Marc lankhorst is managing consultant and product strategist at bizzdesign. User guide library enterprise architecture sparx systems. Data architecture and presents the vision and a road map for constructing the fhwa target enterprise data architecture. Forresters q3 2016 global state of enterprise architecture and portfolio management online survey. Hype cycle for enterprise architecture, 2017 published. Enterprise and technology in the enterprise have been rapidly changing. In august 2010, gao issued gao10846g organizational transformation. Enterprise architecture program enterprise architecture program the fsa enterprise architecture program builds on existing enterprise architecture ea efforts in the agency and in the usda by adding a strong and early focus on business modeling, process and data integration, and process improvement.
It defines the transitional stages from current to target while aligning each phase with those specified within the fhwa cloud strategy document. Architects in the enterprise are often regarded as ivory tower residents who bestow their utopian plans upon project teams in the form of colorful diagrams that bear little to no resemblance to reality. The asg is a set of standards to ensure consistent architecture modeling and output. Enterprise architecture ea defines the infrastructure that acts as a force ensuring alignment of an organizations strategic business plans with its information technology it infrastructure. It provides a holistic view on the enterprise with respect to its elements and dependencies that are required for value creation.
Bandar mzel alshammari journal of computer sciences 2017. Enterprise architecture is the glue between business architecture and it architecture business architecture it architecture enterprise architecture. Several ea modeling languages like archimate exist, that are used in practice 3, 4. See for instance svyatoslav kotusevs article the history of enterprise architecture. A practical guide to federal enterprise architecture. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading enterprise architecture as strategy. California enterprise architecture framework version 2. Enterprise architecture is a description of an enterprise from an integrated business and it perspective intended to bridge the communication gap between business and it stakeholders and improve. It has been around since the 1980s, when for the first time computers were connected in networks, and the already serious and unsolved problem of the complexity of computer programs for relatively simple business needs turned into the huge problem of large networks of them in complex. This is an association for information systems model curriculum course, which introduces the fundamentals of. Harveynash kpmg cio 2017 survey 89% of organizations indicate immature or inconsistent use of operational and business data to support strategic decisions source. Enterprise architects no longer make choices, but help others make the right choice and then radiate that information.
Enterprise application integration eai reference architecture ra version 1. This document, the western australian enterprise architecture framework, version 1 weaf 1. Enterprise architecture capability via the sponsor, enabler and builder roles. What is enterprise architecture ea and why is it important.
Enterprise architecture managing complexity a well designed enterprise architecture ensures that enterprise components are structured to operate daytoday business activities smoothly and effectively, while fostering agility and differentiation through innovation. Enterprise service bus crm bu calls from partners backup queue ejb a p 1 a p 3 binary a p 2 update db 1 soa app 4 rest a p 5 messaging app 7 plan db 2 db 3 db 4 plan etl warehouse reporting rpc app 6 plan 1. Frameworks like the federal enterprise architecture fea, gartner, togaf or zachman abundantly document eas potential and provide a variety of taxonomies, processes and practices for exploring it 4. Here every business capability is defined by a combination of process, organization, technology and data, while being managed by a governance structure and supported by the enterprise architecture. Enterprise architecture is the discipline of managing the complexities of the businessit landscape. Keywords enterprise architecture, model quality, quality framework, ea modeling.
Enterprise architecture at work the enterprise engineering series. According to the harvey nashkpmg 2017 cio survey, enterprise architecture ea has become the fastestgrowing, indemand skillset in. Enterprise architecture security assessment framework science. The common approach to federal enterprise architecture may 2, 2012 pdf, 1. Singapore 2017 gregor hohpe enterprise integration patterns 2 duration. When an organization takes on an agile mindset, enterprise architecture doesnt go away, but the role of enterprise architects changes. Enterprise architecture management eam aims to maintain flexibility, cost efficiency and transparency within an enterprise and addresses effective and efficient businessitalignment 1.
