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• Introduction to EA

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• What is the link between Enterprise Architecture & Information Management?

  Enterprise architects work to get the best of IT opportunities for business value. EA as a business strategy - use EA to help business management to decide on what kind of organization they want to become

• The design of a business model encompasses the architecture of a firm:

  • The internal characteristics of the business venture, 
    
  • The external relations with business partners 
  • and the way IT and information assets are used 
    

• What components are included in  a business model design?

  • Value proposition (what you wnat to achieve
    
  • Target segment(s)
  • Product or service offering
  • Revenue model
  • Operating model
    
  • Value chain
  • Cost model
  • Organization

• What is a business architecture?

  The business mission, strategy, line of business, organisation structure, business process models, business functions, etc.

• What is an information architecture?

  Also known as the data architecture, defines what information needs to be made available to accomplish the mission, to whom, and how

• What is the application architecture?

  Focuses on the application portfolio required to support the business mission and information needs of the organisation. At the next level of detail, it addresses the common business components and business services that can be leveraged by multiple actions.

• What is the technology architecture?

  Defines the technology services needed to support the application portfolio of the business. It also documents software, hardware, and network product standards

• What is the definition of Enterprise Architecture as a discipline?

  A discipline for systematically understanding, planning, aligning and enabling relationships among strategy, business capabilities, information and technology

• What is the definition of Enterprise Architecture as a set of deliverables?

  Enterprise Architecture documents direction and standards on how the organisation should be designed and transformed to achieve a desired outcome. These deliverables are then used to govern enterprise transformation

• What is the definition of Enterprise Architecture as a depiction?

  A set of integrated models at the appropriate levels of abstraction that represent the current and/or future functioning of the organisation