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    This document contains 8 discussion questions about enterprise architecture (EA). It asks about the differences between EA and systems planning, why EA is both a management program and analysis method, the elements of an EA program and method, EA components and documentation artifacts in the EA 3 Cube framework, whether EA can be used by all enterprises, how an EA repository supports implementation, analyzing a real-world enterprise using EA, and discussing a case study on the Danforth Manufacturing Company.

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    This document contains 8 discussion questions about enterprise architecture (EA). It asks about the differences between EA and systems planning, why EA is both a management program and analysis method, the elements of an EA program and method, EA components and documentation artifacts in the EA 3 Cube framework, whether EA can be used by all enterprises, how an EA repository supports implementation, analyzing a real-world enterprise using EA, and discussing a case study on the Danforth Manufacturing Company.

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    Discussion Questions

    1. What are some of the differences between enterprise architecture (EA) and a
    systems-level planning approach?

    2. Why is EA described as both a management program and an analysis and design


    method?

    3. What are the four elements of an EA management program and the six elements
    of an EA analysis and design method?

    4. What are some of the EA components and documentation artifacts that would be
    included in current and future views at each level of the EA 3 Cube framework?

    5. Can EA be used by all types of enterprises? If so, why?

    6. How does an EA repository support the implementation methodology?

    7. Choose a real-world large-size enterprise and determine:

    a. Is information technology seen as a strategic asset?


    b. Does an enterprise architecture program exist?
    c. Are there gaps in business/technology performance that an enterprise
    architecture program could help identify and correct?
    Hint: you may refer to the "Danforth Manufacturing Company" Scene, given in
    the following pages.

    8. Read the case study: Danforth Manufacturing Company. Do you agree with the
    need for an EA Program? Discuss.

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