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What is Enterprise Architecture?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Imagine rebuilding a plane when it\u2019s already in the air. That’s what enterprise architects need to do every day as they re-engineer businesses. Every company has many moving parts. Architects provide visibility into how those parts are connected: how people, processes, data, and technology work together to deliver outcomes. They also design and test plans to improve the business, while navigating around hurdles and threats.<\/p>\n

Architects do this by providing a coordinated view of business capabilities and processes, and the data and technology infrastructure which underpins them.<\/p>\n

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Why do I need Enterprise Architecture?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Aligning business and technology functions is crucial for an organization\u2019s success and competitiveness. To keep up with evolving regulations, dynamic markets and technological innovations, businesses must leverage technology.<\/p>\n

However, enterprise-level changes often introduce additional complexity, including shifts in organizational structures, process reengineering and the implementation of new systems. The resulting technological sprawl must be carefully managed to ensure it doesn\u2019t lead to inefficiencies or bottlenecks.<\/p>\n

Enterprise Architecture provides a structured approach to managing this complexity. It helps to optimize, replace or update existing processes to ensure the key business capabilities remain stable and efficient.<\/p>\n

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Types of Enterprise Architecture<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Within every organization there will be a range of stakeholders from different departments wanting to understand varying levels of detail of how the business is operating. Sound familiar?<\/p>\n

To organize information efficiently, architects use four domains: Business Architecture, Application Architecture, Data Architecture and Technology Architecture.<\/p>\n

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Business Architecture<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Business Architects provide an overview of business drivers, strategy, goals, and objectives that the organization needs to achieve. As well as capturing business goals, they help organizations to realize these outcomes.<\/p>\n

Architects do this by providing an understanding of how an organization operates covering:<\/p>\n