Operating-model archetype

Centralized CCoE

A central team concentrates governance, architecture and enablement to establish consistency and accelerate early maturity.

Structural strengths

  • Clear enterprise standards
  • Concentrated expertise
  • Strong initial control

Risks to design around

  • Central bottlenecks
  • Distance from product outcomes
  • CCoE becomes an approval queue
Reference model · Centralized CCoE

Select a function to trace its governed interfaces.

A central team concentrates governance, architecture and enablement to establish consistency and accelerate early maturity.

Centralized CCoE function interaction mapsets outcome directionorchestratesroutes decisionsrequests assuranceroutes risk decisionsgoverns standard lifecycledefines routing guardrailsREF 01GovernREF 02ArchitectREF 03ManageREF 04EngineerREF 05OperateREF 06AssureREF 07OptimizeREF 08SourceREF 09StrategizeREF 10ControlREF 11IdentifyREF 12StandardizeREF 13ProductREF 14IntakeREF 15CatalogueREF 16TransitionREF 17AutomateREF 18EnableREF 19ObserveREF 20ReliabilityREF 21RespondREF 22Recover
GovernanceAuthorityEngineeringDirected interface
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