Tuesday, August 12, 2008

The Goals of EA

Every organization defines the goals of Enterprise Architecture in their own distinct way. Anton Venter lists six goals of practicing enterprise architecture in his latest post on the IT Knowledge Exchange. Here they are:

  1. Successful and timely Business transformation
  2. Bringing models and views together by implementing universal compatibility between them (integrating everything and using a common language)
  3. Going on-line, e.g. by using a portal
  4. Maintaining a balance between strategic enterprise-wide goals and the operational and tactical needs of individual business units or segments
  5. Focusing on short- and medium-term Business benefits
  6. Focusing on 20% of major threats and opportunities that will have an 80% impact on the Business

What are your company’s goals of practicing EA? Do they differ from Anton’s?

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