2023 Version of Enzweiler’s Architecture Team Methodology

Initial Investigation

Collaborate for Less Than an Hour to Complete

Senior System Architect’s Responsibilities

It is Al Enzweiler’s responsibility as the next client’s Architecture Team’s Senior System Architect to start the Architect phase by using organization chart(s) and Income Statement(s) to architect;

Target System(s)

State-of-the-Art Financial System to complement Targets System(s)

And then use an Architecture Team’s true north to guide collaborations to complete the Architect, Demonstrate, Evaluate, and Plan phases of the 2023 version of Enzweiler’s Architecture Team Methodology.

Members of the Next Client’s Architecture Team’s Responsibilities

Members of the next client’s Architecture Team are responsible for collaborating with the team’s Senior System Architect to be guided by true north of;

Contributions which members of the next client’s Architecture Team decide will be consistently made to hitting top line targets on Income Statement(s) using Targets System(s)

Productivity gains which members of the next client’s Architecture Team decide which will be realized using a State-of-the-Art Financial System

Sage advice, recommendations, explanations, and answers to questions which can be easily validated using facts

During collaborations to complete the 2023 version of Enzweiler’s Architecture Team Methodology over a short duration to be within budget for a comparatively small, fixed price consulting fee.

Plan to Complete the 2023 Version of Enzweiler’s Architecture Team Methodology

The plan to complete the 2023 version of Enzweiler’s Architecture Team Methodology is members of the next client’s Architecture Team collaborate with Al Enzweiler as the team’s Senior System Architect to complete;

Architect phase over a very short duration of about 1 week

Demonstrate phase over a short duration of about 3 weeks

Evaluate phase over a very short duration of about 1 week

Plan Phase over a very short duration of about 1 week

And to start the Manage phase by collaborating over a short duration of about 3 months.

Completion dates could be missed because it is difficult for Al Enzweiler to accurately estimate the durations required for members of the next client’s Architecture Team to collaborate to complete each phase, when guided by the team’s true north.

If completion dates are missed, then members of the next client’s Architecture Team will complete the 2023 version of Enzweiler’s Architecture Team Methodology within budget for a comparatively small, fixed price consulting fee as decided by initial member(s) of the team and will manage to start the very long duration Manage phase within a small budget.

Milestone Which Completes the Next Client’s Engagement

Milestone which completes the next client’s engagement is an Architecture Team’s plans to go-live on-time to be within small budgets using Targets System(s) and a State-of-the-Art Financial System over a very long duration Manage phase.

Completing the Very Long Duration Manage Phase

Al Enzweiler can offer sage advice on how the next client’s Manage phase will be completed when a Senior System Architect uses their enterprise’s organization chart(s) and Income Statement(s) to architect systems to replace Targets System(s) and a State-of-the-Art Financial System.

Deliverables

Decide to Complete the 2023 Version of Enzweiler’s Architecture Team Methodology

At the completion of an Initial Investigation, initial member(s) of the next client’s Architecture Team will decide if it is in their enterprise’s best interest to complete the 2023 version of Enzweiler’s Architecture Team Methodology, as proposed on this page of Enzweiler’s proposal published on the Internet to compete in the #1 Consulting Firm Challenge.

Engagement Letter

If the quote on the comparatively small, fixed price consulting fee is accepted, then Al Enzweiler will send an engagement letter to initial member(s) of the next client’s Architecture Team confirming;

Comparatively small, fixed price consulting fee to be paid in US dollars.

Four (4) equal progress payments are due upon acceptance of the deliverables for the; Architect, Demonstrate, Evaluate, and Plan phases.

Planning to complete the next phase will start upon receipt of a progress payment.

Al Enzweiler’s contact for; distributing the list of metric targets, distributing the list of productivity gains, scheduling Architecture Team collaborations, scheduling one-on-one collaborations, and distributing deliverables.

Start date for Architect phase collaborations.

If requested at the completion of the Plan phase, Al Enzweiler will quote a fixed price consulting fee to monitor as plans to start a very long duration Manage phase are executed by a CEO, CFO, CIO, and managers on their organization chart(s).

If engaged to monitor, then Al Enzweiler will phase out for a very long duration whenever members of the next client’s Architecture Team decide his services are no longer required.

