Enterprise Architecture

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ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE
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Tutorial 5:
1. What are some of the basic characteristics of an EA framework?
Enterprise architecture can be regarded as a holistic approach to management,
planning as well as documentation activity, which also introduces the EA3 cube
framework as well as implementation methodology. It identifies the different lines of
business in five sub architecture levels, which are initiatives in the field of strategy,
initiatives, business services, systems as well as information flows. The EA3 framework
has a plug and play feature of all the sub architectural components.
2. Why is it necessary to show current and future views of EA documentation?
It is important to show the current as well as future views of EA documentation
since it can service as a transition as well as sequencing plan to migrate from the current
systems to the plans within the organization. The implementation methodology as well as
the framework helps in defining what exactly the EA program will define and how the
data in the documentation will be collected and used. It can help in prioritizing resource
utilization as well as lowering the project risks.
3. How does the Spewak Enterprise Architecture Planning approach relate to the
Zachman EA framework?
Spewak has stated that the Enterprise Architecture Planning is a model for
developing the initial first two models that lie on the top of the Zachman’s Framework.
The seven stages of the Enterprise Architecture Planning are integrated into a fourlayer
model.
4. Choose a medium or large size enterprise and provide the following regarding the
areas of the EA³ Cube framework: