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SAP & TOGAF - Reconciles all stakeholder views from a Business and IT perspective.

Reconciles all stakeholder views from a Business and IT perspective.

Lets' say you have just went to go live with sap or about to go-live or recently 'Live' with SAP. Did you reconciled all stakeholder views from business ? Is this is your business requirements ?




Guess what IT tools can deliver ? ( see Picture 2 )




Ok ! So you have full flexibility with your software tools, what next to do… ?

􀂄 ….reuse what's there or build all your Business processes from scratch ?

􀂄 ….provide full freedom to process expert to build their processes ?

􀂄 How about business and IT alignment, Corporate Governance, Data Protection and Privacy, Increased Security Profile ..


This is the time to think about Enterprise Architecture or SOA. You can be motivated for three reasons. May be Stratgey Motivated , technology Motivated , Business Motivated.




This is time You need a framework to align business requirements with programs and projects. ( Do not mistaken – Not Basic Business Process ).




In Simple word's – what is Enterprise Architecture ?


  • Key discipline facilitating a holistic view of an enterprise
  • Treats the entire enterprise as a System
  • Mechanism for enabling design, development, communication and understanding of the enterprise
  • Overarching goal is to manage the complexity of the enterprise
  • Align business strategies and implementations
  • Facilitate rapid change in order to maintain business and technological advantages

What is TOGAF & Why TOGAF?


A reliable, proven method for developing an Enterprise Architecture developed by the Open Group .An open standard Vendor neutral. TOGAF considered to be the most relevant Framework (54 % of SAP ASUG members and 2006 SAP TechEd attendees) Freely licensed .Intended to be tailored. http://www.opengroup.org


How does The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) help?




What is Missing from Traditional Enterprise Architecture Frame works ; they are good Traditional development approach or architecture not for Packaged Applications like SAP.



The SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework is a methodology and toolset primarily to support the effective adoption of SOA.

It is based on an extension of The Open Group Architecture Framework specifically designed for packaged solutions and SOA.

As platinum member of The Open Group SAP works closely together on upcoming release of Togaf 9.

Benefits of TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM).


SAP EAF Process follows the TOGAF ADM

􀂄 SAP EAF follows an open, vendor-neutral process

􀂄 Why re-invent a perfectly good wheel ?

􀂄 SAP EAF easily understandable by existing TOGAF Practitioners

SAP EAF Process extends the TOGAF ADM

􀂄 Can be tuned for different engagement models

􀂄 Defined Iterations more suited to Package and Package Service-based scenarios

􀂄 SAP EAF Process more precisely defines specific tasks, products and terminology

􀂄 Provides the hooks into SAP Specific Products and Services where required.


SAP EAF Process extends TOGAF to cope with more specific Package and Package Service scenarios.




EAF is part of package toolset to reconciles all stakeholder views from business and IT perspective.




Enterprise Architecture versus Service Oriented Architecture


  • Enterprise architecture is the overall blueprint for structuring your technology and business process framework. Provide a clear understanding and mapping of both your business processes and the technology required to support them.
  • Enterprise SOA is a business-driven software architecture that allows you to share and reuse enterprise services — small, reusable "chunks" of business-driven functionality — within your company and with strategic partners.

Enterprise SOA Infrastructure Building Blocks



What makes a Web Service an Enterprise Service ?



Enterprise SOA Infrastructure Building Blocks


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Now Choice is yours? You can use SAP ES instead of traditional IT architectures tools to maximize ROI at enterprise Level. Using SAP and TOGAF you are assured of enterprise architecture where your business is aligned with SAP Solution. Al last reconciliation of all stake holders from business and IT made.

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    EA Dynamics UK Ltd, Togaf Training Business, IT training and Consultancy Services in Enterprise Architecture Certification, associated with Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)

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