|
Align Your Business Goals With Your Enterprise Architecture
|
|
|
Enterprise architecture and business architecture are often dealt with distinctly. Enterprise architecture is assumed to refer to a constellation of guidelines within the IT firmament, and business architecture refers only to the "strictly business" end of an operation. However, to be effective an enterprise cannot afford to deal with them separately; they must be integrated. In Enterprise Architecture: The Business Issues and Drivers, Vice President of Gartner Research Alexander Drobik examines enterprise architecture and business architecture as "opposite sides of the same coin."
Gartner believes enterprise architecture should be considered a strategic asset in working out the business capability of the enterprise. At the same time, the architecture of most enterprises is currently not capable of taking advantage of current opportunities and taking on new challenges.
Enterprise architecture and business architecture need to be developed at the same time. This is the only way to avoid the problem of the IT environment not keeping pace with the business environment.
 |
The pace of business is accelerating, exposing flaws that inhibit response to new business opportunities and challenges.
29 July 2002 | Jorge Lopez |
|
|
Enterprise architecture is a strategic asset, and its added value to the enterprise should be measured using strategic financial measures.
19 July 2002 | Jorge Lopez |
|
|
|
|
The business model and enterprise architecture should be codeveloped, and not sequentially approached, to form an overall business architecture.
1 August 2002 | Alexander Drobik |
|
|
Obtaining management commitment for enterprise architecture requires the engagement of many stakeholders throughout the enterprise.
18 July 2002 | Colleen Young |
|
|
|
|
