Enterprise architecture describes the functional, process and technology frameworks within which a company operates, and the roadmaps that guide the future. A good enterprise architecture creates the link between strategy and effective execution.

Totem is passionate about delivering world class enterprise architecture and works in partnership with its clients to deliver effective, pragmatic and outcome based architecture solutions. We work with firms either using their existing or creating a framework to suite your needs referencing best practice from industry frameworks and patterns (TOGAF, ITIL, Zachman, SOA, etc.)

Enterprise Architecture Capability Development

We help organisations create or refine their architecture capabilities tailored to their specific size and needs balancing the demands of immediate concerns with strategic challenges . Our experience of implementing successful, architectures enables us to implement Enterprise Architecture capabilities that reduce the cost of IT through:

1. enabling your business to make better decisions:
   • creating baseline and target architecture tailored to meed stakeholder needs;
   • creating a language which both business and IT can understand;
   • developing capability roadmaps aligning business strategy with IT delivery;
   • governing IT projects to ensure business expectations are met;
   • understand and managing risk effectively;
   • consistent data and metrics.
2. reduce the cost of IT delivery:
   • identification and co-ordination of project and program opportunities and dependencies;
   • create clear and agreed roadmaps for business and IT capability;
   • increase re-use of IT solutions, technologies and platforms;
3. create a robust enterprise architecture practice;
   • create principles, processes, artifacts and knowledge;
   • ensure IT governance aligns IT delivery with IT strategy.