Planning and Control
The requirements, including estimates based on Impact of Change Analysis (ICA) from several sources are integrated. These sources are:
- Strategic Planning
- Architecture Foundational Plans
often both integrated into - Multi-year Information Planning
- Transition Management plans
- Change Management plans
Problems and Solutions
Often the planning is focused on solving a problem when the time-frame is for the short and middle-long term. The result can be that several activities on the same Knowledge Functions, as well as other parts of the Capabilities, within the same time-frame are delivering solutions, making each solution a threshold for the other solutions. With the Enterprise Architects approach planning is performed based on the Capability components especially the Knowledge Functions.
Tools to support Planning and Control
To support Planning and Control Enterprise Architects offers the following tools:
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Registering and managing all opportunities for improvements, including the consequences and alternatives for Transition Delivery |
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Delivering reports on changes for the Change Advisory Board, Product Owners, Planners, etc |
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Analysis for duplicate solutions including higher risks, probable budget overruns, extra requirements are necessary |
Advantages of the Enterprise Architects approach
- Minimizing the possibilities of risks, budget overruns, etc.
- Delivery serious alternatives
- Delivering analysis reports for CAB, Product Owners, Planners, etc.
- The SAFe™ Core Values are safeguarded and improved as follows
- 4.1.Program Execution