List of Contributions Which Could Be Consistently Made to Hitting Top Line Targets Using Targets System(s)

After the engagement letter is signed, Al Enzweiler will send a list of contributions which could be consistently made to hitting top line targets on Income Statement(s) by managers on the next client’s organization chart(s) using Targets System(s).

List of Productivity Gains Which Could Be Realized Using a State-of-the-Art Financial System

After the engagement letter is signed, Al Enzweiler will send a list of List of productivity gains which could be realized by human resources staffing business units on the next client’s organization chart(s) using a State-of-the-Art Financial System.

Architect Phase

Collaborate Over a Very Short Duration to Manage to Complete

Decide Contributions Will Be Consistently Made to Hitting Top Line Targets Using Targets System(s)

Members of the next client’s Architecture Team will collaborate over a very short duration with the team’s Senior System Architect to decide managers, planners and analysts on their organization chart(s) will collaborate to develop and demonstrate using Targets System(s) to continually improve at setting and managing to hit metric targets to;

Market, advertise if required, sell if required products and/or services to customers

Fulfill customer demand with quality products and/or services delivered to customers on-time as promised

to consistently make their contributions to hitting top line targets on Income Statement(s).

Decide Productivity Gains Will Be Realized Using a State-of-the-Art Financial System

Members of the next client’s Architecture Team will collaborate over a very short duration with the team’s Senior System Architect to decide human resources staffing business units on their organization chart(s) will collaborate to configure and demonstrate using systems as an integral parts of a State-of-the-Art Financial System to realize productivity gains publish their enterprise’s audited financial statements required to report quarterly earnings.

Decide to Complete the Demonstrate Phase

At the completion of the Architect phase collaborations, members of the next client’s Architecture Team will decide if it is in their enterprise’s best interest to make the first progress payment to Enzweiler, and then collaborate with team’s Senior System Architect to plan to complete the Demonstrate phase.

Plan to Complete the Demonstrate Phase

During collaborations to plan to complete the Demonstrate phase, it is the team’s Senior System Architect responsibility to; offer sage advice, make recommendations, explain, and answer questions on managing the critical path through;

Managers, planners, analysts on organization chart(s) collaborating to master the learning curves required to develop and demonstrate using Targets System(s) to continually improve at setting and managing to hit their metric targets, to consistently make their contributions to hitting top line targets on Income Statement(s).

Managers, and subject matter experts on organization chart(s) collaborating to master the learning curves required to configure and demonstrate using; Consolidation System, ERP System, Human Capital Management System, Time and Attendance System as integral parts of a State-of-the-Art Financial System to realize productivity gains publishing their enterprise’s audited financial statements required to report quarterly earnings.

Tool specialists, configuration specialists, system development specialists, other IT specialists who are or can be; on organization chart(s), and/or under contract, and/or in the Cloud mastering the learning curves required to support Targets System(s) and a State-of-the-Art Financial System.

Senior System Architect can offer sage advice on how the next client will host the demonstration of Targets System(s) and a State-of-the-Art Financial System in the Cloud and/or on-premise.

Deliverables

Architected Integral Parts of Targets System(s)

Al Enzweiler as the team’s Senior System Architect can offer sage advice during collaborations to complete the Architect phase on how;

External head/tail winds forecasting model(s) and earnings projection model(s) will be used as integral parts of Targets System(s) to set managers’ metric targets and to project at least four (4) future quarters earnings targets, given the most probable scenario for the impact of external head/tail winds.

An Income Statement model will be used to compute four (4) future quarters’ earnings targets and to compute the next client’s earnings.

Actual vs Metric Targets dashboards/databases will be used by managers on organization chart(s) as integral parts of Targets System(s) to continually improve at setting and managing to hit metric their targets to consistently make their contributions to hitting top line targets on Income Statement(s).

Actual vs Top Line Targets/Budgets dashboards/databases will be used by managers on organization chart(s) as integral parts of Targets System(s) to validate they are consistently making their contributions to hitting top line targets using Targets System and they are effectively managing discretionary SG&A expenses.

CFO will use Actual vs Top Line Targets/Budgets dashboards/databases to explain an earnings targets miss was caused by external headwinds which could not be accurately forecasted, and which could not be managed by managers on the next client’s organization chart(s) using Targets System(s).

Data stored in databases will be extracted, transformed, and loaded to be synchronized databases developed and used to integrate and update parts of Targets System(s).

