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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

#WITHOUTCOMPROMISE

Dr. Ulrich Kalex

SVP Product Management & Marketing

ENTERPRISE

ARCHITECTURE AND IT

PORTFOLIO MGMT WITH

ALFABET

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

#WITHOUTCOMPROMISE

2 | 2017 PRODUCT RELEASE • A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE • OCTOBER 17, 18 & 25 © 2017 Software AG. All rights reserved.

ALFABET DEVELOPMENT FOCUS

Enable our customers to keep pace with the requirements of

digitalization:

GUIDING PRINCIPLES REFLECTED IN THE NEW FEATURES

for

• business users

• IT staff

• decision-makers

Greater

PRODUCTIVITY

for

• digital business solutions

• IoT

• Industrie 4.0

Transparent

INTEGRATION in

• solution delivery

• project execution

• IT transformation

Increased

AGILITY

with

• data protection

• risk management

• threat management

Sturdier

COMPLIANCE


PROJECT EXECUTION MANAGEMENT


PROJECT EXECUTION MANAGEMENT AGILE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND BIMODAL IT DELIVERY

• Compare actual monetary benefits with business plan benefits and budget

BENEFIT TRACKING: Measure project success based on business value and be equipped to demonstrate value delivered to business

• Submit and approve project work timesheets for project and non-project work

TIMESHEET MANAGEMENT: Close the loop on project execution monitoring with flexible yet simple submission and approval processes

• Import information from JIRA into Alfabet for portfolio evaluation

JIRA INTEGRATION: Inform portfolios to optimize them for agility and stakeholder satisfaction


PROJECT EXECUTION MANAGEMENT BENEFIT TRACKING AND TIMESHEET MANAGEMENT


PROJECT EXECUTION MANAGEMENT JIRA INTEGRATION

Direct linkage from product

feature to JIRA issue.


REPORTING & VISUALIZATIONS


REPORTING & VISUALIZATIONS FASTER AND BETTER INFORMED DECISIONS

• Generate tabular reports in any layout including dynamic filtering, coloring and picture assignment

END-USER REPORT DESIGN: Reach decisions quicker by obtaining needed information faster

• Automatically generate information flows, data lineage, migrations and other relationships on various levels in one representation

DIRECTED GRAPH: Better understand dependencies in the architecture with a richer set of representation options

• Use different graph styles and axis systems to increase depth of exploration

COMBO CHARTS: Add context to evaluations by combining several graphs into a single view


REPORTING & VISUALIZATIONS END-USER REPORT, DIRECTED GRAPH AND COMBO CHART


API PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT


API PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT TURN APIs INTO STRATEGIC ASSETS

• Export planned APIs to API portal

INTEGRATION WITH API PORTAL: Start promoting APIs while they are still in the planning phase

• Capture information on ratings, likes, comments, requirements and more for active APIs

INTEGRATION WITH API GATEWAY: Understand how APIs are being used – by who, how often and any exceptions

• Document an API as source and target of an information flow, specify its business data and lifecycle

API PORTFOLIO PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT: Establish transparency, structure and governance for APIs


API PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT FOR TRANSPARENCY, STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE

Assess strengths of APIs to

optimized the API portfolio.

Specify the business data

to know which data flows

through the API (for

example, for GDPR).

API lifecycle information

is essential for alignment

across back-end and

edge IT in IoT.


GDPR READINESS FOR IT LANDSCAPES


GDPR READINESS FOR IT LANDSCAPES TRANSPARENT DATA PROCESSING AND STORAGE

• Create a GDPR-qualified record of processing activities

INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE AND APPLICATION EVALUATION: Identify GDPR-relevant data and applications

• Perform GDPR risk assessment according to risk relevance indicators and plan risk mitigations

RISK ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION PLANNING: Ensure proper handling and security of data and applications

• Link planned risk mitigations to demands and plan projects to implement them

GDPR-READINESS PROGRESS REPORTS: Report to management on compliance-readiness and potential risks


GDPR READINESS FOR IT LANDSCAPES LANDSCAPE EVALUATION, PROGRESS, RISK/MITIGATION


2017 PRODUCT UPDATE – ALFABET 10.1 RELEASE EMPHASIS AND BENEFITS

• End-user reporting and project benefit tracking

• Project execution management and JIRA integration

• Dynamic class attributes and Swagger representation

• Legal entity capture and GDPR compliance support

• API portal/gateway integration

• Black- and whitelisted file extension definition

Business user

participation in digital

enterprise creation

Support for DevOps

and bimodal IT

Facilitate cloud

exploration and

deployment

API management /

integration

Connect logical and

physical mgmt. systems

EA foundation for risk

management and

compliance

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