The most comprehensive enterprise architecture design and modelling tool available on the market that leverages the synthesis enterprise management meta-model and framework for enterprise architecture.
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Business Process View |
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synthesis enterprise designerTM (SED) Enterprise Architects and IT Strategists rejoice! synthesis enterprise designerTM is a robust enterprise-level management tool that is used to:
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Baseline your enterprise architecture (business process & IT);
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Establish and maintain a current-state (as is) enterprise architecture blueprint;
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Establish and maintain a future-state (to be) enterprise architecture blueprint;
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Produce gap analysis reports that identify necessary components of your enterprise architecture;
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Establish and maintain a current-state to future-state transition plan (initiatives->program->projects);
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Align and integrate your enterprise architecture initiatives with the IT strategy;
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Align and integrate your enterprise architecture initiatives with the business strategy;
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Achieve full traceability from business strategy to program management;
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Establish and maintain an enterprise-class scorecard for the IT organization.
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quickfact --> synthesis enterprise designer simplifies the modeling and design of business (e.g., business activities, business events, process areas, processes, governance rules) and technology objects (e.g., applications, systems, data, information, frameworks, models, flows). A necessary first-step to getting your organization ready to embrace newer and emerging technologies like Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), web services, Business Activity Management (BAM) and Business Process Management (BPM) solutions. |
synthesis enterprise designer's modeling and design functionality follows a Model Driven Architecture (MDA) approach. In fact, synthesis enterprise designer's functionality is completely driven by its extensible metamodel. It is a robust enterprise architecture information management and knowledge repository environment that can be used by enterprise architects, business architects, application and data architects, domain architects, and integration architects.
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quickfact --> synthesis enterprise designer follows a Model Driven Architecture (MDA) approach to enterprise architecture management. |
When used in unison with the
Synthesis Enterprise Management SystemTM, synthesis enterprise designerTM allows organizations to:-
Achieve full traceability from the enterprise architecture to the key strategy drivers and value drivers of the organization;
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Identify initiatives, programs, and projects that impact the movement to the desired future state architecture;
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Associate business requirements to enterprise architecture component models;
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Associate business and technology issues to enterprise architecture component models;
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Track transition plan risks and associate, rank, and grade risk at a component level (with roll-up and drill-down capabilities);
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quickfact --> synthesis enterprise designer is the only solution fully-configured with the SEDS process, framework, and metamodel. All of the necessary components needed to successfully manage the IT strategy and enterprise architecture. |
What makes synthesis enterprise designerTM unique in the industry? synthesis enterprise designerTM was designed by enterprise architects who have years of practical experience with managing complex business and technology environments. In addition, because synthesis enterprise designerTM is an open platform it is easily compatible with other frameworks and processes, and easily integrated with other tools, allowing you to avoid 'vendor lock in'.
Perhaps most important is that fact that synthesis enterprise designerTM is available fully configured to be compatible with the
Synthesis Enterprise Management SystemTM. The industry's first, fully-integrated, iterative, full-lifecycle process, framework, metamodel, (and now) tool-set that can be used across throughout your entire organization to manage strategy, initiatives, and performance.
synthesis enterprise designerTM ,combined with the Synthesis Enterprise Management SystemTM, is the most complete, and robust set of framework, process, and technology solutions available on the market and is available exclusively through Synthesis.
For more information about synthesis enterprise designerTM or to arrange a on-line demonstration of the system, please contact us at information@synthesiscp.com or call us at +1.847.295.3236.
Features & Benefits
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| Web Based Client Support | Easy access to system and immediate familiarity with interface reduces learning time |
| Metadata Model Approach | Customizable data elements, attributes, associations, and other object-oriented definitions and notations allows for client and environment customization |
| Collaborative Discussion Services | Allows users of the system to have on-line discussions about strategy and architecture topics. Discussions can be at the highest level (e.g., a key business driver) or at the lowest level of the system (e.g., a system interface) |
| Synthesis Enterprise Management FrameworkTM Customization Capabilities | Users can add, delete, and modify different aspects of the Synthesis Enterprise Management FrameworkTM in order to customize the framework for their industry, market, or company |
System Specifications
| Clients Supported | Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, or compatible equivalent |
| Run-time Server | Any Java run-time compatible container (Microsoft Internet Server, IBM Websphere, BEA Weblogic, JBoss, Apache, etc.) |
| Database | Compatible with any SQL-compliant enterprise database platform: Oracle 9i, Oracle 8i, Microsoft SQL Server (2000, 7.0), IBM DB2, Sybase |
| Architecture | n-tier Architecture, highly scalable (uses enterprise-class transaction management and persistent management services) |
| Security, Access Priveleges | Uses a role-based security model allowing the system to be configured according to the rights and privileges role members should have to view, add, and change system and environment information |
| Data Integration Interface | XML import/export facilities, XMI compliant, capable of importing and exporting all data and most datatypes |
| Application Integration Interface | Open interface structure allows for application-level and data-level integration |
Licensing, Implementation, and Training Services
| Trial Licenses | 30, 60, and 90 day trial licenses are available; Please contact Synthesis for more details |
| Enterprise Licenses | Enterprise licenses are available and start at 10 users to 10,000 users |
| Individual Read-only Licenses | Read-only licenses are available and start at single user licenses to unlimited user licenses |
| Systems Technical Support | Synthesis clients receive full-coverage technical support; licensed separate from Synthesis' consulting services, clients may elect to purchase an annual support agreement; please contact Synthesis for more details |
| Setup and Configuration | Services are available at a nominal charge; a setup and configuration guide is included with the fully-licensed product |
| On-Site Training | On-site and off-site training services are provided and are charged according to a daily training rate |
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