Enterprise Architecture is not “technology” per se; it serves the following business-oriented goals:
Business-IT Alignment
- Mapping and ensuring business objectives through targeted technology investments
- Maintaining an up-to-date view of the application landscape from a business perspective, providing valuable support for strategic decision-making
Enable Innovation
- Assessing and managing the impact of innovations on the application landscape
- Iterative IT modernization through structured application lifecycle management
Risk & Cost Optimization
- Clear overview of costs in relation to business capabilities
- Better IT budget planning by understanding how IT supports business capabilities and goals
- Supporting risk management: linking business capabilities to applications helps identify IT risks and their potential impact
Standardization & Efficiency
- Reducing IT landscape complexity, which generally enables more efficient operations and lowers costs
- Accelerating project and initiative planning through structured documentation of business capabilities, processes, and applications