How Enterprise Architecture Management and Configuration Management DataBase CMDB can benefit from each other

Challenges and Opportunities to combine information from both sources: an Enterprise Architecture Management tool and a CMDB (Configuration Management Database).
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1. How EAM tools and a
CMDB can benefit from
each other
LeanIX GmbH, 2014

2. The combination of CMDB data andleanIX covers the required
areasandclosethegapbetweenstrategyandoperations
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Source: McKinsey architecture layer
Bottom-up inventory for
operational optimization
Automatic discovery of technology
components on desktops and server
primarily linked to user or location
Consistent view on IT portfolio
linked to business context
Link between technology,
applications and business context
for setting target, creating
roadmaps and tracking progress
Necessary foundation for IT
strategy and change mgmt
Necessaryfoundation
foroperations
Bottom-up discoverycanbeused
for pre-fill and quality ensurance
CMDB

3. leanIX helps to turn CMDB data into value for executing the IT
Strategy
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Challenges
Why not only usea CMDB asthe
single tool ?
•Very detailed list of technical
components as result of scanning
•Missing link between used
components and applications
•Further data gathering of
interfaces, data objects and
providers still necessary
•Not all countries have a CMDB as a
single source of truth
•Multiple CMDBs throughout the
company
What is the added valuecombininga
CMDB andleanIX?
Opportunities
•List of technical components can be
used to ensure data quality
•Completeness check based on
bottom-up inventory data
•Combination of manual data
gathering and automatic pre-fill
•Regular inputs of automatic scan
cankeepdata quality high

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André Christ
+49.228.2862992-2
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Jörg G. Beyer
+49.228.2862992-1
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