{"id":2059,"date":"2021-07-12T12:11:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T10:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knotion.co.za\/?page_id=2059"},"modified":"2021-07-14T11:51:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T09:51:15","slug":"smart-enterprise-architecture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.knotion.co.za\/en_za\/services\/smart-enterprise-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Enterprise Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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Smart Enterprise Architecture<\/h1>
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Do you have a roadmap and strategy to realise the various IT capabilities in your organisation in support of the business strategy?<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t
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We provide an IT vision with supporting enterprise IT architecture building blocks to enable your business strategy and architecture<\/h5>\n

Technology has become a key enabler in all organisations and it often provides a competitive advantage. Your organisation should therefore have an IT vision of how technology will complement your organisation and assist future differentiation. This should be based on a strategic scenario plan of the IT in your organisation, in the future.<\/p>\n

Our Smart Enterprise Architecture approach is used to work with IT departments assisting them to create an agile IT vision and supporting IT Strategy. We can also advise and assist the organisation with technology, product selection and managing their application and product portfolios. This has led to cost savings for many of our clients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nCreate an agile IT vision<\/span><\/a>Government IT Strategy Development<\/span><\/a>Application and Technology Portfolio Management<\/span><\/a>Technology Product Selection<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t

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Create an agile IT vision<\/h5>\n

Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are expected to deliver cost effective IT services to their organisations. This is a challenging responsibility in an environment of constant change and disruption, caused by new technologies and innovation. It has become imperative for CIOs, to apply visionary thinking, and understand how IT will ensure effective support and sustain an organisation\u2019s competitive advantage into the future.<\/p>\n

We work with CIOs to create an agile and potential disruptive IT vision. We assess the current data, applications and technology building blocks as well as the required future building blocks. We assist in creating a one-page view of the future, simplifying the management of the IT department.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nBACK TO TOP<\/span><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t

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Reduce the growing disconnection between business and IT and ensure alignment of business and IT in innovation cycles.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t

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Government IT Strategy Development<\/span><\/h5>\n

Knotion has extensive experience in the application of the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) Outline for ICT Plan, Implementation Plan and Operational Plan development, as well as the Government Wide Enterprise Architecture (GWEA) Framework and Implementation Guide, dating back to the inception of the GWEA in 2010.<\/p>\n

As such, our methodology represents a tight integration of the two standards. High level guidance provided in the DPSA Outline, is complemented by detailed guidance in terms of the documentation of EA, provided by the GWEA.<\/p>\n

The approach highlights the importance of maintaining strong alignment between key components of the ICT Strategy, namely the ICT plan, the ICT Implementation Plan, and the ICT Operational Plan. This alignment is achieved by reviewing the strategic articulation and prioritisation for each component.<\/p>\n

The approach also supports the principle of progressive elaboration. For each component of the ICT strategy, relevant elements are elaborated to enable increasing accuracy and detail as time horizons become shorter. For example:<\/p>\n