Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
Acronyms
1 Introduction
1.1 Motivation
1.1.1 Enterprise Architecture and Town Planning
1.1.2 Examples
1.2 Purpose of Enterprise Architecture
1.2.1 Text Book View
1.2.2 Practictioners' Perspective
1.2.3 Relevance of purpose
1.3 Enterprise Architecture and Visualisation
1.3.1 Three Schools
1.3.2 Definition of Enterprise Architecture
1.3.3 Example Visualisations for Enterprise Architecture
1.4 Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM)
1.4.1 Definition of EAM
1.4.2 Roadmaps for Visualising Transformations
1.4.3 EAM and Related Disciplines
1.4.4 Architectural Layers
1.5 Further Reading
1.6 Summary
1.7 Exercises
References
2 Understanding Business Architecture
2.1 Business Process
2.1.1 Business Process Maps
2.1.2 End-to-End Business Process
2.1.3 Business Processes and EAM
2.2 Business Capabilities
2.3 Business Objects
2.4 Business Architecture Concepts
2.5 Further Reading
2.6 Summary
2.7 Exercises
References
3 Developing Application Architecture
3.1 Application Architecture
3.2 Deriving the Application Landscape from Capabilities
3.2.1 Method Overview
3.2.2 Standardisation
3.2.3 Make-or-Buy
3.2.4 Clustering
3.2.5 Resulting Application Landscape
3.3 Application Details
3.3.1 Relationships
3.3.2 Properties
3.3.3 Further Application Concepts
3.4 Data Architecture
3.5 Further Reading
3.6 Summary
3.7 Exercises
References
4 Analysing Enterprise Architecture
4.1 Objectives of Enterprise Architecture Analysis
4.2 Enterprise Architecture Visualisation
4.2.1 Types of Maps
4.2.2 Example Maps
4.2.3 Software Cartography
4.3 Business Support
4.3.1 Business Support Matrix
4.3.2 Analysis Using the Business Support Matrix
4.3.3 Implications from the Business Support Matrix
4.3.4 Dimensions in Business Support
4.3.5 Summary of Business Support Matrix
4.4 Further Reading
4.5 Summary
4.6 Exercises
References
5 Managing Enterprise Architecture
5.1 Managing Changes
5.1.1 Example Change
5.1.2 Managing Enterprise Architecture Changes
5.1.3 Managed Evolution
5.1.4 Application Roadmap
5.2 Enterprise Architect Role and Organisation
5.2.1 Enterprise Architect Role
5.2.2 Enterprise Architecture Organisation
5.3 Collaborative Enterprise Architecture
5.3.1 Enterprise Architecture Service Centre
5.3.2 Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture
5.3.3 EAM 2.0
5.4 Further Reading
5.5 Summary
5.6 Exercises
References
6 Applying Frameworks
6.1 Frameworks Overview
6.1.1 Zachman Framework
6.1.2 Integrated Architecture Framework (IAF)
6.1.3 ArchiMate
6.1.4 Historical Overview
6.2 EA Frameworks
6.3 TOGAF
6.3.1 Structure and Concepts
Business Architecture
Information Systems Architecture
Technology Architecture
Further Views
6.3.2 Method for Applying Enterprise Architecture
6.3.3 Complementary Standards by The Open Group
6.4 The Framework Provided by This Book
6.4.1 Structure
6.4.2 Meta-model
6.4.3 Procedure
6.4.4 Organisation
6.4.5 Tools
6.4.6 Best Practices
6.5 Further Reading
6.6 Summary
6.7 Exercises
References
7 Summary and Outlook
7.1 Summary
7.2 Topics for Future Research
7.3 Digital Transformation
References
Index