Enterprise Architecture
“Architects help reduce costs and ensure project success.”
Enterprise Architecture (EA) is becoming increasingly essential as companies face growing IT complexity and rapid technological changes. EA provides a structured approach to effectively aligning IT strategies and infrastructures with business goals. Moreover, it facilitates the swift integration of innovations, minimizes risks, and reduces costs. Amid digitalization initiatives like adopting cloud technologies and SAP S/4HANA, EA is critical in building a flexible, scalable, and future-ready IT environment.
Nine Typical Use Cases for Enterprise Architecture:
On the one hand, organizations are challenged by ever-growing demands and diverse systems, while on the other hand, resources remain limited. Therefore, achieving more with fewer resources continues to be a top priority (Source: https://www.cio.com/article/418987/8-top-priorities-for-cios-in-2023.html).
Enterprise architecture can play a key role here. A prime example is the issue of technical debt and outdated technologies, which significantly contribute to wasted IT budgets (Source: LeanIX IT Cost Optimization Survey 2023, Nov/Dez 2022, N=90).
A technology radar with lifecycle management can reveal such weaknesses early on, ensuring that projects select the right technologies from the start.
„The pace of change has never been this fast, yet it will never be this slow again.”
Reduce Costs, Avoid Risks: With Smart Architecture!
Achieving successful projects increasingly requires a comprehensive view of technologies and services. Particularly, the synergy of business, application, and technology enables cost-effective solutions and seamless processes.
With our expertise, you can achieve:
- Reduction of follow-up costs
- Minimization of outdated technology risks
- High-quality consulting
- Reduction of technical debt
By involving architects in our projects, we ensure high-quality consulting while reducing downstream costs for our clients. We accomplish this by thinking beyond the SAP landscape and collaborating with clients to find the best solution. We understand current standards and evaluate with you which technologies will succeed in the long run. Leveraging our extensive experience in Clean Core development, we help minimize technical debt through modifications. Additionally, our DevOps experts automate testing and deployments, leading to long-term cost savings.
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Examples of EA Management and Transformation Tools
With the transition to SAP S/4HANA, many companies are undergoing a technical transformation. To support this transformation, SAP offers the Transformation Suite, which includes Signavio, LeanIX, and Cloud ALM, and will soon integrate the recently acquired tool WalkMe.
With Signavio, you manage processes; with LeanIX, the architecture; and with SAP Cloud ALM, project management and operational monitoring. Read more about SAP Cloud ALM.
SAP provides architecture guidelines within the BTP framework. The “Integration Architecture Guide” offers support for all integration topics, such as data and process integration, covering key integration domains and tools, with SAP Integration Suite as a central component.
The second guideline pertains to the “Extension Architecture,” focusing on the Clean Core principle and SAP product extensibility. It addresses various runtimes, such as the ABAP Programming Model (RAP) and the Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP), as well as DevOps in the SAP context.
The SAP Discovery Center also offers reference architectures for specific use cases to further assist SAP customers.
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We provide strategic support with our expertise, offering independent consulting tailored to your needs, regardless of vendors or tools. Have a topic you’d like to discuss? Reach out to us!
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