Enterprise architect user guide library a collection of essential reference materials in pdf format, collated from the webbased enterprise architect user guide. The epa ea team is responsible for developing and maintaining the enterprise level. Top stories about enterprise architecture written in may. Enterprise architecture, it modernization, devopsagile this community of interest works to advance enterprise architecture, devops, it modernization, and agile as disciplines for aligning people, processes, technology, and other resources with agency strategic goals. Federal enterprise architecture fea the white house. Most of it as well documented by kotusev is based on a variation of ibms business systems planning.
Using the frameworks to develop an enterprise security architecture. Read the medium top stories about enterprise architecture written in may of 2017. Eam s history dates back to the 1980s when information systems engineers strove to take a holistic. Enterprise architecture management eam emerged as a way to deal with organisational complexity and change in an increasingly turbulent business environment. Article pdf available february 2017 with 3,216 reads. Top enterprise architecture tools for 2020 these popular and emerging ea tools offer businesses everything they need to support enterprise architecture and digital transformation. Building an enterprise architecture starts with the particular architectural frameworkeither an existing framework or some customization of a framework youve created. A framework for assessing and improving enterprise architecture management version 2. Here are the 2017 enterprise architecture award winners, in alphabetical order. If one looks at these frameworks, the process is quite clear. Lessons from the 2017 enterprise architecture awards.
Enterprise architecture governance procedures directive no cio 2122p01. Enterprise architecture e n t e r p r i s e d a t a c e n t e r s t r a t e g y s t u d y department of state data center design the information resource management irm organization is the department of states corporate it organization. The fair question is always, where should the enterprise start. Creating a foundation for business execution kindle edition by ross, jeanne w.
Pdf different approaches to enterprise architecture researchgate. Course syllabus fcbe 3790 m50 enterprise architecture. One central artefact of eam is the enterprise architecture ea model. Enterprise architecture is not the answer it is part of. Therefore, if you have enterprise architecture, and if you have made that enterprise architecture explicit, and if you have designed it correctly, you should be able to change the enterprise andor its formalisms that is, its systems, manual or automated with minimum time, minimum disruption and minimum cost. This publication is extended by gao03584g a framework for assessing and improving enterprise architecture management version 1. Towards a quality framework for enterprise architecture models. You are free to reuse the work under that licence, on the condition that you attribute the government of western australia office of the government chief information officer as. Enterprise an organization or subactivity whose boundary is defined by commonlyheld goals, processes, and resources. Challenges in integrating productit into enterprise architecture a. Enterprise architecture at work modelling, communication. Enterprise architecture news, analysis, howto, opinion. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Abn amro ea connects the dots in a complex digital world abn amro must rapidly change existing business models into a digitalsavvy and regulatorycompliant ecosystem to become customer obsessed while keeping up with regulations. This must be a topdown approachstart by looking at the business goals, objectives and vision. Towards a quality framework for enterprise architecture. But this unique skillset has recently staged a major comeback. Enterprise architecture, it modernization, devopsagile. Enterprise architecture is the fastestgrowing skill shortage facing cios source. Enterprise architecture is a name for a field that has been in use for thirty years or so, the field itself is probably older. Ea enterprise architecture is a strategy and businessdriven activity that supports management planning and decisionmaking by providing coordinated views of an entire enterprise. Enterprise architecture, security design principles, security. Backgroundreflecting the general consensus in industry that large. The 2017 enterprise architecture awards this years winning ea initiatives, brought to you by forrester and infoworld, drive the customerobsessed digital business by alex cullen and gene leganza. An introduction to enterprise architecture is the culmination of several decades of experience that i have gained through work initially as an information technology manager and then as a consultant to executives in the public and private sectors. He is responsible for bizzdesigns vision, market development, consulting and coaching on digital business design and enterprise architecture, his expertise and interests range from enterprise and it architecture and business process management to agile methods, portfolio management and digital business design.
The capability is growing we have reached ioc with foc planned in the next few years. In information systems and enterprise architecture, though. Enterprise architecture program farm service agency. The first step is to get organized, which consists of scoping the project.