Maturity Category: Infrastructure Architecture

Is your enterprise architecture and infrastructure adequate to support automation?

Advanced and modular architecture

  1. Architecture is optimized with availability, Scalability, resilience and all parameters of security, compliance, regulatory requirements.
  2. Architecture is reviewed periodically, and audits are performed against leading practices
  3. Architecture enables seamless upgrade with minimal disruption
  4. Automation leverages an advanced, micro-services architecture for seamless integration of changes / troubleshooting in each module of architecture
  5. Architecture can be shared across functions, regions, or geography

Optimized architecture

  1. Architecture is resilient and scalable, but does not support micro-services
  2. Architecture is designed with consideration of security, compliance, and regulatory requirements as needed
  3. Total cost of ownership (TCO) is factored into the automation architecture to accommodate future requirements

Standardized architecture

  1. The automation program architecture is standardized but lacks scalability
  2. Architecture is yet to include security, compliance, and regulatory requirements
  3. Architecture lacks resiliency and high availability

Siloed architecture

  1. The automation program architecture is currently running in business silo’s
  2. Automation architecture – leading practices are yet to be implemented
  3. The architecture lacks scalability, availability, and resiliency to accommodate automation technologies