Case Study:
IT at Work
Gartner’s View of Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise architecture is a verb, not a noun. What does it mean to say that architecture is a verb, not a noun? It means that enterprise architecture is the ongoing process of creating, maintaining, and leveraging IT, according to consulting firm Gartner.
Starts with a Shared Vision of the Future Enterprise architectures must start with where an organization is going—its target—not with where it is. Gartner recommends that an organization begin by telling the story of where its strategic direction is heading and the business drivers that they are responding to. The goal is making sure that everybody understands and shares a single vision. As soon as managers have defined this single shared vision of the future, they then consider the implications of this vision on the business, technical, information, and solutions architectures of the enterprise. The shared vision of the future will dictate changes in all of these architectures, assign priorities to those changes, and keep those changes grounded in business value. Focus Is on Strategy Enterprise architecture is about strategy, not about engineering. It is focused on the destination. The two things that are most important are where an organization is going and how it will get there. There are two problems that the IT architecture is designed to address:
Q1. IT systems complexity. IT systems have become unmanageably complex and expensive to maintain.
Q2. Poor business alignment. Organizations find it difficult to keep their increasingly expensive IT systems aligned with business need.
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