Intake - My Enterprise Architecture

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What Is My Enterprise Architecture in OnePlan?

My Enterprise Architecture in OnePlan is an intake area designed to capture and manage enterprise demand that does not originate as traditional projects. It enables organizations to model, assess, and govern demand coming from internal applications, products, capabilities, value streams, and operational work alongside ideas, requests, and strategy.

What you will understand
How My Enterprise Architecture helps you manage non-project demand and connect enterprise architecture elements to execution work in OnePlan.

Who This Article Is For: My Enterprise Architecture

This article is intended for:

  • IT leaders and teams managing an application portfolio
  • Product managers and product owners
  • Capability managers
  • Value stream owners
  • Functional or departmental managers responsible for internal operational work

How My Enterprise Architecture Works in OnePlan

Capturing Non‑Project Demand

My Enterprise Architecture allows organizations to capture portfolio demand that originates outside of projects, such as applications being supported, products being delivered, or internal processes being improved. This ensures enterprise demand is visible and managed in a single system.

Using Plan Types to Model the Enterprise

Demand in My Enterprise Architecture is represented using multiple plan types. Each plan type reflects a different perspective of the enterprise, allowing teams to manage ownership, lifecycle, prioritization, and financial context for non-project work.

Visualizing and Managing Demand

Each plan type supports summary views, board views, and roadmap views. These views help stakeholders understand status, dependencies, lifecycle stages, and alignment across business units or goals.

Connecting Architecture to Execution

Plans in My Enterprise Architecture can be linked to downstream execution work such as projects, ideas, and epics. This creates traceability between enterprise architecture elements and the work required to deliver or support them.

Key Components of My Enterprise Architecture

  • Products
    Represents products managed by product owners, including lifecycle information, prioritization scoring, financials, and related execution work.
  • Capabilities
    Represents business or IT capabilities managed by capability owners to understand and plan enterprise capability needs.
  • Applications
    Represents the application portfolio, including business unit ownership, lifecycle stage, functional fit, budget, and dependencies.
  • Value Streams
    Represents value streams owned by value stream leaders to support strategic alignment across business units, goals, and dependent work.
  • Organization
    Represents departmental or organizational operational work managed by functional leaders.

How My Enterprise Architecture Fits Into OnePlan

  • Ideas and Requests can generate demand that is represented through enterprise architecture plan types.
  • Strategy can influence how products, capabilities, applications, and value streams are defined and prioritized.
  • Projects and Epics can be linked to enterprise architecture plans to support execution and delivery.
  • Portfolio Planning benefits from visibility into non-project demand when evaluating priorities and capacity.

Common Scenarios: When to Use My Enterprise Architecture

  • An IT department needs a centralized view of all supported applications to assess lifecycle stage and rationalization opportunities.
  • A product organization wants to manage products and link them to execution work without treating them as projects.
  • Enterprise architects want to model capabilities and understand how initiatives align to them.
  • Value stream owners want to visualize dependencies and health across value streams.
  • Functional managers want visibility into operational demand that competes for resources.

Frequently Asked Questions: My Enterprise Architecture

What kind of work should be captured in My Enterprise Architecture?

My Enterprise Architecture is intended for non-project demand such as applications, products, capabilities, value streams, and internal operational work that still requires governance and visibility in OnePlan.

Is My Enterprise Architecture only for IT teams?

No. While IT teams commonly use it for application management, My Enterprise Architecture also supports product management, value streams, capabilities, and departmental operational work.

How does My Enterprise Architecture relate to projects?

My Enterprise Architecture represents enterprise elements that can be linked to projects, ideas, or epics, providing traceability between architecture and execution without forcing everything to start as a project.

Can multiple plan types be used at the same time?

Yes. My Enterprise Architecture is designed to support multiple plan types simultaneously, allowing organizations to view and manage enterprise demand from different perspectives.

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