Slide 4 How can we mitigate each of these risks? Give an example for each risk.

Lack of Acceptance - We could start out small and show a few quick and visible successes to show value. - Also always communicating constantly and transparently shows how the changes support business goals. Financial Risk - Tying to EA projects directly to business outcomes like savings and risk reduction. Loss of Key Personnel - Thorough documentation helps greatly if you lose key experts. - Retaining employees through means of career development and involvement in large decisions. Schedule Delays - Planning realistically and giving plenty of time with proper governance and review will mitigate delays in business productivity. Documentation of Tool Problems - Having a backup system in place to revert to should an issue occur. - Set new training standards in place that include troubleshooting and evaluation.

Slide 5 How does EA enhance planning? It allows for better future planning by knowing exactly how everything will function as well as pinpoint weak spots that may require more rescources.

How can EA support better decision-making in an organization? EA can provide greater insights with data metrics to find trends as well as anticipating possible impacts and change related risks.

Slide 7 Talk about ways to quantify each of these potential benefits. Give an example of each

• Reduction of Duplication Resources
  • With EA you could consolidate several systems that maybe be functioning independently. This would save operational costs as well as redundant license fees.
• Fewer People in a Process
  • Many steps in many different processes can be consolidated into autonomous systems or lowering the amount of staff needed to complete the process.
• Improved Resource Integration and Performance
  • Measuring system improvements such as; reduces manual data entry and faster data exchange. You can also quantify performance things like availability and system uptime.
• Improved Reference Information
  • You can quantify this by measuring things like data error rates, duplicate records or information retrieval wait time.
• Shortening Planning Cycles
  • For this you can just track the amount of time spent planning projects or budgets.
• More Effective Planning Meetings
  • Again you can track meeting times as well as decision rates or followup meetings.
• Shorter Decision Making Cycles
  • To quantify this, you would measure the time from which you identify an issue and the time you make an approved decision.
• Improved Communication
  • For this you could track collaboration issues or miscommunications. You could also get metrics from surveying stakeholder understandings.
• In Manufacturing Settings: Reduction in Cycle Times / Reduces Rework
  • To quantify this, you can measure production times, error rates or the amount of rework incidents that occur. You could also quantify the amount of saved labor and material costs.

Slide 12 Pick 2 control types on the right to discuss. How do these control types work in each level of the EA cube?

Service Acquisition - Strategic Goals and Initiatives - This is to establish sourcing strategy and acquisition policies. - Workflows - This identifies which business processes can be outsourced or managed. - Dataflows - Here you make decisions about acquiring data-sharing agreements and services for reliable data exchange. - Host Systems and Applications - This is where the decisions for acquiring software and application contracts and licences. - Networks and Infrastructure - Again, this is where the decisions for acquiring networking enterprise hardware or infrastructure solutions are made.

Configuration Management - Strategic Goals and Initiatives - This is where you would maintain version control and audit for strategic and policy documentation purposes. - Workflows - Managing changes to documented business procedures. - Dataflows - This is where you would control the way data interfaces work with data as well as tracking metadata. - Host Systems and Applications - Here you would track versions or builds and software dependencies for your EA system components. - Network and Infrastructure - This is where you would maintain your configurations for for hardware, servers and networking devices.

Slide 14 What is the difference between “authentication” and “user authentication”?

The main difference is in scope. Authentication is the verification of identity of an entity, it means anything, so things such as API Tokens and certificates. User Authentication is the verification of an actual person’s identity.

Why is component certification important?

It improves security and compliance as well as interoperability and reliability. Knowing that each component is as it should be ensures that it will function properly with no hiccups.

What is the difference between a Disaster Recovery Plan and a Continuity of Operations Plan?

A DRP defines technical procedures should you need to restore IT infrastructure, systems and data in the event of a disaster such as a hurricane or ransomware attack. A COOP defines how the org as a whole continues critical operations when normal systems, people or facilities are unavailable.