Information / Data Architecture / Enterprise Architecture

In no other area is the pace and extent of technological change as great as in the realm of enterprise architecture (enterprise data model). The volume of information in any business is growing rapidly. The strategic perspective and the flexibility gained from operating in a well defined enterprise architecture is essential to an organization. Continuing pressure on resources will make increased efficiency and reduced infrastructure costs necessary for success in achieving the e-business vision within which most organizations are operating. The imperative is two-fold; first to increase the efficiency of information transactions, and second to reduce the cost of information and technology.

Information Engineering is a collection of tasks and deliverables, of techniques and roles, of stages and dependencies. In Information Engineering, it is rare that a project is justified for other than business reasons. However often during its life a project seems to take on a life of its own. The original goals somehow are lost. In information engineering the business imperative for the project is explored in detail in business analysis. These business needs are explicit drivers for all the decisions through design and construction. This linkage not only maintains the business focus but also makes it easier to respond to changes both during and after the project.

If you break projects down into small components it is imperative that you are able to integrate the components into an overall solution when they are completed. In information engineering that is the responsibility of the architectures. The architectures provide a framework for understanding the components, their scope and interfaces.

Over the next decade, Internet computing will enable widespread re-engineering in many operational and support activities to achieve breakthrough efficiency in the business. Operational efficiency employment concepts will be more fully realized, significant segments of the workforce will be released from information management tasks, and embedded decision support systems will increase the speed and quality of action and reaction. Because of its power to channel information flows and to interact directly with remote data sources, the internet and web-based development activities is key among the many processes and technologies that will merge to produce this transformation.

Pompus will work with your organization to ensure that you are fully utilizing the capabilities of a well-defined enterprise architecture to ensure that your systems are fully integrated throughout the business and that you are adequately leveraging key technologies to meet the business objectives.