Core Foundation for Building an Enterprise IT Architecture
Many efforts toward creating and maintaining an ideal digital work environment with a smooth and seamless workflow go to waste. Even when stakeholders are equally involved, departments’ actions are aligned, finances are managed efficiently, and research teams are monitoring the latest trends in the industry unless the execution is backed by a mature enterprise architecture (EA). A mature IT EA is often based on a solid EA foundation, strategically aligned, and tailored to the business needs.
In this chapter, we will cover areas that contribute to an effective foundation for execution. Therefore, we will cover the following topics:
- The EA strategy begins with building a core foundation
- The core foundation for execution strategies
- Building a business-specific core foundation
- EA domains
- Business dynamics versus IT complexity in businesses and IT systems