Manage the Technology Reference Model in Enterprise Architecture Workspace
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Summary of Manage the Technology Reference Model in Enterprise Architecture Workspace
The Technology Reference Model (TRM) feature in the Enterprise Architecture Workspace allows organizations to establish standards for software and hardware products while managing unapproved products. This is crucial for mitigating risks associated with unapproved software, including security, delivery, and legal risks. By defining and enforcing these standards, companies can enhance their security posture, reduce technical debt, and improve cost efficiency.
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Key Features
- View and categorize all available TRM products.
- Request, create, and manage TRM products and their lifecycles.
- Approve or reject TRM product lifecycle requests.
- Assign owners to TRM categories for accountability and governance.
- Monitor the usage of software across business applications, identifying any non-compliance.
- Utilize the TRM in conjunction with the Software Asset Management (SAM) plugin for enhanced product management.
- Manage technical debt for unapproved software usage and track associated business applications.
Key Outcomes
Implementing the TRM module enables organizations to effectively manage technology standards, ensuring compliance and security. The ability to visualize product lifecycles and manage technical debts empowers businesses to maintain a robust technology environment, fostering accountability and informed decision-making. By utilizing wildcards, users can efficiently update multiple product lifecycles, streamlining management processes.
You can use the Technology Reference Model (TRM) feature in Enterprise Architecture Workspace to define the standards for your software and hardware products and manage unapproved products in your organization.
Overview and benefits of a TRM
- Security risks: The software might be exposed to security issues.
- Delivery risks: There might not be sufficient knowledge on how to support the software.
- Legal risks: A business application might use the software in illegal ways.
You must define the standards for the software that is to be used and the software versions that are permitted for use in your organization. Also, you need a way to explore when a non-permitted software is being used within the organization and in which business applications.
- View a list of all available TRM products. You can also view the list of TRM products grouped by product category.
- Request a TRM product
- Request a TRM product lifecycle
- Create a TRM product
- Create a TRM product lifecycle
- Approve or reject TRM product and product lifecycle requests.
Using the TRM module, you can manage the standards of the technology and set the right guardrail for technology usage. Setting the standards can improve the technical debt, security posture and save costs for the organization.
You can also assign an owner to a TRM category, to ensure clear accountability and improved governance standards. The owner is responsible for maintaining consistent technology compliance standards for that TRM category.
TRM Product Lifecycle
Each product in the TRM library is associated with a set of life-cycle phases with a start and end date. The life-cycle phases could be approved, unapproved, approved with constraints, Divest, and evaluation.
The TPM home page fetches all the business applications that are being used in your organization. It helps to review the status of the software that is being used. You can understand if any business application is using the software that is not part of the TRM or a software version that is not approved for production. For more information, see TRM lifecycle timelines on Gantt chart.
The TRM module uses a similar module to TPM to search in the TRM library. You can view the software that is part of the TRM library, and initiate a request to add the software or software version to the TRM library.
You can also use the TRM with the Software Asset Management (SAM) plugin. This plugin helps you to fetch or select the products and versions for the TRM library. You can also define your own software products when the Software Asset Management integration module isn’t available for your instance.