Chapter 3

What Enterprise Architects DoCore Activities of EA

Content

Defining the IT Strategy (EA-1)

Defining the Goals

Stipulating the Rules

The Gartner Grid

Identifying the Initiatives

The Role of an Enterprise Architect

Modeling the Architectures (EA-2)

Models and Views of Various Architectures

Visualizing Cross-Relations and Transformations

Modeling Standards

Evolving the IT Landscape (EA-3)

Application Rationalization

General IT Transformations

SOA Transformations

Assessing and Building Capabilities (EA-4)

Competence Development for Enterprise Architects

Formalizing Enterprise Architecture

EA Team Position in the Organization Structure

Developing and Enforcing Standards and Guidelines (EA-5)

Standardizing on Technology Usage

Enforcing Standards ...

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