Enterprise Architecture (EA) Knowledge Archive – Page 34

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:

  1. Understanding the organization’s business goals: Organizations should understand their business goals to ensure that their IT infrastructure and applications are aligned with overall business strategy.
  2. Assessing IT infrastructure: Organizations should assess their IT infrastructure, including hardware, software, and network infrastructure, to identify potential areas for optimization.
  3. Evaluating application portfolios: Organizations should evaluate their application portfolios to ensure that they are aligned with overall business strategy and are delivering the expected value.
  4. Optimizing IT processes: Organizations should optimize their IT processes to improve IT agility and efficiency.
  5. Establishing governance frameworks: Organizations should establish governance frameworks to ensure that IT investments are aligned with overall business strategy and are delivering the expected value.

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.

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Creating Business Value with Enterprise Architecture: Lessons Learned

This research studied how enterprise architecture is used in various organizations and how it creates business value. The research revealed the key challenges in using enterprise architecture to create business value, the ways in which these challenges can be overcome and other critical lessons learned that can help practitioners get value from EA. Excellent Read!

August 27, 2013

The Value of Enterprise Architecture in Better Business IT Alignment

This paper proposes a better balanced scorecard for information technology measurement through integration with enterprise architecture planning metrics – this will result in a more effective capability to measure and manage business IT alignment. This improved BSC for IT is tested and results discussed in this paper.

August 27, 2013

Comparison of Enterprise Architecture Tools

This presentation provides guidance on selecting a tool for enterprise architecture planning and uses this approach and framework to compare popular tools in the marketplace.

August 20, 2013

A Software Tool for Enterprise Architecture Planning

This paper presents a software tool for enterprise architecture planning. The tool facilitates the creation of enterprise architecture models and then evaluates each along criteria to select the most suitable one for implementation. Good Discussion!

August 20, 2013
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