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Video: What is an Architecture?
This video is the first part of the series “Introduction to Enterprise Architecture”.
The series consists of the following episodes:
- What is an Architecture?
- What is an Enterprise Architecture?
- Which benefits are provided by using Enterprise Architecture?
- Which benefits are provided by using Enterprise Architecture Frameworks?
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Benefits of an Enterprise Architecture
Based on the definition of Enterprise, Architecture and Enterprise Architecture it can be assumed that appropriate application of these concepts provides added value to the whole organization, to the complete enterprise. In my opinion, before discussing the benefits and added values a common understanding on the goals behind the application of the concept of Enterprise Architecture needs to be established.
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What is an Enterprise Architecture?
Understanding the concept of Enterprise Architecture requires not only a fundamental understanding of architecture but also an understanding of the concept of an Enterprise.
Relevant technical literature (e.g. TOGAF) provides the following definition:
TOGAF defines Enterprise as any collection of organizations that has a common set of goals. For example, an Enterprise could be a government agency, a whole corporation, a division of a corporation, a single department, or a chain of geographically distant organizations linked together by common ownership.
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What is an architecture?
Have you ever listened to or even participated in an discussion on Enterprise Architecture? You might have recognized that the participants in the discussion had no common sense on the meaning of Architecture to start with, most often than not without even knowing about this lack of common sense.
Reasons are often not a lack of individual expertise but a lack of common expertise and common terminology. Consequently discussions on Enterprise Architecture either tend to be wasted time or not effective since a great amount of time needs to be invested to get a common understanding on expertise and terminology.