To detail the main meaningful activities of EA, in chapters 5, 6 and 7 we go
through a scenario illustrating the lifecycle of a pragmatic, business aligned EA
development exercise.
Chapter 5 covers the first, crucial stage of our EA lifecycle: Align. The main activities,
tools, techniques and artefacts for the alignment phase are introduced.
Keywords: Architecture artefacts, business and IT alignment, business value
classification, current state assessment, enterprise ‘as is’, Heat Maps, investment
priorities, IT strategy maps, business service maps, strategy maps, The EA project.