Databases are being maintained or will be maintained by using; Targets System(s), social media systems, digital advertising systems, digital marketing systems, CRM System(s), ERP System(s), Human Capital Management System(s), State-of-the-Art Financial System, and as required other systems.

And how systems architected by IT suppliers to be sold and used by their customers, and/or systems architected by members of the next client’s Architecture Team to be developed and used by their enterprise, could be used to maintain databases.

Plan to Demonstrate Consistently Make Their Contributions to Hitting Top Line Targets Using Targets System(s)

Members of the next client’s Architecture Team can use the PowerPoint deck which documents Architect phase deliverable to explain how the team will collaborate to manage to develop and demonstrate using Targets System(s), architected to be used to consistently make their contributions to hitting top line targets on Income Statement(s).

Plan to Demonstrate Realizing Productivity Gains Using a State-of-the-Art Financial System

Members of the next client’s Architecture Team can use the PowerPoint deck which documents Architect phase deliverables to explain how the team will collaborate to manage to configure and demonstrate using;

Consolidation System

ERP System

Human Capital Management System

Time and Attendance System

As integral parts of a State-of-the-Art Financial System, architected to be used to realize productivity gains performing responsibilities and publishing their enterprise’s audited financial statements required to report quarterly earnings.

Projected Expenses Which Could Be Incurred Using Targets System(s) and a State-of-the-Art Financial System

Members of the next client Architecture Team can explain how data compiled on pricing models defined in contracts which have been signed for IT products and/or services was used to project the expenses which could be incurred to use;

Integral parts of Targets System(s)

Synchronized databases

Systems to maintain databases

Consolidation System, ERP System, Human Capital Management System, Time and Attendance System as integral parts of a State-of-the-Art Financial System

To consistently make their contributions to hitting top line targets and to realize productivity gains over the very long duration Manage phase.

Demonstrate Phase

Collaborate Over a Short Duration to Manage to Complete

Demonstrate Consistently Make Their Contributions to Hitting Top Line Targets Using Targets System(s)

Members of the next client’s Architecture Team will collaborate to manage to develop and demonstrate integral parts of Targets System(s) being used by managers on their organization chart(s) to continually improve at setting and managing to hit metric targets for managing their responsibilities, to consistently make their contributions to hitting top line targets on Income Statement(s) over the very long duration Manage phase.

Demonstrate Realizing Productivity Gains Using a State-of-the-Art Financial System

Members of the next client’s Architecture Team will collaborate to manage to configure and demonstrate systems being used as integral parts of a State-of-the-Art Financial by human resources staffing business units on their organization chart(s) to realize productivity gains performing their responsibilities over the very long duration Manage phase.

Decide to Complete the Evaluate Phase

At the completion of the Demonstrate phase, members of the next client’s Architecture Team will collaborate to decide if it is in their enterprise’s best interest to make the 2^nd progress payment to Enzweiler and then collaborate with Al Enzweiler to plan to complete the Evaluate phase.

Plan to Complete the Evaluate Phase

Members of the next client’s Architecture Team will collaborate with Al Enzweiler to plan to collaborate over a very short to make decisions which are in their enterprise’s best on incurring expenses to use;

Integral parts of Targets System(s)

Synchronized databases

Systems to maintain databases

Consolidation System, ERP System, Human Capital Management System, Time and Attendance System as integral parts of a State-of-the-Art Financial System

To consistently make contributions to hitting top line targets and to realize productivity gains over the very long duration Manage phase

Deliverables

Manage to Complete the Demonstrate Phase

Members of the next client’s Architecture Team will manage to complete the Demonstrate phase over a short duration to be within a small budget.

Plan to Complete the Evaluate Phase

Members of the next client’s Architecture Team can use the PowerPoint deck which documents the Demonstrate phase deliverables to explain how the team will collaborate over a very short duration to manage to complete the Evaluate phase within a small budget.

Evaluate Phase

Collaborate Over a Very Short Duration to Manage to Complete

Evaluate Alternatives for Incurring Expenses Using Targets System(s) and a State-of-the-Art Financial System

Members of the next client Architecture Team will collaborate over a very short to decide to incur expenses which are in their enterprise’s best interest to use;

Integral parts of Targets System(s)

Synchronized databases

Systems to maintain databases

Consolidation System, ERP System, Human Capital Management System, Time and Attendance System as integral parts of a State-of-the-Art Financial System

To consistently make contributions to hitting top line targets and to realize productivity gains over the very long duration Manage phase

Decide to Complete the Plan Phase

At the completion of the Evaluate phase, members of the next client’s Architecture Team will collaborate to decide if it is in their enterprise’s best interest to make the 3^rd progress payment to Enzweiler and then collaborate with Al Enzweiler to plan to complete the Plan phase.

