Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise architecture (EA) is the process by which organizations standardize and organize IT infrastructure to align with business goals.
What is Enterprise Architecture?
Enterprise Architecture (EA) is an organizational model; an abstract representation of an Enterprise that aligns strategy, operations and technology to create a roadmap for success. There are many definitions of the word enterprise: in EA, an enterprise is a complex organization that is attempting to undergo change. – https://eabok.org- Snippet from Wikipedia: Enterprise architecture
Enterprise architecture (EA) is an analytical discipline that provides methods to comprehensively define, organize, standardize, and document an organization’s structure and interrelationships in terms of certain critical business domains (physical, organizational, technical, etc.) characterizing the entity under analysis. The goal of EA is to create an effective representation of the business enterprise that may be used at all levels of stewardship to guide, optimize, and transform the business as it responds to real-world conditions. EA serves to capture the relationships and interactions between domain elements as described by their processes, functions, applications, events, data, and employed technologies.
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Benefits of Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise Architecture Frameworks
- TOGAF - The Open Group Architectural Framework (TOGAF)
- UPDM
- ArchiMate
Agile Enterprise Frameworks:
See also
- COBIT
- ITIL
Enterprise Architecture Domains
Perspectives:
- Business perspective - Defines the processes and standards by which the business operates on a day-to-day basis
- Application perspective - Defines the interactions among the processes and standards used by the organization
- Information/data perspective - Defines and classifies the raw data (such as document files, databases, images, presentations, and spreadsheets) that the organization requires in order to efficiently operate
- Technology perspective - Defines the hardware, operating systems, programming, and networking solutions used by the organization
EA Pillars:
Enterprise Architecture Roles
- Enterprise Architecture (..as a function)
Other roles:
- Business Architect
- System Architect
- Digital Architect
- CIO
- …
… as a function:
- Role vs Function - EA is a function???!?
.. vs ..
- IT Architecture
External links:
Architecture Articles