The objectives of Enterprise Architecture

The following are management objectives for the Enterprise Architecture:

• Help the Enterprise Architecture team to define and explain gaps (between the principles and practice)
• Help for consistent application design across all delivery projects in the organisation
• Provide reduction in costs and effort for the delivery projects
• Help to achieve the business strategy, vision and Target Operating Model
• Help to communicate the “Big picture” to the EA stakeholders
• Provide the flexibility to include new ideas in the future (for example, the introduction of a service oriented architecture approach)
• Enable faster decision making, avoiding the need for long studies
• Enable the understanding of strategic versus project deliverables