Enterprise Architecture 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ Center
Tools and methods to support EA & IT leaders establish, optimize, and navigate the enterprise architecture function throughout the EA landscape within their organization.
Talk to an AnalystEnterprise Architecture Landscape
Enterprise architecture (EA) is a complex and cross-functional discipline, and understanding how each architectural domain interlinks to drive business value can be challenging. Demystifying this challenge for key EA roles and aligning architectural practices to how they drive measurable business outcomes is needed and will significantly help achieve better results. Our approach simplifies this complexity through these four sections:
Bridge the Gap Between Key Enterprise Strategies
Establish an enterprise architecture strategy that is in collaboration with other holistically influential strategies.
Define the Enterprise Architecture Governance Framework
Ensure EA governance plays an influential role in driving the EA strategy forward and placing the operating model for success.
Design and Execute Your Operating Model
Position the EA operating model to be strategic and tactical.
Design and 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ Your Architectures
Apply strategic thinking to domain architectures.
The Importance of Enterprise Architecture
Poor decisions made today have significant future impacts. Good architectural decisions are key to unlocking value today and reducing risk for the future. Working collaboratively with the business stakeholders to demonstrate how enterprise architecture supports scalability, integrations, and enhancements is key to EA and business success. Refer to the visual below when navigating the EA journey for your organization:

STRATEGY
Bridge the Gap Between Key Enterprise Strategies
Establish an EA strategy that aligns with other key enterprise strategies.
Enterprise Architecture Strategy and Foundations
Strategize and define your core enterprise architecture journey.




Influences on EA Direction and Priorities
Align with key enterprise strategies.
GOVERNANCE
Define the Enterprise Architecture Governance Framework
Ensure EA governance plays an influential role in driving the EA strategy forward and placing the operating model for success.
Define Your EA Governance Framework and Integrate With Enterprise Risk Management
Focus on process standardization, repeatability, and sustainability.
OPERATING MODEL
Design and Execute Your EA Operating Model
Position the EA operating model to incrementally improve your architectural landscape, deliver consistent business value, and achieve your strategic architectural goals and objectives.
Establish the EA Operating Model’s Foundation
Make your enterprise architecture operating model relevant.
91ÖÆÆ¬³§ Portfolio Architectural Capabilities & Services
Translate stakeholder objectives into architecture requirements, solutions, and changes.
Align the enterprise’s strategy to the architecture landscape relevant to your industry.
Industry Reference Architectures
Execute Your Architectural Services
Position your architectural services to deliver business value by aligning to corporate change and service management practices.


Service management.
Service Management 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ CenterARCHITECTURES
Design and 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ Your Architectures
Apply strategic thinking to your domain architectures.
Business Architecture
Plan your organization’s capabilities to enable agility, efficiency, innovation, and reduce risk.
Security Architecture
Evolve the security architecture in alignment with the security landscape.



Information and Data Architecture
Manage data change effectively and efficiently.





Application Architecture
Infrastructure Architecture
Drive efficiency in the execution of your infrastructure.
Effectively manage your infrastructure architecture services.
Core Infrastructure & Data CenterIntegration Architecture
Develop sustainable integration practices that support agility and reduce risk.
Architect and design your enterprise’s integration posture effectively.
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Software Best Data Integration (DI) ToolsEffectively manage your integration architecture services.
Integration 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ Center