Enterprise architecture (EA) is the process of translating business vision and strategy into effective enterprise change by creating, communicating and improving the key requirements, principles and models that describe the enterprise's future state and enable its evolution.
Practitioners of EA call themselves enterprise architects. An enterprise architect is a person responsible for performing this complex analysis of business structure and processes and is often called upon to draw conclusions from the information collected. By producing this understanding, architects are attempting to address the goals of Enterprise Architecture: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Agility, and Durability.
Read more about Enterprise Architecture: Definition, Scope, Developing An Enterprise Level Architectural Description, Using An Enterprise Architecture, Benefits of Enterprise Architecture, The Growing Use of Enterprise Architecture, Relationship To Other Disciplines, Published Examples, Academic Qualifications
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