Plan to Complete the Plan Phase

Members of the next client’s Architecture Team will collaborate to plan to complete the Plan phase by;

Planning to start using Targets System(s)

Planning to start using a State-of-the-Art Financial System

Over the very long duration Manage phase.

Deliverables

Projected Expenses Which Will Be Incurred Using Targets System(s) and a State-of-the-Art Financial System

Members of the next client’s Architecture Team can use the spreadsheet which documents the Evaluate phase deliverables to explain how the team collaborated over a very short duration to decide to incur expenses which are in their enterprise’s best interest to use Targets System(s) and a State-of-the-Art Financial System over the very long duration Manage phase.

Negotiated Contracts

Al Enzweiler will be the next client’s advocate in using contributions which will be consistently made to hitting top line targets and/or using productivity gains which will be realized in negotiating contracts for products and/or services sold by IT suppliers and their ecosystem partners.

Plan to Complete the Plan Phase

Members of the next client’s Architecture Team can use the PowerPoint deck which documents the Evaluate phase deliverables to explain how the team will collaborate over a very short duration to manage to complete the Plan phase within a small budget.

Plan Phase

Collaborate Over a Very Short Duration to Manage to Complete

Plan to Consistently Make Their Contributions to Hitting Top Line Targets Using Targets System(s)

Members of the next client’s Architecture Team will collaborate with Al Enzweiler to plan to manage the critical path through managers, planners, analysts on their organization chart(s) collaborating to use and continually improve Targets System(s) over the very long duration Manage phase.

Plan to Realize Productivity Gains Using a State-of-the-Art Financial System

Members of the next client’s Architecture Team will collaborate with Al Enzweiler to plan to manage the critical path through managers and human resources staffing business units on their organization chart(s) collaborating to use and maintain a State-of-the-Art Financial System over the very long duration Manage phase.

Decide If Monitoring Services Are Required

At the completion of the Plan phase members of the next client’s Architecture Team will collaborate to decide if Al Enzweiler’s services will be required to monitor as plans to start the very long duration Manage phase are executed.

If requested, Al Enzweiler will quote a comparatively small, fixed price consulting fee to monitor as the next client’s Architecture Team’s plans are executed.

Deliverables

Plans and Budgets

Members of the next client’s Architecture Team can use the PowerPoint deck which documents the Plan phase deliverables to explain how the team will collaborate over a short duration to manage to start the Manage phase within a small budget.

Small budget could include Al Enzweiler’s quote to monitor as the next client’s Architecture Team’s plan to start the Manage phase are executed.

Manage Phase

Collaborate Over a Short Duration to Manage to Start

Manage to Consistently Make Their Contributions to Hitting Top Line Targets Using Targets System(s)

Managers, planners, analysts on organization chart(s) collaborate to use Targets System(s) to continually improve at setting and managing to hit their metric targets, to consistently make their contributions to hitting top line targets on Income Statement(s).

Manage to Realize Productivity Gains Using a State-of-the-Art Financial System

Human resources staffing business units on organization chart(s) collaborate to use a State-of-the-Art Financial System to realize productivity gains performing their responsibilities and publishing their enterprise’s audited financial statements required to report quarterly earnings.

Deliverables

Contributions Consistently Made to Hitting Top Line Targets

Contributions are consistently made to hitting earning targets using Targets System(s) over the very long duration Manage phase.

Productivity Gains Realized

Productivity gains are realized using a State-of-the-Art Financial System over the very long duration Manage phase.

Expenses Incurred

Expenses which members on the next client’s Architecture Team collaborated over a very short duration to decide will be incurred, are incurred using Targets System(s) and a State-of-the-Art Financial System over a very long duration Manage phase.

Complete the Manage Phase

Senior System Architect can offer sage advice on how the next client’s Manage phase will be completed when a Senior System Architect uses organization chart(s) and Income Statement(s) to architect systems to replace Targets System(s) and a State-of-the-Art Financial System.