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SAP LeanIX Enterprise Architecture vs. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect

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    SAP LeanIX Enterprise Architecture

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ALeanIX in Bonn focuses on controlling and reducing complexity in IT landscapes. Core of the Enterprise Architecture Management solution is an intelligent IT inventory designed to make up-to-date information and planning for the IT landscape accessible for relevant staff. LeanIX also provides an integrable cloud governance solution to its EAM solution via the Cloud Native Tool, as well as the LeanIX Smart Xplore tool to manage Digital Transformation initiatives.N/A

    Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AEnterprise Architect is the flagship architecture management platform from global, Australian-headquartered company Sparx Systems.

    $229

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    Professional
    $229
    per license
    Corporate
    $299
    per license
    Unified
    $499
    per license
    Ultimate
    $699
    per license
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    SAP LeanIX Enterprise ArchitectureSparx Systems Enterprise Architect
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    SAP LeanIX Enterprise ArchitectureSparx Systems Enterprise Architect
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    SAP LeanIX
    Not a 10, because now SAP is owner, there remains uncertainty on the development and pricing strategy. we struggle a bit with defining thr complex architecture of our non-sap ERP platform, but we learn as we go.
    Very interesting also to start up interfaces, seems to work very well and helpfull in maintaining the proper insights
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    Sparx Systems
    Enterprise Architect can be used to capture business requirements, design and management of all successive models, algorithms, process flows/workflows, design of business data objects and other artifacts. The strong point is the ability to link the items in all models with each other, the more time the analysts and designers "invest" into making nice and clearly defined models, the higher the future pay-off by any successive changes to the systems. Enterprise Architect is not a good tool for capturing rather unstructured business requirements, use e.g. Confluence or other solutions instead. EA should comprise the extracted models with very little unstructured information. Management of the changes process should not be done in Enterprise Architect, rather use JIRA/Confluence or similar.
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    Pros
    SAP LeanIX
    • User friendly
    • Configurable
    • Relations between fact sheets
    • Lifecycle management
    • Self build reports
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    Sparx Systems
    • Open Architecture - A wide and extensive set of options, plug-ins and customization options make Sparx EA more of a tool kit than just a tool. Most tools allow customization but Sparx EA is built from the ground up with this in mind.
    • Wide variety of formats, lexicons, standards and data import export capabilities allow different roles to interact with the information in different ways.
    • Automated report generation allows architects and designers to spend less taking on word processing and more time on performing architecture and design.
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    Cons
    SAP LeanIX
    • More depth in initiatives.
    • Pre- fill with complete architecture of major solutions (like M365, infor m3 or other non SAP solutions)
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    Sparx Systems
    • Needs someone that is very conversant with business modelling terminology
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    SAP LeanIX
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    Sparx Systems
    The support team of Sparx EA, based in Australia, is always willing to help and give direction.
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    Sparx Systems
    BiZZdesign represents a different new concept to enterprise architecture, its gravity center is not technical modelling, but rather a view on capturing the whole end-user experience or customer journey. It also allows to grasp areas as internal company capabilities, required for adoption/changes and operation of the solution, uses the same Archimate modelling language. This solution is in my opinion a new generation enabling to not only design the solutions, but also manage the whole application portfolio with respect to capabilities and requirement parameters.
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    Return on Investment
    SAP LeanIX
    • We use it for portfolio management and through its use, are enabled for better prioritization and selection of projects
    • We reduced our application portfolio that were overlapping in features
    • We identified weak process areas and are now able to challenge business projects in relation to process maturity and user happiness
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    Sparx Systems
    • This program speed up the development process. It generates the actual code with my model classes after modeling
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