By Use Case
Nexus Helps
1. Management lacks central information
Roles:
CIO, CTO, Enterprise Architects
Pain point:
Lack of central information.
IT management lacks reliable information about the IT landscape, e.g. :
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Which applications do we have in our company? Who uses them, for what, are they fit for their purpose etc.
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Investment decisions are based on inaccurate information
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Dependencies between applications are largely unknown
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Impact of change is hard to know
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Impact of incident is hard to know
Causes:
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IT is documented in projects only.
Information sleeps in documents that are difficult to find, inconsistent and outdated
Nexus helps:
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Keeps architecture information in a central place
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Gives enterprise architects a top down view on projects
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Aggregate data from projects into high level views
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Helps to standardise information with templates and automated rules
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Finds inconsistent and outdated information
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Helps collecting information with tasks and surveys
2. Streamline IT processes to simplify + save money
Roles:
CIO, CTO, Enterprise Architects
Pain point:
Lack of central information
IT management lacks reliable information about the IT landscape, e.g. :
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Which applications do we have in our company? Who uses them, for what, are they fit for their purpose etc.
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Investment decisions are based on inaccurate information
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Dependencies between applications are largely unknown
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Impact of change is hard to know
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Impact of incident is hard to know
Causes:
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IT is documented in projects only.
Information sleeps in documents that are difficult to find, inconsistent and outdated
Nexus helps:
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Keeps architecture information in a central place
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Gives enterprise architects a top down view on projects
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Aggregate data from projects into high level views
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Helps to standardise information with templates and automated rules
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Finds inconsistent and outdated information
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Helps collecting information with tasks and surveys
3. Improve control over IT evolution (IT governance)
Roles:
CIO, CTO, Solution Architects
Pain point:
IT projects lack central standards to rely on, e.g. :
- Reference information such as a list of business domains, Technical standards such as programming languages to use …IT management has little control over solution chosen by projects
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No central validation of the architecture solutions chosen in projects
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“Shadow IT”: Business bypasses the IT department to create their own IT
Causes:
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IT Governance is perceived as “heavy”, time consuming, restrictive, “anti-agile”
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IT Governance is difficult because project architectures are difficult to compare (not standardised)
Nexus helps:
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Helps projects create standardised architectures in a central place
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Helps projects with common standards that are easy to follow and flexible enough to keep things agile
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Offers simple, customizable work flows to validate architecture solutions.
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Improves collaboration with comments, notifications, tasks and validation stamps
Nexus acts as a overarching platform that orchestrates the entire architectural process, seamlessly working with various systems. It integrates with other applications through APIs and webhooks, enhancing interoperability and ensuring your architectural designs can communicate effortlessly with other systems. With it, Architects gain a strategic partner, delivering clarity, optimization, and substantial enhancements to their workflow.
The Tool
Premium Components:
✔ IT Architecture Repository
✔ IT Drawing Tool
✔ IT Diagram Generation
✔ Wiki
✔ Collaboration
✔ Customisable meta model
✔ Workflows
Important Features:
✔ Fully web-based (SaaS or server based)
✔ Integration with other applications (via API, webhooks, integration flows)
✔ Role-based permissions
✔ Spaces, folders and tags to organise content
✔ Audit trace
✔ Plug-ins
Usage
✔ Simplify Architecture Governance:
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validate solutions with a customisable workflow
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protect validated solutions
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track changes with the audit trace
✔ Standardise architecture information:
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Use reference solutions to simplify architectures
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Use document templates to standardise information
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Use architecture principles to improve logical cohesion
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Use lists of technical standards to reduce heterogenity
✔ Stay in Control:
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Detect outdated and missing information
✔ Streamline IT documentation:
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Use Nexus Wiki as your single place of IT documentation
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Edit diagrams and data tables directly in wiki pages
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Auto-link with existing documents
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Create documents from wiki pages, with chapters, version history, cross references etc.
✔ Application portfolio management:
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Create an application blueprint and compare it with your current state architecture
✔ Technology risk management:
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Analyse technological risks based on application lifecycle
✔ Impact Analysis:
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Generate dependency diagrams or list to see where an application or other object is used
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Use data flows to see the potential impact of a change or incident
✔ Data distribution Analysis:
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Use data flows to see where data is produced / consumed
✔ Create various analyses with charts, diagrams and matrixes.
✔ Use dashboards for a 360° view of your IT landscape.
With your Nexus Hub registration key, you'll gain access to a valuable Quick Start Guide and an extensive resource library. These resources ensure you have the guidance and knowledge you need at your fingertips. Nexus is designed to be intuitive and user-friendly, so you can start your optimized workflow almost instantly!
Usage Examples:
Enterprise Architecture
★ Application Portfolio Management
★ Technical Risk Management
★ Impact of Change Analysis
★ Dependency Analysis
★ Data Distribution Analysis
★ Timeline Consistency Analysis
★ Quadrant Analysis (SWOT, Stakeholder analysis, …)
★ Volume + non-functional requirements aggregation
★ Architectural principle catalogue
★ Technical standards catalogue
Architecture Governance
★ Standardise architecture definitions using our customizable meta model
★ Enforce governance with validation workflows
★ Run automated checks to find rule violations
★ Identify objects uniquely across your IT landscape
★ Simplify architecture documents with templates
★ Reuse diagrams and data tables in wiki pages and documents
★ Protect validated documents against modification
★ Use the audit trace to see who made a change
★ Find where an object is used
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