TL;DR
Phase F finalizes migration planning with the people who will deliver or coordinate delivery. It turns the draft roadmap and draft plan from Phase E into portfolio- and project-level planning, then closes the architecture development cycle with lessons learned.
Core approach
Migration planning should be done with project and portfolio managers.
They are important because they will either deliver the target architectures or coordinate the delivery work.
Finalize the plan
Phase F finalizes the Implementation and Migration Plan using the draft outputs from Phase E.
The main inputs are:
- draft Architecture Roadmap
- draft Implementation and Migration Plan
Phase F enriches these drafts with portfolio- and project-level details.
Integrate with enterprise change activity
The roadmap and Implementation and Migration Plan should be integrated with other enterprise change activities.
This means assessing:
- dependencies between migration projects
- costs of migration projects
- benefits of migration projects
- portfolio and project-level impacts
This helps make sure the migration plan fits the wider change portfolio, not just the architecture team’s view.
Close the architecture development cycle
To complete the architecture development cycle, conduct a lessons learned workshop.
Document the outcome so the enterprise can improve future architecture work.
After Phase F, the focus moves to Phase G: Implementation Governance, where implementation projects are governed for conformance with the target architecture.
Exam note
- Phase F finalizes the Implementation and Migration Plan.
- Migration planning should involve project and portfolio managers.
- The plan is based on the draft Architecture Roadmap and draft Implementation and Migration Plan from Phase E.
- Phase F adds portfolio- and project-level detail.
- The roadmap and plan should be integrated with the enterprise’s other change activities.
- Dependencies, costs, and benefits of migration projects should be assessed.
- The architecture development cycle closes with lessons learned.