So what does this all mean?
Early simplistic definitions of Enterprise Architecture described the role to better align technical projects with business needs, however the complexity and main stream focus of IT today goes way beyond this and Enterprise Architecture should consider all of the environmental factors associated with an organisation in the same way that a manufacturing company would do so when procuring and provisioning a new production line.
To put it simply, Enterprise Architecture is where business capability (financial and market goals) and technology capability (products, vendors, and functionality) are tied together with organisational capability (people or process) to drive an ongoing strategy or desired outcome. The whole concept of the Organisational Capability is often forgotten and overlooked when companies review, select and procure new IT systems leaving themselves with a new expensive system modeled on old archaic processes!
One small step for Enterprise Architecture one giant leap for mankind…
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Following is the definition of Enterprise Architecture that i have drafted for my team.
EA provides MEASURABLE VALUE by following a structured METHODOLOGY to move Enterprise from AS IS to expected TO BE environment and formally DOCUMENTS and LINKS “STRATEGY”, “BUSINESS”, “TECHNOLOGY” and “RESOURCES” enabling management to make informed IT and resource allocation DECISIONS.
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