Digital Design & Sustainment

Lean Video

A (mostly) non-technical 3-part discussion series about how to improve digital business design & sustainment with better context & collaboration — by implementing a SAFe Solution Intent Repository, including tools, practices, and training — across BPM/EA + Agile Mgt + GRC + testing. In this Part 1 video, we discuss concepts of Architectural Runway and the importance of security / risk / compliance, using a NASA Space Shuttle orbiter design as an example.

DOD – System Portfolio Value
Many systems duplicated between commands resulted in high cost and complex audit traceability, requiring visibility of trillions of dollars flowing through systems.
Agile Digital Transformation (Audit)
International Audit Firm (55+ countries) needed to simultaneously deliver Internal Audit services at lower cost and improving service by modernizing the technology platform.
EA/Engineering Modernization
Enterprise Architecture & Engineering (EA&E) has to be a partner with business units, who want to be agile ("shadow IT") but still require enterprise technology services.
Retail Grocery – System Portfolio Analysis
Merger situation required overlapping system capabilities and consolidation of applications, with focus on operations and security
Transportation App/Infr Cloud Op Model Roadmap
Aging infrastructure and mounting technical debt from legacy applications were impacting service reliability, maintenance costs, and agility.
Manufacturing – Process and Policy
Process and policy harmonization enable architecture governance, improving ITSM and Information Security.
DoD – EA CoE
US Navy needed a business architecture system and COE to centralize high-quality information, for better audit visibility.