Enterprise Architecture

 

What is enterprise architecture?

Enterprise architecture (EA) is a process that help organization to define the business processes and IT structure to meet their needs in current and future goals.

Who is enterprise?

Any organization that shares common set of goals that is government agencies, corporation and large organizations may comprise multiple enterprises.

What is the benefit of enterprise architecture?

·         EA helps organization set and achieve their goals in systematic way

·         Efficiently plan their business strategy and set the target more realistically

·         It will introduce consistence business process and information across business unit

·         It will introduce more efficient IT operation

Why enterprise architecture?

Enterprise architecture will bring all business unit together to operate with single business process with automated way. Identify technical and process gab between business units and implement to operate integrated way to achieve business goals. Enterprise architecture will identify and analyze current technology and utilize those technology to operate business more efficiently   

Is Any process/framework being available to follow?

Yes. There are lot of frameworks are available. Widely used few frameworks are

1.       TOGAF ( The open group architecture framework)

2.       Zachman Framework  

How will frameworks help for enterprise?

Framework will provide a starting point and provide a common terminology. Frameworks are captured and defined based on the real-world example, so it will give a lot of value add instead of inventing new.