SAP Enterprise Architecture: A Blueprint for Executing Digital Transformation

✍ Scribed by Sheunopa Chalmers Musukutwa

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 223
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Does digital transformation ever stop? The answer is a resounding “no" and this book guides you in developing an SAP enterprise architecture that prepares you for constant technology changes.

The book introduces enterprise architecture, the role it plays in executing successful business strategy, and its application in SAP. A detailed step-by-step guide teaches you how to utilize SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer to model the four key areas: business, data, landscape, and requirements. Executives will gain insight into the considerations that will aid them in building their digital transformation road map while remaining agile to adapt to unforeseen circumstances. and adapting to the new normal. SAP partners and consultants will find their place in SAP’s future.

By the end of this book, you will learn what SAP enterprise architecture is and how to develop it along with its best practices.

You Will Understand

• The fundamentals of enterprise architecture
• SAP enterprise architecture
• How SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer helps your enterprise
• Business, information, and infrastructure architecture 
• Enterprise architecture best practices
• How enterprise architecture can prepare your business for the future

Who This Book Is For
Executives who currently run SAP implementations or are considering SAP implementations, SAP partners and consultants along with aspiring SAP consultants, and technology enthusiasts interested in understanding and articulating IT and business alignment through enterprise architecture

✦ Table of Contents

1
Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Introduction
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Chapter 1: Introducing Enterprise Architecture
Defining Enterprise Architecture
What Is an Enterprise?
What Is an Architecture?
The Big Picture
Core Elements
EA Framework
Business Architecture
Application Architecture
Data Architecture
Infrastructure Architecture
Security Architecture
EA Methodology
Current Architecture
Future Architecture
EA Management Plan (EA Governance)
Best Practices
EA Artifacts
What Does an Enterprise Architect Do?
Establishing an Effective EA Practice
The Value of Enterprise Architecture
Summary
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Chapter 2: Strategic Enterprise Architecture
Alignment
Understanding the Role of Business Strategy in Enterprise Architecture
Business Strategy, Business Capabilities, and IT Capabilities
Business Capabilities
IT Capabilities
The Role of the Enterprise Architect in IT and Business Alignment
How to Approach IT and Business Alignment
Typical Alignment Scenarios
Closing Points on IT and Business Alignment
Alignment Beyond Business Strategy
Developing a Business Case
A Business Need Is Identified
Analysis of Current State
Collaborate on Business Case Development
Explore Alternative Solutions
Evaluation
Approval/Disapproval
Revisiting the Four Enterprise Domains
Summary
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Chapter 3: Developing an Enterprise Architecture
The Enterprise Architecture Framework
The Framework
The People
The Framework
Architecture Domains
Standards
View Model
The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
When Would You Use TOGAF?
The Architecture Vision
The People
The Architecture
Baseline Architecture
The Target Architecture
Transitional Architectures
Business Architecture
Data Architecture
Conceptual Data Model
Logical Data Model
Physical Data Model
Application Architecture
Application Lists
Application Diagrams
Application Matrices
Interface Lists
Business Processes and Applications
Infrastructure Architecture
Summary
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Chapter 4: Enterprise Architecture and SAP
SAP and EA: A Brief History
The SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework
How Can SAP EAF Be Used by SAP Customers?
Facilitating Digital Transformation
Business Strategy–Driven Business and IT Alignment
SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer
Returning to the Iterative Process
Opportunities and Solutions
Migration Planning
Implementation Governance
Architecture Change Management
Summary
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Chapter 5: Developing Business Architecture Using SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer
Business Capability Modelling
Business Process Modelling
Value Flow Notation
Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN)
Pools
Start Events
End Events
Tasks
Gateways
Data Objects
Sequence Flows (Paths)
Message Flows
Importing and Exporting Business Processes with SAP Enterprise Designer
Exporting a BPMN Model
Summary
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Chapter 6: Developing Information Architecture Using SAP EAD
Conceptual Data Model
Entities
Attributes (Data Items)
Structured Data Types
Identifiers (Index)
Relationships
Inheritances
Domains
Generating a Physical Data Model
Generate a Physical Data Model from an Existing Conceptual Data Model
Generating a Physical Data Model from an Existing Database Schema
Data Movement Model
Creating a New DMM Diagram
Reverse-Engineering a FlowGraph File
Non-SAP Databases and Data Models
Reverse-Engineering an Existing Schema
Summary
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Chapter 7: Developing Infrastructure Architecture Using SAP EAD
Application Architecture Modelling
Application
System Modelling
Database
ETL Jobs
Architecture Areas
Components
Service Modelling
Business Services
Application Services
Operations
Infrastructure Architecture Modelling
Organizational Infrastructure Modelling
Site
Organizational Unit
Infrastructure Architecture Modelling
Network
Impact and Lineage Analysis
Summary
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Chapter 8: Enterprise Architecture Best Practices
Best Practices for EA
Create an EA Charter
EA Governance
Business Strategy As a Starting Point
Implement a Communications Plan
Project-Based Approach
Select a Framework
Select a Methodology
Central Information Repository
Define the Future State First
Monitor the EA Process
Implement a Comprehensive Change Management Strategy
Articulate and Measure the Value of EA Possible Challenges
Benefits of Best Practices for EA
Things to Avoid
Summary
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Chapter 9: The Future Of Enterprise Architecture
New Challenges to Face
What to Expect?
An Expanded EA Scope
Digital Transformation Will Be Nonnegotiable
Migration to the Cloud
Greater Cybersecurity Risks
Reusability
Development Cycles Will Become Shorter and Shorter
Enterprise Intelligence
The Future Enterprise Architect
Deliver Business Value
Broad Knowledge
Researching
Cloud Strategies
Customer Journey Mapping
Enterprise Architecture Methodologies
Data-Driven EA
Cybersecurity
The Final Boss – Closing Thoughts on Stakeholder Management
Summary
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Index