Enterprise Architecture (EA) Knowledge Archive – Page 41

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.

Business Architecture Hub21 Business Process Management Hub32 Complete Collection of Guides to Enterprise Architecture (EA)46 Enterprise Architecture (EA) Frameworks Collection86 Enterprise Architecture 10182 Enterprise Architecture and IT Service Management Collection17 Enterprise Architecture Assessment Collection36 Enterprise Architecture Best Practices Collection51 Enterprise Architecture Business Cases Collection62 Enterprise Architecture Case Studies Collection61 Enterprise Architecture Downloads10 Enterprise Architecture Driven Business Transformation Collection24 Enterprise Architecture Editor's Choice13 Enterprise Architecture Examples, Practical Applications, and Success Stories26 Enterprise Architecture Features130 Enterprise Architecture For Business IT Alignment Collection25 Enterprise Architecture Governance Collection50 Enterprise Architecture Implementation Collection62 Enterprise Architecture Maturity Model Collection25 Enterprise Architecture Organization Collection10 Enterprise Architecture Process Collection22 Enterprise Architecture Research Collection54 Enterprise Architecture Special Sections9 Enterprise Architecture Templates Collection4 Enterprise Architecture Tools Collection29 Enterprise Architecture Trends Collection6 Enterprise Architecture White Papers21 Resources on Enterprise Architecture As Strategy10 Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Hub68

Why Enterprise Architecture

This presentation makes a case for enterprise architecture planning – why is enterprise architecture important?

December 20, 2012

Overview of eXtensible Architecture Framework (xAF)

Are you a CIO looking for effective ways to align IT with business objectives? This overview of the eXtensible Architecture Framework (xAF) offers valuable insights into improving operational efficiency and reducing IT costs.

November 29, 2012

Essential Elements of Enterprise Architecture

This paper contributes to the identification of essential elements of enterprise architecture by (1) specifying enterprise architecture as a hierarchical, multilevel system comprising aggregation hierarchies, architecture layers and views, (2) discussing enterprise architecture frameworks with regard to essential elements, (3) proposing interfacing requirements of enterprise architecture with other architecture models and (4) matching these findings with current enterprise architecture practice in several large companies.

November 28, 2012

Views and Viewpoints Based Software Architecture Approach

This whitepaper introduces the view and viewpoint based approach, clearly defines its key concepts, explains its strengths and weaknesses, and presents outlines of an example set of viewpoints for information systems development.

November 28, 2012

Enterprise Architecture Strategy

This presentation explains the key concepts behind enterprise architecture planning, discusses the shortcomings of existing EA methodologies, proposes an alternative paradigm for EA, shares a plan to ensure enterprise wide participation in EA initiatives and demonstrates the value of EA to the enterprise to get EA into the boardroom!

November 15, 2012
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