Enterprise architecture (EA) is a set of descriptions relevant to both business and IT intended to bridge the communication gap between business and IT stakeholders in organizations, facilitate information systems planning and improve business and IT alignment. Due to complex historical reasons, the notion of enterprise architecture was always surrounded by endless speculations, dangerous myths, non-existing best practices, unfulfilled promises, expensive failures and grave disappointments. Traditionally the entire discourse around enterprise architecture was dominated by shallow advice and faddish approaches (e.g. well-known EA frameworks) infinitely distant from the practical realities, but nonetheless aggressively promoted by commercially motivated consultancies and gurus. At the same time, realistic and trustworthy information on enterprise architecture is still incredibly hard to find in any available sources.
Based on an extensive study of the actual industry best practices and existing EA literature, this book provides a unique, systematic, end-to-end description of various aspects of an EA practice integrated into a consistent logical picture. In particular, this book offers clear, research-based, conceptually sound and practically actionable answers to the key questions related to enterprise architecture:
This book is organized in a highly structured, sequential manner and does not require any prior knowledge of enterprise architecture. The book is intended for a broad audience of people interested in enterprise architecture including practicing and aspiring architects, architecture managers, academic EA researchers, EA lecturers and students in universities.
Enterprise architecture (EA) is a set of descriptions relevant to both business and IT intended to bridge the communication gap between business and IT stakeholders in organizations, facilitate information systems planning and improve business and IT alignment. Due to complex historical reasons, the notion of enterprise architecture was always surrounded by endless speculations, dangerous myths, non-existing best practices, unfulfilled promises, expensive failures and grave disappointments. Traditionally the entire discourse around enterprise architecture was dominated by shallow advice and faddish approaches (e.g. well-known EA frameworks) infinitely distant from the practical realities, but nonetheless aggressively promoted by commercially motivated consultancies and gurus. At the same time, realistic and trustworthy information on enterprise architecture is still incredibly hard to find in any available sources.
Based on an extensive study of the actual industry best practices and existing EA literature, this book provides a unique, systematic, end-to-end description of various aspects of an EA practice integrated into a consistent logical picture. In particular, this book offers clear, research-based, conceptually sound and practically actionable answers to the key questions related to enterprise architecture:
This book is organized in a highly structured, sequential manner and does not require any prior knowledge of enterprise architecture. The book is intended for a broad audience of people interested in enterprise architecture including practicing and aspiring architects, architecture managers, academic EA researchers, EA lecturers and students in universities.
Enterprise architects are specialized industry professionals responsible for leading joint business and IT planning in organizations, thereby enabling the success of their digital transformation efforts. Despite their immediate relevance to today's ubiquitous digitalization tendencies, the very presence of enterprise architects, as unique organizational characters, is largely unnoticed in the mainstream discourse and their role undeservingly remains in the shadow. Even though enterprise architects have existed, in some form, since the dawn of business computing, no comprehensive information sources devoted specifically to their profession have been created so far. Whereas the broader phenomenon of enterprise architecture enjoyed significant attention in the industry, the central actors of the respective practices themselves relatively rarely became the subject of discussion, as if their behavior and activities are self-evident.
Based on an extensive study of the work of enterprise architects and the existing topical literature, this book provides the first detailed and systematic description of various aspects of their occupation integrated into a coherent logical picture. In particular, this book offers clear, research-based, conceptually sound and practically actionable answers to the key questions about enterprise architects:
This book is organized in a highly structured, sequential manner and does not require any prior acquaintance with the trade of enterprise architects. The book is intended for a broad audience of people interested in enterprise architects including aspiring and experienced practitioners, architecture managers, academic researchers, lecturers and students in universities.
Enterprise architecture (EA) is a set of descriptions relevant to both business and IT intended to bridge the communication gap between business and IT stakeholders in organizations, facilitate information systems planning and improve business and IT alignment. Due to complex historical reasons, the notion of enterprise architecture was always surrounded by endless speculations, dangerous myths, non-existing best practices, unfulfilled promises, expensive failures and grave disappointments. Traditionally the entire discourse around enterprise architecture was dominated by shallow advice and faddish approaches (e.g. well-known EA frameworks) infinitely distant from the practical realities, but nonetheless aggressively promoted by commercially motivated consultancies and gurus. At the same time, realistic and trustworthy information on enterprise architecture is still incredibly hard to find in any available sources.
Based on an extensive study of the actual industry best practices and existing EA literature, this book provides a unique, systematic, end-to-end description of various aspects of an EA practice integrated into a consistent logical picture. In particular, this book offers clear, research-based, conceptually sound and practically actionable answers to the key questions related to enterprise architecture:
This book is organized in a highly structured, sequential manner and does not require any prior knowledge of enterprise architecture. The book is intended for a broad audience of people interested in enterprise architecture including practicing and aspiring architects, architecture managers, academic EA researchers, EA lecturers and students in universities.
Enterprise architecture (EA) is a set of descriptions relevant to both business and IT intended to bridge the communication gap between business and IT stakeholders in organizations, facilitate information systems planning and improve business and IT alignment. Due to complex historical reasons, the notion of enterprise architecture was always surrounded by endless speculations, dangerous myths, non-existing best practices, unfulfilled promises, expensive failures and grave disappointments. Traditionally the entire discourse around enterprise architecture was dominated by shallow advice and faddish approaches (e.g. well-known EA frameworks) infinitely distant from the practical realities, but nonetheless aggressively promoted by commercially motivated consultancies and gurus. At the same time, realistic and trustworthy information on enterprise architecture is still incredibly hard to find in any available sources.
Based on an extensive study of the actual industry best practices and existing EA literature, this book provides a unique, systematic, end-to-end description of various aspects of an EA practice integrated into a consistent logical picture. In particular, this book offers clear, research-based, conceptually sound and practically actionable answers to the key questions related to enterprise architecture:
This book is organized in a highly structured, sequential manner and does not require any prior knowledge of enterprise architecture. The book is intended for a broad audience of people interested in enterprise architecture including practicing and aspiring architects, architecture managers, academic EA researchers, EA lecturers and students in universities.
Enterprise architects are specialized industry professionals responsible for leading joint business and IT planning in organizations, thereby enabling the success of their digital transformation efforts. Despite their immediate relevance to today's ubiquitous digitalization tendencies, the very presence of enterprise architects, as unique organizational characters, is largely unnoticed in the mainstream discourse and their role undeservingly remains in the shadow. Even though enterprise architects have existed, in some form, since the dawn of business computing, no comprehensive information sources devoted specifically to their profession have been created so far. Whereas the broader phenomenon of enterprise architecture enjoyed significant attention in the industry, the central actors of the respective practices themselves relatively rarely became the subject of discussion, as if their behavior and activities are self-evident.
Based on an extensive study of the work of enterprise architects and the existing topical literature, this book provides the first detailed and systematic description of various aspects of their occupation integrated into a coherent logical picture. In particular, this book offers clear, research-based, conceptually sound and practically actionable answers to the key questions about enterprise architects:
This book is organized in a highly structured, sequential manner and does not require any prior acquaintance with the trade of enterprise architects. The book is intended for a broad audience of people interested in enterprise architects including aspiring and experienced practitioners, architecture managers, academic researchers, lecturers and students in universities.