Patent ID: 9202182
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for analyzing an enterprise architecture of an enterprise, the method comprising: a data processing system identifying for at least one functional area of an enterprise, major processes and activities and a plurality of information technology (IT) systems that support the at least one functional area, wherein the plurality of IT systems comprise hardware and software, and wherein at least one current IT system and at least one future IT system; performing an analysis of the hardware and software of the plurality of IT systems to generate at least one process gap document, wherein the at least one process gap document describes at least one gap that exists between processes of a current state of the at least one current IT system and processes of a future state of the at least one future IT system, wherein performing the analysis further comprises comparing, within the at least one gap: one or more processes that will be removed and one or more processes that will be introduced, and one or more sub-processes that will be removed and one or more sub-processes that will be introduced; in response to performing the analysis on the plurality of IT systems to generate the at least one process gap document: an amount of resources required, a cost, a risk based on one or more other projects, and any low cost changes that can immediately be made to move from the current to the future state, wherein assessing each of the one or more process projects further comprises grouping the one or more process projects into one or more releases; and the data processing system receiving a Business Architecture Analysis (BAA) that is generated in response to a review of the technology roadmap; and submitting, using the data processing system, the BAA to the enterprise for implementation.