Enterprise Architecture: Roles, Initiatives, and Considerations

ENTERPRISE
ARCHITECTURE
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TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
1 Comprehensive roadmap about various project need to be executed.......................................3
2 Key roles that IT play in Govtdept...........................................................................................4
3 Key fact that need to be included in EA Artifacts of Govdept.................................................5
4 Taxonomy of documentation and its importance for Govdept.................................................5
5 Operating model.......................................................................................................................6
6 Roles of standard and landscape in implementation of govdept EA........................................6
7 Types of IT initiatives...............................................................................................................6
8 Various considerations of EA Artifacts....................................................................................7
9 Subtypes vision that are used in EA Artifacts implementation................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION
Enterprise architecture is a appropriate method of practice that analysis enterprise design,
planning and implementation of various strategies, organisational structure in order to achieve
current and future objectives of firm. Therefore this report is about an case study of Govdept that
is midsized government department that provide social service to large population in order to
uplift their lifestyles. The report analysis various roles played by IT Department and fact that are
delivered by EA artifacts. It also explains about taxonomy of document and operating model that
company will use in order to gain competitive advantages. At last it describe about various vision
of EA Artifact and initiative that need to be taken by IT departments.
1 Comprehensive roadmap about various project need to be executed
Govdept has prepared comprehensive roadmap about various projects that need to be
executed so that it can render qualitative products and services to customers. Comprehensive
roadmap is prepared to improve technology, structure of organisation and management practise
so that company can easily expand its business operation (Närman, Johnson and Gingnell, 2016).
Therefore various projects that need to be included in comprehensive roadmap are as follows:
To improve IT: Company has to plan to use innovative information technology so that it can
easily collect large number of information and formulate appropriate strategies in order to
maximise its sales and meet need of people. Company can improve its information technology
within 4-5 month by finding various sources of fund and their effective implementation in
technology.
Redesigning organisational structure: Next project that should be started by company is to
redesign its organisational structure so that employees can easily exchange information with each
others (Schilling, Haki and Aier, 2018). Redesigning of organisational structure also helps in
effective distribution of roles and responsibilities that need to be performed by each department
and employees that are working with firm. Therefore company in order to residing organisational
structure it will take time frame of 1-2 year as it had to recruit new and expert employees.
Evaluation of effective implementation of various projects: At third stage of comprehensive
plan company need to plan way in which it can monitor and evaluates effective implementation
of project. By analysing sales, profitability, customer’s satisfaction and employee performances
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of company are used to measure performance and take corrective action in order to improve IT
and organisational structure which can be done between 3-4 months.
2 Key roles that IT play in Govtdept
Various roles and responsibilities that are played by information technology in govdept
for effective implementation of various project such as innovative technology and redesigned
organisational structure. Therefore various roles played by IT department are effective
communication, analysis of data and information to formulate competitive strategies (Perez-
Castillo and et.al., 2019).
Effective communication: Information technology helps in quick and effective communication
between employees, customers and supplier of company. E-mail, video chat and social media
can be used to effectively communicate and build strong relationship so that goals and objectives
of firm can be achieved.
Inventory management: Information technology is also used for effective management of
inventory and various resources of company so that needs of customers can be meet within
limited time and cost. It also helps in reducing cost and wastage of resources as record can be
maintained about total quantity of products available and need to be arranged so that need of
people can be fulfilled.
Management of information system: Govdept can easily monitor and evaluate function of
various projects by use of information system as it helps in effective management of crucial data.
Company can easily track its sales volume, employee performance, overall productivity and
profitability within particular year so that effective strategies can be formulated in order to gain
competitive advantages.
Formulation of budget and strategies: It also helps company in effective formulation of budget
and various plans that can be used by firm to achieve its current an future business objectives
(Kotusev, Singh and Storey, 2017.). Therefore it can be stated that it helps in formulate of
artifacts that can be used in effective implementation of IT strategies and taking appropriate
decision.
Building strong relationship with customers: Information technology helps in building strong
relationship with customers in govdept such as if particular individual have certain problem than
information can be easily gathered about various products it purchase, shipping and various
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