The Enterprise Architecture (EA) team at UBC helps establish, govern, and advance the IT environment in alignment with Institutional needs, opportunities, and challenges. EA creates value by delivering IT solutions that meet or exceed standards and requirements, through optimal use of available resources and capabilities. EA also collaborates across the Institute to help create a clear vision, roadmap, and governance for IT change and evolution.
EA Services
Architecture Strategy & Planning
The Architecture Strategy & Planning service translates business strategies into IT investments and migration plans. This involves developing capability models, technology strategies, architecture visions, and roadmaps.
Who could benefit from this service?
- Senior management
- Unit leads
Activities
- Defining current and future states of operating models & architecture
- Developing architecture roadmaps and migration plans
- Assessing and communicating the impact of architecture
Key Initiatives
- Hybrid Cloud Enablement
- M365 Roadmap
- Salesforce Roadmap
- Environment-Health-Safety (EHS) Capability Roadmap
- Grad Study Roadmap
- Enterprise Video Platform (EVP) Vision
- IT Asset Management
Architecture Governance & Assurance
Architecture Governance & Assurance is focused on developing, overseeing, and maintaining architecture principles, standards, guidelines, and decisions.
Who could benefit from this service?
- Technology leads
- Architecture Review Board (ARB)
- Architecture Working Group (AWG)
Activities
- Collaborate on prioritizing, developing, & socializing technology standards & guidelines through the Architecture Working Group (AWG)
- Secure architecture endorsements from the Architecture Review Board (ARB)
- Facilitate structured decision making for key design decisions
- Manage architecture exceptions
Key Initiatives
- Surfacing all key architecture decisions to the Architecture Review Board (ARB)
- Fully activated the Architecture Working Group (AWG)
- Architecture roles & deliverables embedded within UBC IT Project Management Office (PMO) processes
Project Architecture
Project Architecture delivers solution architecture for specific programs, projects, or sets of requirements. This includes the development of solution concepts, options, and definitions.
Who could benefit from this service?
- Unit leads
- UBC IT Engagement Services
- UBC IT Project Management Office (PMO)
- Functional and technical Subject Matter Experts (SME's)
- Architecture Review Board (ARB)
Activities
- Developing high level solution concepts in response to investment requests
- Assessing solution options against project constraints and architecture requirements
- Overseeing, developing, and supporting solution definitions for approved business cases
Key Initiatives
- Utility Management System
- Extended Learning System
- Contract Life Cycle Management
- Library Management System
- Construction Contract Management
- Hazard Inventory Management
- Continuity Information Management
- Housing, Immigration, and Relocation Services (HIRS) Case Management
Platform Architecture
Platform Architecture service oversees and advances the architecture of mission-critical technology platforms and services and aids in their evolution. This involves the development of platform vision, platform roadmap, reference architecture, and reference implementations.
Who could benefit from this service?
- Functional & platform leads
- IT-Ops
- Functional & technical Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
- Platform vendors
- System integrators
Activities
- Developing and maintaining platform-specific roadmaps that balance foundational and functional needs
- Driving adoption of high-quality solutions through reference implementations
- Delivering design guidance to efficiently sustain and improve Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Key Initiatives
- Salesforce
- Destiny One
- M365
- Hybrid Cloud Services
Technology Innovation Support
Technology Innovation supports the sustainable operationalization of emerging technologies through delivering technology assessments, Minimum Viable Product (MVP) design, reference implementation, and Proof of Value (PoV).
Who could benefit from this service?
- Functional & technical leads
Activities
- Assessing and developing Proof of Value for technologies of interest, in alignment with use case and architecture constraints
- Supporting designs for Minimum Viable Products to be iteratively matured
- Supporting development of reference implementations and architecture guidelines for sustainable operationalization of emerging technologies
Key Initiatives
- Supporting Conversational Tech Working Group
- Supporting Generative AI Steering Committee
- Enabling Generative AI products and platforms
Architecture Knowledge Management
Knowledge Management service oversees, develops, and maintains architecture knowledge assets across all enterprise architecture functions. This includes libraries for capability models, reference implementations, technology standards and guidelines, architecture wiki, architecture toolkits and templates, and an application portfolio inventory.
Who could benefit from this service?
- Technology leads
- Architects
- Architecture Working Group (AWG)
- Architecture Review Board (ARB)
Activities
- Setting up UBC specific meta-model to align value streams, capabilities, and key platforms
- Incrementally documenting technology architecture estate for specific capabilities, projects, and platforms
- Incrementally documenting and socializing standards and best practices developed through the Architecture Working Group (AWG)
Key Initiatives
- Capability modeling for Client Relationship Management (CRM) technologies (CAUDIT)
- Cloud standards
- Identity and Access Management (IAM) standards
- Productivity & Collaboration Standards