Enterprise architecture is not one activity. Useful EA provides focused tools for several of the recurring jobs that enterprise and business architects are asked to perform. Use one tool for one immediate problem, or combine them as the work moves from strategy to change.
When the organization is deciding what to change, and why.
Move from a collection of promising AI ideas to an adoption plan grounded in business need, with capability gaps, affected applications, and coordinated programs.
Support from: Benefit Dependency Network, Capability Modeler, Architecture Repository, and Application Portfolio Manager
Explore AI Adoption Planning →Understand the application landscape before deciding what moves, what changes, and in what sequence.
Support from: Application Portfolio Manager and Architecture Repository
Explore Cloud-Migration Planning →Trace strategies through objectives, programs, projects, systems, and technologies, and turn important capability gaps into candidate programs.
Support from: Benefit Dependency Network and Capability Modeler
Explore Strategy to Execution →The ongoing work of an architecture practice.
Build or import a capability model, connect it to strategy, assess maturity gaps, and organize the important gaps into proposed programs with OKRs.
Support from: Capability Modeler
Explore Capability Planning →Decide which applications to retain, modernize, consolidate, replace, or retire, and turn each decision into dated work.
Support from: Application Portfolio Manager and Capability Modeler
Explore Application Rationalization →Keep a working catalog of applications, owners, lifecycle states, capability relationships, data flows, reviews, and change work.
Support from: Application Portfolio Manager and Capability Modeler
Explore Application Portfolio Management →The Useful EA tools are separate applications that share one sign-in and one subscription. They do not exchange data automatically, with one exception: Application Portfolio Manager can link each application to capabilities in a model you build in Capability Modeler. Every tool exports its data, so you can carry findings from one into another yourself.
Every plan includes the full Useful EA suite and starts with a 30-day free trial.