Enterprise ArchitectureEnterprise Architecture has become a common practice for large IT organizations. For the first time there is a methodology to encompass all of the various IT aspects and processes into a single practice. However, realizing the full potential of Enterprise Architecture (EA) can be challenging. There are many aspects to EA, including architecture planning, governance, taxonomies and ontologies, all of which impact its success. Without the right guidance, tools, frameworks and methodologies EA can quickly become unwieldy. .gif) | Integration of Enterprise Architecture and Application Portfolio Management
This article describes how application portfolio management (APM) compliments an enterprise architect's multi-faceted role. APM provides key information into the IT enterprise architect (EA) management process. It answers questions such as "Can yesterday's applications meet tomorrow's needs?" | | A Day in the life of an Enterprise Architect
An enterprise architect’s role is multi-faceted and extremely dynamic. Not only must they keep track of IT concerns, but also those of the business. Through the work performed on strategic initiative, EAs strive to make alignment between IT and the business more transparent. | | A Better Path to Enterprise Architectures
When enterprise architectures work well, they are a tremendous asset in finding effective ways to better use technology. When they don't work well, they can be a huge counterproductive drain on precious organizational resources. All too often, it is the latter case that is realized. | | A Comparison of the Top Four Enterprise-Architecture Methodologies
Twenty years ago, a field was born that came to be known as enterprisearchitecture. Initially, it addressed two problems: system complexity and poor business alignment. Today these problems have reached a crisis point. The cost and complexity of IT systems have increased while the chances of deriving real value from those systems have decreased. | | Enterprise Architecture Design and the Integrated Architecture Framework
Over the past few years, and as software and systems engineering has matured, it has become accepted that there is a clear need for an 'architectural view' of systems. This article describes Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's Integrated Architecture Framework, and describes a model for enterprise architecture and its importance in helping software architects understand the business as a whole. |
Recommended Resources | Enterprise Architecture Alignment Heuristics
The alignment between Business Processes (BP) and Information Technologies (IT) is a major issue in most organizations, as it directly impacts on the organization's agility and flexibility to change according to business needs. The focus of this paper is to show how alignment between Business and IT can be stated in terms of the components found in most Enterprise Architectures. | | What is an Enterprise Architecture?
This document is intended for business, software, and infrastructure architects who want to understand Microsoft's approach to enterprise, application, and technology architectures. It covers architectural terminology, patterns, concepts, and definitions as a series of views or levels of architecture. | | Quality Data Through Enterprise Information Architecture
For a significant class of data issues (semantics), it is not possible to solve the "data-quality problem" by just working with data. Unfortunately, this solution is not commonly understood at all. This discussion proposes how to deal with this problem through correct information architecture. | | Skyscrapr on Enterprise Architecture
Skyscrapr is tailored to people interested in learning about or becoming architects. The articles on Enterprise Architecture help to illustrate how Enterprise Architects create the master blueprint that guides their organization’s business and IT systems. | | The Architecture Journal
The Architecture Journal is an independent platform for free thinkers and practitioners of IT architecture. New editions are issued quarterly with articles designed to offer perspective, share knowledge, and help you learn the discipline and pursue the art of IT architecture. | | Patterns & Practices Developer Center
Microsoft patterns & practices are Microsoft's recommendations for how to design, develop, deploy, and operate architecturally sound applications for the Microsoft application platform. |
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My name is Mike Walker and I'm an Industry Architect on the Architecture Strategy team. In this special coverage section you'll find the most recent Enterprise Architecture related activities and resources. |
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The Numbers Behind Organizational Change In a fairly recent whitepaper from IBM, global services did a worldwide survey across various roles to see how difficult it is to change an organizations behavior. The article shows some solid numbers around the friction that exists when tryin... more
Want more Oslo... Here's a sneak peekWe are less than T-3 weeks to PDC and there will be a lot more details on the new Oslo initiative. Below are some links to where the rich media will be published. Keep an eye out. I think that architects and developers will really like what we are bu... more
Gartner EA Summit - Day 2 As for the second day of coverage of the EA summit I attended less sessions and did more talking with other architects at the conference so I will not have a whole lot to say about most of the sessions. I did observe that there was quite the drop-o... more
ArchiMate - The Emerging Architecture Modeling Standard? At the Gartner EA Summit in London it seemed like there was quite a bit of talk on the solution showcase floor regarding an architecture modeling standard called Archimate. I'm not sure if this was due to the fact that this was a European event (A... more
Gartner EA Summit - Day 1 So I figured since I already started a thread on the Gartner keynote (Gartner EA Summit - Emergence Enterprise Architecture Keynote) I should finish what I started, huh? Just so everyone knows, this is Gartner's London EA Summit event and not the... more
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