EA Definitions

Question 1

EA according to Ross and Weil?

Answer 1

The organizing logic for business processes and IT infrastructure reflecting the integration and standardization requirements of the company’s operating model

Question 2

EA according to McDonald?

Answer 2

The deliberate design of the enterprise as a whole: this in contrast to the design of a part of the enterprise, such as an information system.

Question 3

Foundation of Execution according to Martin Smits?

Answer 3

The EA model and the EA processes.

Question 4

Foundation of Execution according to Ross and Weil?

Answer 4

The IT infrastructure and digitized core processes that automate the companies’ key capabilities

Question 5

EA according to Zachman?

Answer 5

A set of concepts and practices based on holistic system thinking, principles of shared language, and the long-standing disciplines of engineering and architecture.

Question 6

EA as a simple definition according to Smits?

Answer 6

A combination of tens of thousands artifacts (lists, tables, diagrams) that describe a business and its systems.

-Includes: Current state, future state and migration plan