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Template B
Enterprise Integration Strategy
Specification
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ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION STRATEGYSPECIFICATIONTemplate
Instructions......................................................................................................................21.Introduction..................................................................................................................................42.Scope...........................................................................................................................................4
3.Key
Participants...........................................................................................................................44.Integration
Strategies...................................................................................................................45.Mapping
to Business Strategies and
Initiatives............................................................................46.Strategic
Sourcing........................................................................................................................57.Standards.....................................................................................................................................58.Metrics.......................................................................................................................................
..69.Risks............................................................................................................................................610.Conclusions
and Recommended Next
Steps.............................................................................6Appendix
A:
References.................................................................................................................7
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1. Introduction
2. Scope
3. Key Participants
4. Integration Strategies
5. Mapping to Business Strategies and Initiatives
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the implications. Any budgeting for projects that has been done
to date or expected allocationsshould be included at this point.
This reflects the IT organizations portion of the budget
allocatedto this initiative. Rank projects in importance to
company, to prioritize infrastructureinvestments.>
Priority Business
Strategy/Initiative
Scope Integration
Strategy
Budget
1 Regulatory ComplianceSarbanes-Oxley
Certification ofrevenuereporting
process
Processmanagement
$xxx
2 Increase businessefficiency andcompetitiveness
Tacticalinitiative toreduce time to
process an order
Applicationintegration
$yyy
6. Strategic Sourcing
7. Standards
Proposed Usage References
Communication
protocols
Application interfaces Message formats
Process models
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8. Metrics
IntegrationStrategy
Metric Name MetricValue
How to Collect Frequency Owner
Example:
Number oftimescomponent isreused
Number ofbusiness processesor composite appscomponent is usedin,
alternatively #of times its
checked out fromreuse repository
Monthly Repositoryowner, centralarchitecturegroup,
orcompetencycenter (note
different types ofcomponents mayhave differentowners
9. Risks
Significant Unknown
Organizational Issues
Cultural Issues
Technical Issues
Management Issues
Ability to Achieve Results
10. Conclusions and Recommended Next Steps
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Appendix A: References
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