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    Enterprise Architecture is a planning that defines the structure and operation of an organization. The intent of an Enterprise Architecture is to determine how an organization can most effectively achieve its current and future objectives. A business needs an Enterprise Architecture because of the complexity of its it systems.

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    Enterprise Architecture is a planning that defines the structure and operation of an organization. The intent of an Enterprise Architecture is to determine how an organization can most effectively achieve its current and future objectives. A business needs an Enterprise Architecture because of the complexity of its it systems.

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    Lecture 1 - EA&I-CIT3023

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    Enterprise Architecture is a planning that defines the structure and operation of an organization. The intent of an Enterprise Architecture is to determine how an organization can most effectively achieve its current and future objectives. A business needs an Enterprise Architecture because of the complexity of its it systems.

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    Lecturer: Dean M Smith

    Enterprise Architecture (EA)


     What is an “Enterprise”?
     An undertaking (usually profit-making)
     Of some complication/sophistication
     Involving an element of risk
     Because of the sophistication; computer (IT) systems
    are used to support the enterprise.
    Enterprise Architecture
     What are some of the elements of an enterprise?
     A Product, Financial Capital and People
     Sales
     Delivering goods or services
     Marketing
     Making sure the target audience is reached
     Accounting
     Record keeping and meeting regulatory requirements
     Human resource
     People management
    Enterprise Architecture
     The role of ICT
     Process accommodation and amplification
     Adhering to business rules & making it easier
     Communication
     Reaching all stakeholders (clients, management owners, staff,
    etc)
     Data collection
     Information gathering (knowledge is power)
     Facility provision
     A platform to get things done
    Enterprise Architecture
     ICT is essential to any Enterprise
     All organizations need IT for efficiency, automation,
    communication, etc
     Programs and computers are almost indistinguishable
    in features and universally available .
     Is ICT therefore….a commodity?
    Enterprise Architecture
     Is ICT a commodity ?
     In demand
     Available to every one
     Indistinguishable products
     What about the intellectual input?
     Ingenuity
     Competitive advantage (creativity)
     “building a better mouse-trap”
    Enterprise Architecture
     The essential difference in how ICT is deployed:
     The business concept
     Designing a system to fit the concept
     Allowing for flexibility and creativity
     Having accurate and timely information to guide
    decisions
    Enterprise Architecture
     Implementing Business decisions
     Changing Global trends
     Response to consumer/customers
     Timeliness of response and request for change
     Data availability
     Available technology
    Enterprise Architecture
    “IT for IT-sake” focus vs Business-needs factors
     Cutting edge is always the  The “bottom-line”
    first choice  Right-sizing
     “The bigger the better”  Value for cost
     Money is the least  New feature demand is
    consideration important
     Maximize new features  Organic growth
    Enterprise Architecture
     What is EA ?
     20 years in the making.
     a conceptual planning that defines the structure and
    operation of an organization. The intent of an enterprise
    architecture is to determine how an organization can
    most effectively achieve its current and future objectives.
    Enterprise Architecture
     Why does a business need EA ?
     System complexity: Organizations are spending
    increasingly more money building IT systems that are
    becoming more sophisticated ,esoteric and harder to
    maintain.
     Poor business alignment: Organizations were finding
    it more and more difficult to keep those increasingly
    expensive IT systems aligned with business need.
    Enterprise Architecture
     Before EA existed :
     Organization would routinely rewrite core-business
    applications every 5 years
     Ad hoc changes and attempts to implement changes to
    systems would disrupt operations
     Customer-focus was not a goal of enterprises
     Data types were unchanging
    Enterprise Architecture
     Viewing the business as a concept
    IT IT

    Customer Sales
    Service
    Marketing
    Acct
    Marketing
    Support Payroll HR
    Sales Accts HR

    Customer
    Service

    SALES

    ACCTS

    IT
    Enterprise Architecture
     The business concept drives the system(s) design
     The system(s) design features determines the business’
    ability to react
     The ability to react and keep relevant and thus
    influence the business concept
    Enterprise Architecture
     Data is the “currency” of decision making
     Accommodating the decision-making process is a
    primary design concern.
     Thus; data is a primary design concern
     Data-type
     Data storage
     Data availability
    Enterprise Architecture
     Long standing data-types
     Character
     Variable characters
     Boolean
     integer
     Emerging data-types
     Blob (binary large object)
     jpeg
     mpeg
     octal/hexadecimal

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