Overview

One of the hardest tasks strategists and enterprise architects face is mapping an enterprise in a form that creates and supports making sense of the whole. This book introduces an alternate approach to create consistency at every level by modelling the enterprise as services with the Enterprise Canvas.  This new model type that can be used to describe just about anything in any area and at any level of the enterprise, and that acts as a consistent frame for all the other models that we need in our architectures. It is also simple enough to scribble on the back of a napkin - and engage all of your stakeholders in the enterprise-scale conversations you need. There is also a simple notation for Enterprise Canvas that is suitable for use in service-design toolsets. The book teaches the use of architectural techniques to describe any aspect of the enterprise. It will help you identify the business reasons and business value for every activity, and you will also learn how to align strategy, tactics and operations to enterprise vision and values. By the end of this book, you will understand how an enterprise works as a web of services, and what needs to be done to make your enterprise work in the best possible way.  What You'll Learn Gain insight into the concepts of service to enhance agility, adaptability and resilience. Understand how to enhance efficiency and effectiveness throughout the enterprise. Grasp how an enterprise is made up of services that each serve an overall set of needs  Who This Book Is For Enterprise architects, Business architects, IT architects and process designers.

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Author:   Tom Graves
Publisher:   APress
Imprint:   APress
Edition:   1st ed.
Weight:   0.593kg
ISBN:  

9781484298350

ISBN 10:   1484298357
Pages:   370
Publication Date:   15 December 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1:  What is the Enterprise Canvas?.- Chapter 2:  The Nature of Service.- Chapter 3: Service Context and Market.- Chapter 4: Service Vision and Values.- Chapter 5: Service Layers.- Chapter 6: Service Actors and Other Entities.- Chapter 7: Service Roles and Relationships.- Chapter 8: Service Structure.- Chapter 9: Service Flows.- Chapter 10: Service Guidance.- Chapter 11: Service investors and Beneficiaries.- Chapter 12: Service Decomposition.- Chapter 13: Service Content.- Chapter 14: Services as Systems.- Chapter 15: Example Patterns.- Chapter 16: Integration with Architectures.- Chapter 17: Rethinking Vision Bottom-up.- Appendix A: Enterprise Canvas – a Visual Summary.- Appendix B: Working with Business Model Canvas.- Appendix C: Enterprise Canvas Notation.- Appendix D: Sources and Resources.

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Tom Graves has been an independent consultant for more than four decades, in systems development, business transformation, enterprise architecture and knowledge management. His clients in Europe, Australasia and the Americas cover a broad range of industries including small-business, banking, utilities, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, media, telecoms, research, defense and government. He has a special interest in whole-enterprise architectures for non-profit, social, government and commercial enterprises.

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