Wednesday, 13 January 2010
What is Enterprise Architecture?
Enterprise architecture is the science of designing an enterprise in order to rationalize its processes and organisation. Most of the time, the highest level of rationalisation lead to automatisation. Enterprise architecture is both the process and the product of this process of rationalisation. As a complex process, enterprise architecture must repose on a framework, methodologies and tools.
Another comprehensive definition of enterprise architecture is provided by the IFEAD (Institute for Enterprise Architecture Developments) as:
Enterprise architecture is a complete expression of the enterprise; a master plan which “acts as a collaboration force” between aspects of business planning such as goals, visions, strategies and governance principles; aspects of business operations such as business terms, organization structures, processes and data; aspects of automation such as information systems and databases; and the enabling technological infrastructure of the business such as computers, operating systems and networks
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