Enterprise Architecture

EA Annotated Bib References & Annotations Aziz, S. (2011). Enterprise Architecture: A Governance Framework - Part II - Making Enterprise Architecture Work within the organization. Infosys, 1(1), 1-9. This source rightly links business strategy and information technology strategy with enterprise architecture being the center of both. This document is a white paper generated and crafted by the authors as part of an effort by InfoSys. The benefits touted in the document included easier sharing, less time to market, lower development costs and the sharing of functional components. Brooks, T. (2014, December 2).

Enterprise Architecture Governance: A Framework Approach | Architecture and Governance -- Strategic IT Planning and Enterprise Architecture. Retrieved December 2, 2014, from http://www.architectureandgovernance.com/content/enterprise-architecture-governance-framework-approach This report gives a step-by-step approach to enterprise architecture governance. Steps include figuring out life cycle phases, mapping of governance roles and developing metrics. The steps involved are commonsense and straightforward enough to be understood but are also deep and thorough enough to be effective. ECA. (2011). EA Policy & Procedures for the Multi-Lateral Agreement. European Cooperation for Accreditation, 2(2), 1-37.

This is the document of a collective known as the European Cooperation for Accreditation. They take individual standards and assess them based on equivalence and compatibility. The European nature of the publication might be short-sighted given the existence of Australia, the United States and New Zealand (just to name a few) but this can be helpful to at least Europe (mostly) and other areas (to a lesser extend). Hazra, T. (2014, December 2). Leveraging Metrics for Enterprise Architecture Governance | Architecture and Governance -- Strategic IT Planning and Enterprise Architecture.

Retrieved December 2, 2014, from http://architectureandgovernance.com/content/leveraging-metrics-enterprise-architecture-governance A high-level overview of how to establish and uphold enterprise architecture governance and standards. There is a nice flow chart on the first page that shows the general pathway from business drivers to business value delivery. Best practices and tips are offered along the way. Leganza, G. (2003). Project Governance and Enterprise Architecture Go Hand in Hand. Giga Research, 1(1), 1-6.

Starts off by offering the position of the publisher (Giga) and then goes into recommendations pertaining to project governance as it pertains to enterprise architecture and the affects that project governance can have on the same. Four basic but fairly specific recommendations are presented. NCC. (2005). IT Governance - Developing a successful governance strategy. National Computing Centre, 1(1). Retrieved January 1, 2014. Another Europe-bound treatise about enterprise architecture. This book covers topics such as business cases, performance measurement, implementation road maps, communications, capability assessments, risk management, regulatory aspects and others. Oracle. (2012).

Leveraging Governance to Sustain Enterprise Architecture Efforts. Oracle, 1(1). A white paper offered by information technology giant Oracle. Written in 2012, the high-level topics covered in this report include advances in information technology capabilities, characteristics of quality enterprise architecture governance, instilling a governance-driven technology adoption process and a quick review of what Oracle is going as it relates to Enterprise Architecture.

Taking such material directly from a corporation in the thick of the business can be both a good or bad thing as there will be biases and implicit marketing involved but they will know more about working "in the trenches" then an isolated egghead at a college campus. Perkins, A. (2003). Critical Success Factors for Enterprise Architecture Engineering. Visible Solutions, 1(1), 1-5. This publication covers one of the main topics regarding enterprise architecture, that being critical success factors (CSF's).

There are four main critical success factors touted in this document and they are sponsorship & involvement, business requirements, enterprise architecture models and development environment. About two thirds of a page is dedicated to each so the report is fairly brief but it is quite to the point and informative at the same time. Rollings, M. (2008). Enterprise Architecture is More than Engineering. Burton Group, 1(1), 1-7. This report seeks to define enterprise architecture.

It starts by literally defining architecture in both the actual building architecture sense and then also the more theoretical and abstract. However, this allows for a smooth segue into the more specific and relevant topic of what the words means in terms of enterprise architecture,.