Enterprise Architecture: Implementation and Benefits for GovDept

Enterprise Architecture

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Projects to be Executed by GovDept...........................................................................................3
Key Roles of IT in the Operations of GovDept...........................................................................3
EA Artefacts that will be Delivered to GovDept’s Operations...................................................4
Taxonomy of Documentations....................................................................................................5
Operating Model of GovDept’s Enterprise Architecture.............................................................6
Roles of Standard and Landscapes in GovDept’s EA implementation.......................................6
5 Types of IT Initiatives..............................................................................................................7
Considerations for GovDept’s EA...............................................................................................7
5 Subtypes of Visions..................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Enterprise architecture (EA) is the strategic business process through which organisations
analyse, plan, design and implement enterprise analysis with the intention to successfully execute
and achieve business strategies, goals and objectives. EA is implemented into business
organisation’s operations in order to help provide structure to its information technology projects
and policies that can help the business gain insight into industry trends and opportunities using
philosophies and principles of enterprise architecture (Lapalme and et.al., 2016). This report
assesses the efforts of GovDept, a mid-sized governmental department in its efforts evolve and
implement new EA principles into their operations and functions.
Projects to be Executed by GovDept
Based upon the case study provided, it is evaluated that GovDept is a late adopter of
innovation and does not engage in must investment to update and evolve its information
technology department. This is an issue that GovDept needs to resolve in the coming 2-3 years,
as updated and relevant information systems are capable of significantly increasing their
operational performance and efficiency while also allowing them to reduce their operational
costs incurred. The first project that GovDept needs to undertake is to invest into its information
technology department and purchase new updated hardware, servers, storage which would allow
it to perform a plethora of functions which is current hardware is incapable of. The next project
that GovDept should undertake is to purchase updated IT software, such as management
software, tracking software’s, etc. which would allow it to dynamically keep a track of its
operations in order to assess ways to improve (Shanks and et.al., 2018). Finally, the GovDept can
also look at its operations and implement a dedicated Enterprise Resource Planning information
system, which would allow it to record, store, analyse all of its operational data and would also
improve the security and privacy measures of its operational data.
Key Roles of IT in the Operations of GovDept
Information technology has become indispensable to business organisation’s operations
in the digital age on account of the numerous advantages they provide in increasing their
operational performance, efficiency, productivity and profitability in the markets. Information