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Challenge
Over the past two years, The Government of the Flemish Community
in Belgium has witnessed a significant increase in its activities
surrounding Enterprise Architecture. The biggest challenge, however,
was getting buy-in from management and arriving at a shared vision
with regards to EA concepts. A superior, more detailed architecture
was needed but appeared to be too difficult to communicate and,
therefore establish. A more pragmatic approach was needed.
Solution
The Flemish Government used Corporate Modeler to focus on the needs
of different stakeholders by creating different views of architecture
for different audiences. The same message was delivered to system
users and designers, but at the most appropriate level of detail
for each; all without compromising the content. By having these
different "views" of the same model, the tool is considered a powerful
mechanism for communicating and delivering the real value of a coherent
Enterprise Architecture.
Results
Using Corporate Modeler, The Flemish Government is now significantly
closer to the creation of an inter-departmental, cross-functional
and model-driven architecture, understood by all. Corporate Modeler
helps users to understand how all the pieces fit together. The fact
that the architecture team can store and centralize this information
within a shared workspace using an easily-customizable tool is seen
as a huge advantage.
Profile
Flemish Government of Belgium has six Parliaments and six Governments.
Apart from the federal Parliament (consisting of a House of Representatives
and a Senate) and the federal Government, there are the different
Parliaments and Governments for each of the three Communities and
for two of the three Regions. In 1980 it was decided to merge the
Flemish Community with the Flemish Region. As a result, Flanders
has one Flemish Parliament and one Flemish Government with competence
over community as well as over regional matters.
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