Lean EA
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What? Value Chain Based Lean Enterprise Aware Design, Development & Operations. Drivers For Change Continuous change in the operational environment with new digital enabler technologies are driving enterprises to cultural and organizational changes. The overall development has to be organized around creating and delivering added value to customers. Organizations have to be more efficient and capable of providing new digital services. Customer experience – during the customer journey through diverse services – is the most important driving force for enterprises and ecosystems in this digital era. New services have to be designed according to customer needs, organizational value streams have to […]
In this design science research, we (Eero Hosiaisluoma, Katja Penttinen, Juha Mustonen, Jukka Heikkilä) propose integrating Enterprise Architecture (EA) into an organization’s development work. We call this method Lean Enterprise Architecture Development (LEAD) – also known as Lean EA (LeanEA). See the research article from the Research Gate link. Or you can get the pdf from here, link. Note! The case story is an EA success story in the public sector, but the same approach applies to private sector too. This is a story, in which EA was re-designed and integrated into an organisation’s development work in an IT department. The […]
Intro Lean EA approach supports the holistic development of an organization. Lean EA consists of value chain-based development operating model (LEAD) and integrated Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice – with the supporting framework (LEAF). The Lean EA combines management and operational development with the EA. First some basic facts: Lean EA is not focusing on EA. Lean EA is focusing on the overall business development work of an organization (incl. management, operational development and operational business). That’s the beef. A Lean way to produce services and products from idea to production. Lean EA is focusing on the outside-in view, the customer […]
1. Introduction In this digital age, Enterprise Architecture (EA) planning is more important than ever before. New computing models such as cloud, mobility, Internet of Things (IoT) and API economy have arisen, and the overall complexity of the organization’s landscape increases continuously. However, quite often conventional Enterprise Architecture Frameworks have been found too complex, too academic and cumbersome to understand. More practical and easier approach with simpler framework is needed. 1.1 The Lean Enterprise Architecture Development (LEAD) Method The Lean Enterprise Architecture Development (LEAD) method is a new style of EA approach. The LEAD consists of a) value chain-based operating model and […]