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Architecture
Review/Current State Assessment
The Problem:
Whether due to acquisition, revised mission, or rapid growth, there are
many ways in which an architecture can be become out-dated, or ill
fitted for the current or planned purposes. The pendulum has
swung from the era of “another silver bullet” to
“use what we have for all purposes”, each with its
own set of challenges and opportunities. Using something new
is not just a technology acquisition decision, but also impacts fit
with existing components, customization, integration, training, and
administration.
Most organizations do not have a full appreciation for how flexible
there current architecture is. Nor, do they have the
experience to know how their current architecture will scale or support
a new direction.
Without a firm understanding of an architecture’s
capabilities, remaining capacity, and limitations, it is difficult to
make realistic business decisions. With limited resources and
pressures
The Panoscopix
Solution:
Panoscopix provides this service on-site, because that is where the
information is. It is not enough to take documents (which may
be inaccurate or dated), and product a rolled up description and
analysis. Right from the beginning this service is about
mentoring on the value of continuous architecture review and planning,
and we provide the jump-start and bring the organization up to date.
The service will include collecting documentation and interviewing
stakeholders, particularly in the operation support and customer
support areas.
The analysis provides an understanding of both the physical and logical
architectures. In particular, there are several potentially
relevant parts to the logical architecture, including the process
architecture, information architecture, and administrative architecture.
Deliverables:
This service provides the following deliverables:
Comprehensive document for the physical and logical architectures.
Formal presentation to stakeholders to the salient points in the
architecture, implications and recommendations.
Mentoring of staff on how to use the architectural information and how
to maintain it.
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