Dave BluettStrategic Adviser to the Airline Group Board

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE APPLICATION TO ATM

AN AIRSPACE USER PERSPECTIVE

(Airspace User Submitted)

DISSEMINATION EVENT 8TH JUNE 2009

Monarch

Thomas Cook

British AirwaysVirgin Atlantic

Thomsonfly

bmi

easyJet

Enterprise Architecture- Objectives for Today

Not to be a boring “re-run”

To answer the simple question – Did it work for you?

To use language and arguments which “non experts” can understand

To present a personal view in the context of the opportunities that EA might bring at an industry and European level

To do that by:

Describing what I think EA is

Presenting the characteristics of EA of particular value and which might be relevant in persuading Airspace Users to engage

Discussing what engagement might require from Airspace Users

To consider potential next steps

Enterprise Architecture- A working definition

Enterprise Architecture is the organising logic for business processes and IT infrastructure reflecting the integration and standardisation requirements of the firm’s business model [1]

or as an alternative

Enterprise Architecture provides a structured description of a business or business enterprise and through logical progression through a series of increasingly complex views, enables common understanding without the requirement for a common level of expert knowledge[2] [1] Source MIT Centre for Information Systems Research[2] Source Dave Bluett (with apologies for the length!)

BusinessVision

& Goals

Underlying Technical

Architecture

StrategicView

OperationalView

Service –Oriented View

SystemView

Technical View & Physical Architecture

EAEA Framework

INCREASING

TECHNICAL

COMPLEXITY

Enterprise Architecture- Enabling a common understanding

Ch Exec

SolutionDesigners

EXPERTISE

EXPERTISE

Enterprise Architecture- Characteristics(1)

Provides Structure, Consistency and Breadth Gives an Holistic Perspective

Translates aspirational visions into tangible IT deliverables A business “blueprint”

Provides an “audit trail” from concept to action

Offers “pro-actively managed” transparency

Identifies existing sub optimal processes

Minimises the risk of “inadvertent” stakeholder action

Dynamic process

Enterprise Architecture- Characteristics (2)

Multi-functional serving a wide spectrum of individual stakeholder requirements

Accurately describes business relationships between disparate stakeholders who are mutually dependent

All stakeholder requirements embedded in business model for the enterprise

Eliminates stakeholder “isolation”

Identifies and justifies the relationships, processes and information flows that are required

Both within and between stakeholders

Provides a potential route between SESAR PD and tangible deliverables

Provides significant learning opportunities

Enterprise Architecture- Potential Applications

Within individual businesses

Within business enterprises such as ATM Many stakeholders Disparate processes Complex service relationships Strong mutual dependencies

At a European level of activity As a transition from SESAR PD to tangible deliverables

Enterprise Architecture- Airspace User Engagement

A significant commitment

(May be) Resource Intensive

Will require a breadth of industry experience and

Will require co-ordination Needs an industry not parochial input

however

Engagement will ensure that the Airspace Users’ requirements from and contribution to Europe’s ATM network are understood and accurately reflected in the business model of the European ATM Enterprise

Enterprise Architecture- Summary

Service Orientated Enterprise Architecture is a proven approach and has now been shown as applicable to ATM

It is beneficial within an individual stakeholder business but seems particularly useful in describing a Business Enterprise dependent on relationships between a number of disparate stakeholders

To be successful it requires the active involvement of all stakeholders. As major stakeholders in the ATM Business Enterprise, Airspace Users must contribute

It offers a practical transition from the SESAR PD phase to firm, tangible service and systems deliverables

Monarch

Thomas Cook

British AirwaysVirgin Atlantic

Thomsonfly

bmi

easyJet