Troux Enterprise Architecture Solutions -- Table of Contents -- Troux Enterprise Architecture Solutions -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgement -- About the Reviewers -- Preface -- What this book covers -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Managing the IT Portfolio -- Management repositories -- Changing the conversation -- Troux Technologies -- Troux Transformation Platform -- Enterprise Architecture repository -- Summary -- 2. Strategic Alignment -- Alignment business case -- What is alignment? -- The aligned business -- Is measuring alignment possible? -- Alignment meta-model -- Troux Alignment application -- Bridging EA with the EPMO -- Summary -- 3. Application Optimization -- Our legacy -- Optimization meta-model -- Optimization process -- Step 1: Establish the application portfolio -- Step 2: Define application categories -- Step 3: Establish core stewardship/ownership data -- Step 4: Establish application metadata scope -- Step 5: Load application data -- Step 6: Train owners and stewards -- Step 7: Establish "information user" needs -- Step 8: Analyze and rationalize applications -- Using the database -- Optimizing the portfolio -- Summary -- 4. IT Governance -- IT standards -- Architecture governance process -- Sample application architecture questions -- Sample information architecture questions -- Sample network architecture questions -- Sample platform architecture questions -- Sample operations architecture questions -- Industry trends and open standards questions -- The virtual Chief Technology Officer -- Governance and managerial behavior -- Troux Standards -- Summary -- 5. Managing the Function -- Targeted charter -- Staffing the function -- Vice President/Director of Enterprise Architecture -- Director/Manger of Architecture Governance.

Director/Manager of Solution Architects -- Solution Architect -- Director/Manager of Domain Architects -- Director/Manager of Emerging Technology -- Research Services Coordinator -- Business Architect -- Management metrics -- Summary -- 6. Architecture Models -- The roots of Enterprise Architecture -- Modern EA modeling -- TOGAF and architecture modeling -- Troux Architect -- Model Browser -- Model Annotator -- Model Editor -- Model Designer -- Meta-model Developer -- File Formats -- EA modeling with Troux Semantics -- Asset domains -- Concept domains -- Establishing a business architecture -- Summary -- 7. Transformation Platform Architecture -- Architecture overview -- Troux Architect -- Troux Semantics -- Troux Metaverse framework -- Metaverse client tier -- Metaverse application tier -- Metaverse database tier -- Communications and data paths -- Firewall considerations -- Troux Collection architecture -- Typical data sources -- Summary -- 8. Metadata Management -- Metadata management models -- Centralized management model -- Federated management model -- Hybrid management model -- Data migration strategy -- Establish a credible core -- Automate maintenance -- Build from the core -- Promote usage -- Troux metadata collection -- About data collection -- Objective of data collection -- Data collection development process -- Step 1: Build a Collector -- Step 2: Configure TUX processing jobs -- Step 3: Deploy the data collection process -- Troux Data Collection Architecture -- Summary -- 9. Visualization -- Everything in one place -- Visualizing complex relationships -- Impact analysis -- Lifecycle management -- Technology blueprints -- Compliance management -- Batch reporting -- Reporting Framework -- Datamart Generator -- Reporting Systems Architecture -- Business Intelligence Reporting Tool (BIRT) -- Summary -- 10. Troux for TOGAFTM.

Introduction to TOGAF -- The Enterprise Continuum -- The Architecture Continuum -- The Architecture Development Methodology -- The Architecture Repository -- The need for an EA methodology -- Summary -- 11. Generating Business Value -- Reducing project cycle-time -- Streamline Requirements and Analysis Phase -- Streamline infrastructure delivery -- Reducing IT costs -- Identifying revenue-generating projects -- Positioning scarce resources -- Summary -- 12. Final Thoughts -- Managing the chaos -- Troux solutions -- EA and the cloud -- Establish a control point -- Strengthen existing policies -- Engage IT as the systems integrator -- The future of EA -- A. Glossary -- Index.