{"id":16335,"date":"2022-08-12T06:49:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T05:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/?p=16335"},"modified":"2023-05-25T23:08:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T22:08:03","slug":"how-to-increase-enterprise-architecture-engagement-across-the-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avolutionsoftware.com\/news\/how-to-increase-enterprise-architecture-engagement-across-the-business\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Increase Enterprise Architecture Engagement Across the Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

Increase engagement with teams across your organization with this handy guide.<\/em><\/h4>\n

To gain real value from the wealth of knowledge employees possess, organizations need a consistent process to store details of application portfolios, business processes, technology lifecycles and business strategy.<\/p>\n

Without a fit-for-purpose platform to support this, business units and application owners tend to adopt their own tools, and architecture data can easily remain undocumented, siloed, and inaccessible.<\/p>\n

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Analyzing this information, to produce reportable and actionable insights can be achieved with properly recorded information.<\/p>\n

So how can you best encourage your stakeholders to integrate relevant data and take advantage of these benefits?<\/p>\n

Read on for tips and tricks on how to successfully transition your organization into using ABACUS.<\/p>\n

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Strategies for Driving User Engagement<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Moving from \u201cfree-for-all” modeling to an environment with an underlying coherent metamodel-driven architecture can be an adjustment. Fortunately, there are strategies which can be employed to increase the degree of user engagement in your organization.<\/p>\n

What steps can be taken to smooth the path for new users?<\/p>\n

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  • Create diagrams with automatic generation techniques<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    • Build dashboards tailored to the needs of specific users or teams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      • Add templates and instructions for data owners of diagrams, to guide them in their work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Keeping the above steps in mind will allow you to capture, analyze and communicate with valuable enterprise data, showcasing the value and practicality of architecture knowledge across the business.<\/p>\n

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        Types of User Interactions<\/strong><\/h5>\n

        The most effective way to increase user engagement is to develop tailored user adoption strategies.<\/p>\n

        A good place to begin is to navigate user onboarding strategies by categorising them according to the types of interactions that users have with enterprise architecture content:<\/p>\n

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        1. Diagramming \u2013 for solution architects and business process analysts<\/li>\n
        2. Data capture \u2013 for collating information across the organization<\/li>\n
        3. Decision-making \u2013 using dashboards, KPIs and reports to guide the business<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Employing this more tailored approach allows user needs to be bought up to speed on the most useful skills and tool functionality for their role.<\/p>\n

          WATCH:<\/strong> Quick Wins for Driving User Adoption<\/p>\n