Smart421’s approach is iterative in order to ensure business value is derived early and frequently, with a cycle time measured in weeks rather than months. We measure success not in terms of documents or models produced – but in terms of positive impact on the business.		An organisation’s Enterprise Architecture will commonly involve a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) approach, and so this dovetails neatly with Smart421’s SOA expertise. Smart421 offers the following Enterprise Architecture services: Enterprise Architecture consultancy – as an accelerator, a set of templates are used for the deliverables produced from the process Enterprise Architecture maturity assessment – is your organisation’s process effective? Most importantly, is it having a positive effect on your business? To find out more about our range of Enterprise Architecture services please visit our main website or click here to contact us.		Download Smart421's Enterprise Architecture Top Tips brochure [398k PDF]