SPECIALIST PUBLIC SECTOR PRACTICE

LGR Enterprise Architecture & SPARX EA Services

LGR Enterprise Architecture is the structured modelling of council applications, data schemas, and operating models in SPARX Systems Enterprise Architect using TOGAF 10 and ArchiMate 3.2. It ensures merging local authorities achieve Day-1 statutory continuity and eliminates duplicate IT licensing.

WHY COUNCILS NEED ARCHITECTURE NOW

Why Undocumented IT Derails Unitary Mergers

When district, borough, and county councils merge, leadership teams face dozens of overlapping software contracts, unknown custom integrations, and conflicting supplier roadmaps. Without visual architecture models, Chief Executives and S151 Officers are forced to make multi-million pound decisions in the dark.

Civic Shift builds living, multi-user SPARX Systems Enterprise Architect repositories implementing the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM). We document service clusters across Revenues, Benefits, Social Care, Housing, and Planning—giving your Solution Design Authority the power to govern technology convergence with confidence.

Key Architecture Deliverables

  • ✓ SPARX EA Repository & Metamodel: Central multi-user repository configured for UK local authorities.
  • ✓ Target Operating Model (TOM) Blueprints: Future-state service diagrams linking citizen channels to back-offices.
  • ✓ Architecture Decision Records (ADRs): Auditable records justifying technology selections for Cabinet scrutiny.
  • ✓ Solution Design Authority (SDA): Governance terms of reference and technical review chairing.
ENGAGEMENT LEVELS

Enterprise Architecture Delivery Tiers

Bronze Level
Standard Solution Design Blueprint (EA)

Architecture blueprint for a single initiative, integration, or project.

  • ✓ Solution design blueprint (EA)
  • ✓ Data flows & API patterns
  • ✓ Formal ADR sign-off
Silver Level
Light Touch EA & Full Application Mapping

Targeted application mapping and lightweight TOGAF alignment.

  • ✓ Light Touch EA baseline
  • ✓ Application & dependency mapping
  • ✓ Initial SPARX EA model
Gold Level
Enterprise EA & Full Service Area Mapping

Council-wide architecture across statutory directorates.

  • ✓ Full service area mapping
  • ✓ Multi-user SPARX EA repository
  • ✓ Solution Design Authority (SDA)
★ Platinum Level
Full Ownership of Problem (Architecture & SDA)

Complete practice accountability for technology governance.

  • ✓ Full outcome accountability
  • ✓ Direct SDA chairing
  • ✓ Vendor dispute resolution