Enterprise architecture management : Assignment

Running head: ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE MANAGEMENT PLAN
Enterprise architecture management plan
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note:

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Table of Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................1
Discussion:.......................................................................................................................................2
Enterprise Architecture Project Management:.............................................................................2
Governance and Principles:.....................................................................................................2
Support for Strategy and Business:..........................................................................................3
Enterprise Architecture Roles And Responsibilities:..............................................................4
Enterprise Architecture Program Budget:...............................................................................4
Enterprise Architecture Performance Measures:.....................................................................5
EA current architecture summary:...............................................................................................6
Strategic Planning and Initiatives:...........................................................................................6
Business Services and Information:.........................................................................................7
Systems and Applications:.......................................................................................................8
Technology Infrastructure:......................................................................................................9
IT security:.............................................................................................................................10
Enterprise Architecture Standards:........................................................................................11
Workforce Requirements:......................................................................................................11
EA Future Architecture Summary:............................................................................................12
Future Operation Scenario:....................................................................................................12
Planning Assumption:............................................................................................................13

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Updating current and Future Views:......................................................................................14
Sequencing Plan:...................................................................................................................15
Configuration Management:..................................................................................................15
Conclusion:....................................................................................................................................16
References:....................................................................................................................................17

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Introduction:
The purpose of this report is to discuss the various aspects of Enterprise Architecture
Management Plan. The Enterprise Architecture Management plan involves the following of
certain guidelines and a particular architecture for the smooth running of the business of the
organization. The report demands the choosing of a certain organization in order to better
understand the concept of Enterprise Architecture Management. The concept can be used in
order to develop the architecture of the organization, which will play a major role in achieving
the long-term goal of the organization. The organization that has been chosen for the report is the
Cisco Systems organization, which is a well-reputed organization. The Cisco Systems is an
American multinational organization (Cisco 2018). The headquarters of the organization is based
in San Jose, located in California. The Cisco is responsible for the selling of the various
networking devices and for the development of the various telecommunication equipments. The
organization is also responsible for the production of the high quality technology devices. The
main domain of the organization is the working on the Internet of Things technology. The other
technology on which the organization works is the energy management and the domain security
technology. Among the networking companies, Cisco is the largest company. The organization
was found by Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner in December, 1984. Both the founders were
educated from the Stanford University. The founders built the concept of local area network and
used it to connect the various computers in the area by the use of router system.
There are a number of products that are being manufactured by the Cisco. The
organization works on three main sections. The three sections comprise of an enterprise as a
whole and the provider of the service, business firms, which are not very developed, and the

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service that is provided at the homes. Over the last three decades, the organization has shown a
large growth around the globe especially in the Asia Pacific region. Cisco has occupies a major
share of the Australian market. The Cisco has been able to capture the all sections of the market.
The Cisco has captured the market in the recent years in various sectors. The Voice over IP
service by the Cisco organization has been the most common service that is been provided by the
organization (Cisco 2018). The Cisco has become a major vendor of voice over IP in the
enterprise sector and now is trying to expand its service to the homes as well. Cisco provides
voice over IP service to the various cable providers and to the major companies, which use the
facility of the voice over IP such as Skype, Microsoft and Yahoo. The Cisco is also responsible
for providing cloud-based service to the various organizations. The cloud is a new technology,
all the organization is looking forward to the adoption of the technology, and as a result, the
Cisco is being approached to provide the service about the reputation it holds.
Discussion:
Enterprise Architecture Project Management:
Governance and Principles:
There are certain set of guidelines and principles that needs to be followed in order to
implement the concept of enterprise architecture management plan. The Cisco being a well-
organized company also adhered to the guidelines which makes it the largest network provider.
The framework that is followed by the organization is that the enterprise follows the four sectors
that is of business, operation, system and technology. The company sticks to these four main
principles in order to implement the enterprise architecture management plan in an effective way.
The reference architecture involves the providing of the taxonomy in the common form and the

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architecture involves the promotion of cross collaboration. The operational architecture, which is
one of the four architectures, is responsible for the providing of the context, which can be used to
identify the gap that is present in the business (Gollenia and Lars Alexander 2016). The
operation architecture also includes the points that can pose a threat to the capability of
expansion of the business. All the requirements that is related to the operations is related to the
system architecture and the system architecture in turn is related to the technologies that are
responsible for powering of the systems of the organization. The satisfaction of the four sections
in the process of the proper implementation of the enterprise architecture management plan can
accelerate the business by a great deal.
Support for Strategy and Business:
The enterprise architecture management plan is also responsible for either providing the
strategy to expand a particular business or to give ideas as to how a new business can be set up
such that the business can make ample amount of profit. The Cisco organization uses the
Enterprise Architecture Management Plan in order to expand the business to more number of
customers. The implementation of the Enterprise Architecture Management plan also involves
the inclusion of the proper marketing strategy, which help in reaching more number of
customers. This will help in maximizing the profit of the business (Kerzner, Harold and Harold
R. Kerzner 2017). When the Cisco is releasing any new product then the use of the concept of
Enterprise Architecture Management plan can help in the proper planning of how the new
product can reach the maximum number of customers. In the new businesses, the Enterprise
Architecture Management plan can help in not only the proper management of the product but
also the proper management of the people involved in the business. A close analysis will provide
the list of the employees who are suitable for carrying out the project.