Enterprise Architecture Activities
Enterprise architecture is accomplished through a management program and an analysis and design method that is repeatable at various levels of scope. Together the EA program and method provide an ongoing capability and actionable, coordinated views of an enterprise’s strategic direction, business services, information flows, and resource utilization.
As a management program, EA provides: Strategic Alignment: Connects goals, activities, and resources Standardized Policy: Resource governance and implementation Decision Support: Financial control and configuration management Resource Oversight: Lifecycle approach to development/management
As an analysis and design method, EA provides: EA Approach: The framework, analysis/design method, and artifact set Current Views: Views of as-is strategies, processes, and resources Future Views: Views of to-be strategies, processes, and resources EA Management Plan: A plan to move from the current to the future EA