Enterprise Architecture (EA) knowledge refers to the understanding of the organization’s IT infrastructure, applications, and processes in the context of the overall business strategy. Effective EA knowledge can help organizations optimize their IT investments, improve IT agility, and achieve desired business outcomes.
EA knowledge may include:
Effective EA knowledge requires a deep understanding of the organization’s business goals, as well as the IT infrastructure and applications that support these goals. IT executives should ensure that their EA knowledge is well-documented and communicated to relevant stakeholders across the organization.
The Enterprise Architecture (EA) Knowledge category within the CIO Reference Library provides CIOs and other IT executives with a comprehensive set of resources that illustrate effective EA knowledge practices. This category includes a range of resources, such as articles, whitepapers, and case studies, that offer insights into different aspects of EA knowledge, such as understanding business goals, assessing IT infrastructure, evaluating application portfolios, optimizing IT processes, and establishing governance frameworks. By leveraging these resources, CIOs and IT executives can gain a deeper understanding of effective EA knowledge practices and optimize their IT investments to achieve desired business outcomes.
This guide to using UAF workflow to build a high-impact enterprise architecture roadmap shows IT leaders how to translate strategy into a connected, standards-based plan that drives alignment, reduces risk, and improves governance.
This guide positions enterprise architecture as a strategic enabler of IT investment decisions—equipping technology leaders with practical tools, proven methods, and context-aware roles to improve prioritization, strengthen business cases, and align architecture with measurable outcomes.
This Strategic Enterprise Architecture Framework provides IT leaders with a transferable model for achieving digital interoperability across government, public, and enterprise systems. Drawing from TOGAF® and real-world implementations, this guide details how to structure data, legal, and organizational components to deliver integrated digital services at scale.
This foundational enterprise architecture guide offers step-by-step practices for building structure, governance, and scalability into your EA program. It features real-world models like Zachman, maturity assessments, and implementation plans—ideal for IT leaders managing complexity, federation, or large-scale transformation. Excellent Read! (120+ pgs)
This article defines enterprise architecture strategy, explains its purpose, outlines key components, and provides real-world examples like FedEx. Learn how to evolve EA from static documents to a living, strategic asset that guides transformation.
This comprehensive enterprise architecture example showcases how an organization purposefully aligned its IT environment with long-term strategic goals. It covers all key EA domains—data, applications, technology, and IT management—supported by standards, governance practices, training frameworks, and implementation roadmaps. Ideal for education, public sector, or mission-driven organizations seeking a practical EA model.
Strategy doesn’t fail at the planning table—it unravels in execution. This article explores how Enterprise Architecture turns strategic vision into operational structure, enabling true business-IT alignment in a fast-moving, digital-first world.
CIOs don’t worry about where the wires run—they worry about where the enterprise is headed. And increasingly, they’re navigating a tangle of initiatives labeled “transformation.” Whether it’s cloud adoption, platform consolidation, agile scaling, or data modernization, the pressure to deliver strategic impact through technology has never been higher. Yet somewhere
This practical framework for enterprise architecture roadmapping provides the tools to align IT systems with strategic goals. It includes reference models, governance guidance, phased roadmap planning, and segmentation of initiatives into info, infrastructure, and security domains—making it ideal for public and private sector transformation leaders.
This exploratory Enterprise Architecture case study examines how a large organization used TOGAF as a starting point but ultimately created a customized enterprise architecture model. It explains what parts of the framework were kept, what was discarded, and how the organization built an EA practice that delivered real value—offering actionable lessons.
