Scenario S1.2: Setting up a new division of an
existing company
Use
the following PlanIT and SAM Advisors to develop the iT plan for the new
division:
- Enterprise
Modeller to build model of the new division (site) of the existing
company. Only define the sites (new plus say the corporate) that will
interact with each other. Only select the business functions (BFs) that
will be done by the new division (e.g., manufacturing related BFs for a
manufacturing division) or will need to be interfaced with the existing
company.
- Application
Advisor to determine an application plan for the new division that shows
what will be automated, what automation strategy will be used (buy,
rent, outsource, develop, extend) and what application packages will be
used.
- Platform
Advisor to determine the computing hardware and software plan for the
new division
- Network
Advisor to determine the wired/wireless network plan for the new
division
- Security
Advisor for securing the new division
- Project
Planner to develop a work breakdown structure, Gant charts and staffing
estimates
- Consolidated
report to generate extensive documentation that contains the IT plan for
the new division
Use
the following AIM (Architecture and Integration Module) Advisors to determine
how the new division applications will be integrated with the existing
company:
- Business
Problem Explorer to determine which applications of the new
division interface with the existing company
- Intelligent
Requirement Generator to generate requirements for the target
applications
- Integrated
Architecture Advisor to develop an SOA-based architecture
- Integrated
Solution Advisor to evaluate the suggested architectures
- Reiterate
for all applications of the new division that will need to be
integrated.
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