IT Strategy & Architecture

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More than ever, organisations need a clear technology strategy based around an architecture that supports new digital solutions and the evolution of legacy platforms. We create pragmatic, actionable IT strategies, target architectures and technology roadmaps that blend industry insight with a deep knowledge of sector-relevant platforms to create real business value. Our Strategy & Architecture capability is broad and spans IT strategy development, Enterprise and Solution architecture. We are helping our clients  to develop  a target architecture and a roadmap to get there. 

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The team

Brian Moroney

Brian Moroney

EY Ireland Partner, Head of Digital & Emerging Technologies

Orla Duffy

Orla Duffy

EY Ireland Technology Consulting Director; Strategy & Architecture Practice Lead

David Stapleton

David Stapleton

EY Ireland Enterprise Architecture Director

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What EY can do for you?

EY Ireland Strategy & Architecture co-create IT / Digital strategies by drawing on the business strategy together with our industry insights and macro trends to enable organisations to take control of their digital agenda and set the pace with respect to products, services, differentiation and innovation - both externally and internally. We help you shift the traditional role of IT from “keeping the lights on” to being a true business partner delivering value from the planning stage through to design and delivery. Our team is familiar with modern IT operating models and can help you to develop the skills, knowledge and processes to make your IT organisation sustainable.

We support the architecture governance process by reviewing and monitoring significant technology projects to ensure strategic alignment with the target architecture. We identify issues and risks and escalate as appropriate. We help to establish or enhance your Enterprise Architecture (EA) capabilities where EA is used both as a process and a tool for translating your business vision and strategy into effective change and helping to ensure  alignment between Business and IT.

Our approach is based on a modern and pragmatic approach to EA by keeping architecture out of the "ivory tower" by remaining hands on and close to the action. This enables us to unite an organisation across functional boundaries by using a vocabulary that the business understands. Our agile approach balances speed and depth of design whilst still remaining aligned with organisational goals.

Core client service offerings: 

  • IT strategy development / technology transformation

    Our Architects  help clients to envision the future of their IT landscape and develop a plan to drive growth in their business.

    • Hands-on delivery experience in the development of ICT Strategies across a range of sectors including Financial Services, Utilities, Public Sector and Government
    • Technology breadth and strength in depth. Highly experienced technical Subject Matter Resources (SMRs) with local skills in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture with access to a global EY resources and toolkits
    • Engagement at all levels in an organisation from CxO to architects and engineers. Business requirements & process design

  • Enterprise architecture

    Our Enterprise Architects help create the right enterprise architecture which is aligned to your strategic requirements and business objectives.

    • Local delivery of insight and technology solutions through a globally connected architecture practice of 500+ TOGAF practitioners
    • Highly experienced technical SMRs from multiple architecture domains including Business, Applications, Data and Technology
    • Sector SMRs specialising in Justice, Utilities, Financial Services, Telecommunications with skills in Business Continuity, Architecture, Service Design and IT Operating Models
    • Architecture Governance and Design Authority
    • EA Jumpstart to help you get up your Enterprise Architecture capability up and running or to bootstrap your existing EA capabilities
    • Architecture Assessment to capture what your baseline architecture and identify opportunities for improvement
    • IT Operating Model review to right size your IT organisation with the necessary skills and capabilities  not only to support and deliver IT services but how IT can be leveraged to grow your business

  • Solution architecture

    Our Solution Architects support our clients to design resilient and sustainable technical solutions. When implementing IT Change our Solution Architects help to ensure the organisation is not being constrained by legacy systems.

    • Provide technical support for large programmes often involving legacy platforms or complex system integration
    • Helping clients design technical solutions that are resilient and embrace next generation operating models
    • Identifying how IT can play its role in enabling organisations to be  more sustainable

EY IT S&A Tools & Accelerators

  • Industry Reference Architectures

    From years of experience of working across industries, we have a repository of standard reference architectures for different industries. These reference architectures enables client to quickly understand their capability landscape, identify key gaps and reimagine how to structure their business.

  • EA Jumpstart framework

    Enterprise Architecture (EA) Jumpstart is a business outcome driven approach by EY to help organizations improve their enterprise architecture capability. This approach provides a structured framework aligned with TOGAF methodology for organizations seeking to begin, improve or reposition their EA function with lots of enablers and reusable artefacts.

  • EA Tools

    We have established alliances and relationships with many EA tool vendors catering to organisations of different sizes and magnitude. This enables us to support clients in collating and organising existing data to generate insight into their existing landscape, enables the client to see the benefit and value of having an EA tool with minimal investment. This also enables clients to evaluate EA tools within the market and make the best fit decision.

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