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Architecture: ": EA Offers
Architecture: ": EA Offers
Architecture: ": EA Offers
EA offers:
•An insight into the current utilization of IT in business operations,
•A vision for the future utilization of IT in business operations, and
•A roadmap for the evolution of the IT landscape from the current state
to a future state, along with the transient states in between.
Major Enterprise Architecture Frameworks
There is no shortage of EA frameworks in the IT industry, Zachman was
the first to formalize the concept and publish a framework. Since then,
many other EA frameworks have been published and are used by many
organizations. They attempt to address the basic challenge of assessing,
aligning, and organizing business objectives with technical
requirements and strategies such as the Zachman Framework, The
Improved decision-making;
Improved adaptability to changing demands or market conditions;
Elimination of inefficient and redundant processes;
Optimization of the use of organizational assets;
Minimization of employee turnover;
Support organization changes for redesigns and reorganization;
Makes it easier to evaluate architecture against long-term goals;
Can give views of IT architectures to those outside of IT;
Can help with the unification of processes in IT;