Enterprise Architecture

Organizations that seriously embark on using enterprise architecture quickly identify that it supports key a business capability - strategic change. This capability must be sustained by resources within the organization.

Where our clients are creating a new enterprise architecture capability we recommend our Architecture Practice Development service.

In other cases we provide specialist architectural resources to our clients to fill skill gaps and extend their practice when resource constraints do not meet need.

Our focus in this space is providing a lead, or principle architect, with strong experience in Business Architecture, Applications Architecture, or Data Architecture to lead an architectural initiative.

Enterprise Architecture Practice Development

Hornford Associates has developed a strong practice in assisting tour clients create a strong Enterprise Architecture Capability or move an existing practice forward in its development.

At a high-level our Architecture Practice Development follows a three step process:

 

  1. Determine your target capability
  2. Create the necessary organization and informational underpinnings
  3. Provide ongoing sustainment assistance until the capability is embedded within culture

For more details look at Architecture Practice Development

Enterprise IT Architecture

Enterprise IT Architecture is a sub-set of Enterprise Architecture. It focuses on creating an efficient IT environment that meets the future state of the business.

Enterprise IT Architecture follows the same broad method of Enterprise ARchitecture, it just takes the future state of the business and the current state of the IT footprint as its key inputs.

Enterprise IT Architecture Services

Hornford Associates services in Enterprise IT Architecture are focused on leading the development of an comprehensive IT Architecture including data, application and infrastructure. A key focus in this space is ensuring the IT Organization has the capability necessary to absorb and operate the future IT environment.

Solution Architecture

Solution Architecture is a sub-set of Enterprise Architecture. It focuses on solving, or meeting, a discrete business need. Solution Architecture provides an organization a structured approach that breaks a "solution" into components. These components can be re-used from other parts of the infrastructure, as well as have a solution-independent lifecycle.

Solution functionality is cleanly defined and mapped to both business need and supporting component. This supports design work and operational activity to meet service levels, and provides the basis for future upgrade & enhancement. 

Solution Architecture Services

Within a Solution space we regularly provide a Senior or Principle Consultant, to our clients who maintain the process from the description of the Solution Architecture through design and implementation.


Architecture Practice Development

Hornford Associates offers a core service assisting organizations create an Enterprise Architecture Practice and move their practice past barriers to reach a desired level of maturity.

Hornford Associates & Integritas

We are completing the integration of our operations into Integritas Solutions Inc. Hornford Associates has transformed into Integritas' Architecture Practice. Our Operations and Project Management capabilities have been integrated into Integritas' IT Service Management and Project Management capabilities.