Trans orming th way you Manag your Archit ctur s. Solution Architecture Manager Solution Archit ctur Manag r (SAM) is a solution d v lop d by Solution Archit cts (SA) to h lp you ctiv ly manag your company's Solution Archit ctur unction, Program Archit ctur s, Trans ormation Archit ctur s and much mor. SAM provid s k y capabiliti s and insights around how your solution archit ctur s ar d v lop d, manag d, m asur d and d liv r d.
How Does SAM Help? Solution Archit cts today work across many proj cts d v loping solutions to addr ss various busin ss goals and strat gi s or organisations. How v r, th r ar no purpos -built tools availabl or k y unctions such as: Managing all th K y Archit ctur D sign D cisions Managing Archit ctur Risks and Issu s R cording and Tracking Archit ctur D bt Tracking solution alignm nt against Principl s and Standards Tracking th progr ss o th compon nts across Archit ctur Roadmaps In most cas s, th s ar r cord d as part o th Solution Archit ctur Docum nts (SAD), in Exc l Spr adsh ts or Shar Point r gist rs or utur r r nc. Ess ntially, th proc ss s and solutions within most organisations ar v ry in ici nt as th s disconn ct d pi c s o in ormation do not d scrib th stat o th archit ctur s in progr ss nor provid a holistic ov rvi w. Thus, th n c ssary capabiliti s and insights n d d to op rat as an in orm d archit ctur t am ar not r adily availabl. Th rapid adoption o agil proj cts is also a contributing actor to this compl xity as managing agil archit ctur s b com s v n mor di icult. As a r sult, Solution Archit cts ar inding it chall nging to k p up with th pac o archit ctur d cisions and th rapidly volving archit ctur s in a tim ly mann r. SAM is a uniqu solution that has b n d v lop d sp ci ically to h lp organisations and archit ctur t ams tackl th s probl ms and op rat mor ici ntly. Furth rmor, SAM provid s additional capabiliti s and insights that assist th archit ctur t am to improv productivity and agility. In ss nc, SAM provid s a compl t archit ctur manag m nt and collaboration solution that allows not only th archit ctur t ams, but oth r crucial parti s such as proj ct d liv ry t ams, xt rnal v ndors, and IT l ad rs to work tog th r and d liv r ctiv archit ctur s to maximis busin ss valu. Key Benefits Improve Collaboration & Visibility within the Architecture Team Manage Compliance Against Architecture Principals & Standards Track & Understand Strategic Alignment of Solution Architectures Across Your Organisation Effectively Manage All Key Architecture Design Decisions, Risks & Issues Effectively Manage Solution Architecture Reviews & Approvals Track Architecture Debt & Resolution Timeframes Manage All Solution Architecture Artefacts in One Platform Get Enterprise Level Dashboard & Reporting Create an Architecture Knowledge Base Get Valuable Insights into your Architecture
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Is SAM a Cloud Solution? Y s, SAM is a multi-instanc cloud-bas d solution provid d as a SAAS. W will cr at a n w instanc d dicat d to your company. Th r or you will not b sharing your instanc or data with oth r cli nts. This nsur s SAM is impl m nt d to b st suit your g ographic location, s cur ly locking th acc ss to your company and b tt r manag product updat s. How is SAM licensed? SAM has a nam d us r lic ns and a concurr ncy bas d lic ns ( loating us r lic ns ). You can opt or a combination o both typ s to b st suit your company and how your archit ctur t am op rat s. Th product is a SAAS product, th r or you can asily scal up or down as your d mand chang s. Pl as not, only activ /admin archit ct rol s ar lic ns d. R ad-only lic ns s ar r. We have chosen our Enterprise Architecture (EA) tool and Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tools, do I still need SAM? Y s. SAM do s not r plac your EA or PPM tools. SAM provid s uniqu capabiliti s to track, manag and m asur how w ll proj cts d v lop and d liv r th solution archit ctur s which und rpin your EA vision. SAM h lps you bridg th gap b tw n th EA dir ction and th solutions d v lop d in th proj ct d liv ry spac. What are some of the additional insights I will get from SAM? SAM can h lp you answ r som o th ollowing qu stions: * How much is th busin ss sp nding on strat gic v rsus tactical initiativ s (or archit ctur s)? * How many proj cts ar align d to th agr d standards and principals? * How much archit ctur d bt ar th proj cts cr ating? * What is th archit ctur risk pro il across th trans ormation programm? Is SAM useful for the Enterprise Architecture Team? Y s. Ev n though SAM is not xactly an EA tool, it will provid Ent rpris Archit cts xc ll nt visibility into th Solution Archit ctur s b ing d v lop d within th proj ct t ams. Onc th EA s hav ndors d a Solution Archit ctur, th y r qu ntly los visibility into what is actually b ing d v lop d within th proj ct. SAM will h lp addr ss th s gov rnanc chall ng s. We use external parties to develop our Solution Architectures, can SAM help? Y s. SAM provid s limit d acc ss l v ls such as Ext rnal SA which allows asy on-boarding o xt rnal archit cts. This nabl s you to manag and track th archit ctur s d v lop d by xt rnal parti s, such as v ndors or Syst m Int grators (SI s). SAM also nabl s you to communicat archit ctur principals and standards so that th xt rnal archit cts comply wh n d v loping your solutions.
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