Enterprise Architecture for Business Success

Alignment

Author(s): Inji Wijegunaratne, George Fernandez and Peter Evans-Greenwood

Pp: 46-100 (55)

DOI: 10.2174/9781608059560114010009

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Abstract

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.