Enterprise Architecture and Integration

• The utility industry is changing rapidly. It's more important thean ever to ensure that:
  • Budgets are spent effectively and in the right areas
  • Quality data is available to people and applications that need it
  • The application portfolio is optimized for performance and cost
  • The application portfolio can change as fast as the business needs to
  
  The EPRI Enterprise Architecture and Integration (161E) project set provides utility specific guidance on establishing and improving an Enterprise Architecture capability that is committed to evolving your enterprise toward these four objectives.
  • Organizational Alignment
  • Information Availability
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Organizational Agility
  
• Establishing and Enhancing the EA Capability
  - Top Ten Indicators of Enterprise Architecture Maturity
  - The Utility Enterprise Architecture Guidebook
  - The Library of Enterprise Architecture Patterns (LEAPworx)
  - Measuring Business Performance Using Enterprise Architecture Metrics
  


• The Four Objectives
• Organizational Alignment
  The organization focuses its resources on executing the strategic vision.
  - Executive Briefing: Business Capability Models – Strategy and Use
  - Business Capability Model Development for IT/OT Investment Alignment
  - Business Capability Model Builder
  
• Information Availability
  All participants in the enterprise have access to the information and toolsets necessary.
  

  -	Cloud Integration Guidebook (Utility Cloud Integration Guidebook, 3rd Edition: A Guide for Enterprise Architects)
  -	CIM Primer VI (Common Information Model Primer: 4th Edition)

• Portfolio Optimization
  The systems necessary to run the business are optimized for performance and cost.
  - Integrated Network Model Management
  - Grid Model Data Management (GMDM)
  - GMDM Vendor Forum
  
• Organizational Agility
  Applications can add new functionality as fast as required. New applications utilize shared services to minimize integration time and cost.

  -	Digital Transformation: Aligning Information Technology and Operations -- Second Edition
  -	Program on Technology Innovation: Web Services Robustness, An Agile Integration Ecosystem