Building an Enterprise Architecture ROI Case: Learnings from STIHL's IT Team

Showing the ROI on a Data-Driven Overview

• Lacked a transparent, complete overview  - Insufficient documentation of the portfolio, lack of clarity over ownership and compliance
• Required proof of value - EA team needed a solid ROI case to get leadership buy-in for an EA platform
• Needed to prove worthwhile investment  - team needed to communicate their progress and deliver as projected

How Ardoq Helped

• Business Capability Modeling to clearly map out all the capabilities available to the organization
• Application Portfolio Management to take control of their IT landscape, identifying project overlaps and decrease risk of shadow IT
• Presentations  to easily present EA data in a way that made sense to STIHL’s business leaders

“Our goal was to reduce the amount of effort needed to get information on our applications. It requires about a month's worth of time for one person—about €20,000—so Ardoq already pays off because we get the information in just one click.” – Robert Pröber, Cloud and Data Governance, STIHL

Key Outcomes With Ardoq

For the Enterprise Architecture team:

• Bridged the gap between business and IT, by presenting EA data in a way that appealed to leadership’s unique business priorities
• Flexibility to configure the platform to suit their unique business needs
• A holistic viewpoint of the enterprise from both a technology and business perspective, reducing the risk and costs of shadow IT

For the whole organization:

• Access to 360-degree insights on the organization
• Maximize use of existing applications and capabilities to support business demands instead of wasting resources on duplicates
• Improved communication and alignment on expectations between the business and IT