Steps
Step 1
Current State Analysis
This step conducts project initiation and requirements analysis, clarifying objectives and scope of the Enterprise Architecture project. Project initiation is the first phase of project management, requiring clear project vision, objectives and key success factors. Conduct stakeholder analysis to identify key participants and their requirements. Develop project charter and obtain project authorization. Conduct preliminary scope definition and feasibility analysis, laying foundation for subsequent planning.
• Project initiation and objective definition: clarify project objectives, business value, key success factors, develop project charter
• Stakeholder analysis: identify internal/external stakeholders, analyze their expectations and influence, develop stakeholder management strategy
• Feasibility study: technical feasibility, economic feasibility, time feasibility, risk analysis, conduct ROI evaluation
Deliverable: Project initiation documents (project charter, stakeholder list, feasibility analysis report) | Quality standard: Clear objectives, clear authorization, sufficient analysis
Step 2
Business Architecture
This step conducts project planning and solution design for Enterprise Architecture. Project planning is key to project success, requiring development of detailed project management plan. Conduct scope management planning, create WBS work breakdown structure. Develop schedule plan, cost budget, quality plan, human resource plan, communication plan, risk management plan, procurement plan. Use Gantt charts, network diagrams, critical path method and other tools for schedule planning.
• Scope planning: create WBS work breakdown structure, define scope baseline, develop scope change control process
• Schedule and cost planning: develop schedule plan (Gantt chart/network diagram), estimate costs (analogous/parametric/three-point estimation), develop budget baseline
• Special planning: quality plan, human resource plan, communication plan, risk management plan (risk register), procurement plan
Deliverable: Project management plan (scope/schedule/cost/quality/risk etc. sub-plans) | Quality standard: Complete plan, clear baseline, executable and monitorable
Step 3
Application & Data Architecture
This step conducts project execution and team management, driving Enterprise Architecture project implementation according to plan. Project execution is the phase of transforming plans into results, requiring effective coordination of resources and team. Conduct team building and motivation to ensure efficient team collaboration. Manage project communication to ensure timely and accurate information delivery. Execute procurement management to acquire external resources. Implement project activities according to plan to ensure project performance meets expectations.
• Team management and building: form project team, clarify role responsibilities, conduct team building and motivation, handle conflicts
• Communication management: establish communication mechanism, hold project meetings (standups/weekly/reviews), write project status reports
• Execution and coordination: execute project activities according to plan, coordinate resources, manage vendors, implement quality assurance
Deliverable: Project execution records (meeting minutes, status reports, deliverables, change records) | Quality standard: Orderly execution, smooth communication, efficient team
Step 4
Tech Architecture & Roadmap
This step conducts project monitoring and change control, ensuring achievement of Enterprise Architecture project objectives. Project monitoring is the process of tracking, reviewing and adjusting project progress and performance. Monitor project schedule, cost, quality performance through earned value management (EVM) and other methods. Identify deviations, analyze causes, take corrective and preventive actions. Establish change control process to manage scope changes and baseline adjustments. Conduct risk monitoring to timely respond to emerging risks.
• Performance monitoring: earned value management (EVM) analysis of schedule and cost variance, quality inspection, risk monitoring
• Change control: establish CCB change control board, assess change impact, update project baseline, control scope creep
• Issue and risk management: track issue resolution, monitor risk status, execute risk response measures, update risk register
Deliverable: Project monitoring report (performance report, variance analysis, change records, risk status) | Quality standard: Timely monitoring, controllable variance, standardized changes
Step 5
Governance & Documentation
This step conducts project closure and lessons learned, completing final delivery of the Enterprise Architecture project. Project closure is the process of formally ending a project or phase, requiring completion of acceptance and handover of all deliverables. Conduct post-project evaluation to assess achievement of project objectives. Summarize project lessons learned, form organizational process assets. Conduct team release and recognition, complete contract closure and administrative closure. Good project closure is an important manifestation of project management maturity.
• Acceptance and delivery: customer acceptance of deliverables, handover product/service, complete contract closure, settle project payments
• Post-evaluation and summary: project objective achievement assessment, customer satisfaction survey, lessons learned summary, best practices extraction
• Administrative closure: archive project documents, release resources, team recognition and release, complete final report
Deliverable: Project closure documents (acceptance report, summary report, lessons learned repository, archive list) | Quality standard: Accepted, in-depth summary, knowledgeassets