Enterprise Architecture is the way to promote business function by implementing architecture solutions having best strategies that drives its development. It is used to increase the effectiveness of the firm, durability and agility creating a unified view of the firm strategic vision and effectively formulating the expected architectures such as business, application, information, technology architecture essential to target the proposed vision. This architecture helps in organizing the firms assets towards achieving the business objectives.
Framework and Tools
Many frameworks are used by leading companies to organise their assets. The commonly used among those are Zachman framework and The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF). Techniques and strategies necessary to classify and organize the organisations resources are specified by these frameworks. To capture and visualize the architectural design in a centralized repository, Enterprise Architecture modeling tools are used which helps to share and socialize the design with the whole team. Enterprise Architect from Sparx Systems offers architecture solutions supporting firms around the world to strategize, systemize and synergize their long term goals and objectives.
Zachman Framework
This framework has a strong history of helping enterprises to compare, organise and structure their capital. Sparx Systems Zachman framework supports viewpoints of the organisation, Zachman framework structures with more depth, breath and modeling Integrity. Business Process Analysis and Software Engineering capabilities which are powerful feature of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect when coupled with this framework provides overall solution to model and maintain the organizations total IT infrastructure in a single shared repository.
Benefits of Zachman framework are:
Firms objectives can be strategized and integrated with Information Technology infrastructure using powerful framework.
Provides end-to-end traceability from strategic business goals to final solutions which helps to align business with IT.
Enterprise documentation simplified with visual models and open standards can be easily understood by non-IT people.
Documenting extensive enterprise information architectures with an integrated, scalable approach.
TOGAF
One of the most widely accepted enterprise architecture methodology is The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF). TOGAF 9 architectural methodology support in Enterprise Architect enables business processes alignment and strategic enterprise goals for IT systems. Various aspects of Application Life cycle management in Enterprise Architect provides a complete model and maintainable solution for the overall organizations IT infrastructure in a central repository.
The tool supports all aspects TOGAG methodology:
Provides all the phases of TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) with implementation support
As-Is and To-Be architecture can be created as visual models using the tool
Provides TOGAF architecture domains such as Business, Application, Data and Technology domain with modeling support
Provides all TOGAF work Products with integrated documentation support
TOGAF offers various features, including:
TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) with visual clickable interface
All TOGAF work products are organized using easy model structures
Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEAF) having reference models
Business, Performance, Service and Technical Reference Models with Full diagramming and modelling support
Object Management Group (OMG)'s Business Motivation Model (BMM) specification support
Enterprise Continuum model are provided with Pre-defined and extendible support
Architecture Content Metamodel are provided with Pre-defined and extendible support
Framework and Tools
Many frameworks are used by leading companies to organise their assets. The commonly used among those are Zachman framework and The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF). Techniques and strategies necessary to classify and organize the organisations resources are specified by these frameworks. To capture and visualize the architectural design in a centralized repository, Enterprise Architecture modeling tools are used which helps to share and socialize the design with the whole team. Enterprise Architect from Sparx Systems offers architecture solutions supporting firms around the world to strategize, systemize and synergize their long term goals and objectives.
Zachman Framework
This framework has a strong history of helping enterprises to compare, organise and structure their capital. Sparx Systems Zachman framework supports viewpoints of the organisation, Zachman framework structures with more depth, breath and modeling Integrity. Business Process Analysis and Software Engineering capabilities which are powerful feature of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect when coupled with this framework provides overall solution to model and maintain the organizations total IT infrastructure in a single shared repository.
Benefits of Zachman framework are:
Firms objectives can be strategized and integrated with Information Technology infrastructure using powerful framework.
Provides end-to-end traceability from strategic business goals to final solutions which helps to align business with IT.
Enterprise documentation simplified with visual models and open standards can be easily understood by non-IT people.
Documenting extensive enterprise information architectures with an integrated, scalable approach.
TOGAF
One of the most widely accepted enterprise architecture methodology is The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF). TOGAF 9 architectural methodology support in Enterprise Architect enables business processes alignment and strategic enterprise goals for IT systems. Various aspects of Application Life cycle management in Enterprise Architect provides a complete model and maintainable solution for the overall organizations IT infrastructure in a central repository.
The tool supports all aspects TOGAG methodology:
Provides all the phases of TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) with implementation support
As-Is and To-Be architecture can be created as visual models using the tool
Provides TOGAF architecture domains such as Business, Application, Data and Technology domain with modeling support
Provides all TOGAF work Products with integrated documentation support
TOGAF offers various features, including:
TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) with visual clickable interface
All TOGAF work products are organized using easy model structures
Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEAF) having reference models
Business, Performance, Service and Technical Reference Models with Full diagramming and modelling support
Object Management Group (OMG)'s Business Motivation Model (BMM) specification support
Enterprise Continuum model are provided with Pre-defined and extendible support
Architecture Content Metamodel are provided with Pre-defined and extendible support