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CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY
T3 CAMPUS
Department of Information Technology ITEC 75 – System Integration and Architecture 1

Value
The value of Enterprise Architecture is that it enhances resource-planning capabilities
and supports better decision-making. This is accomplished through communication
improvements in respect to current and future resources. Ideas are conveyed more rapidly
while differences in interpretations and misunderstanding are reduced.
The overall value of Enterprise Architecture will vary with the size and complexity of
the enterprise, the type and number of IT-related performance gaps, duplication within current
IT resources, and stakeholder acceptance.

Improved Planning
Enterprise Architecture enhances both top-down and bottom-up approaches to
planning. Top-down planning begins with considerations for strategy and business, which are
enhanced by the holistic perspectives of the enterprise that Enterprise Architecture provides.
Bottom-up planning is also enhanced, as Enterprise Architecture coordinates what would
otherwise be disparate and separate program-level planning activities. Enterprise Architecture
also enhances strategic planning as it helps to bring together multiple perspectives of business
and technology at various levels of the enterprise. Finally, Enterprise Architecture supports
program and project management by providing a baseline of reference documentation for
business alignment, standards and configuration management.

Decision-Making
Enterprise Architecture decision-making by providing comprehensive views of current
capabilities and resources, as well as a set of plausible future operating scenarios that reveal
needed changes in processes and resources. By having an online Enterprise Architecture
Repository of information that is updated at regular intervals, decision-makers have real-time
access to higher-quality information at various levels of detail.

Communication
Enterprise Architecture improves communication throughout the enterprise by
providing a regularly updated baseline of integrated information on strategy, business and
technology. Also, the Enterprise Architecture program and implementation methodology bring
standardized approaches and terminologies for the development and management of
enterprise resources. This standard Enterprise Architecture language and methodology is
especially helpful in large, complex enterprises that are geographically dispersed, and which
may have multiple social and work cultures that have promoted different ways of doing things.
Enterprise Architecture should not stifle the creativity that cultural diversity can bring, but
should augment and enhance that creativity by improving the alignment of business and
technology to the strategic goals and initiatives of the enterprise.
The old saying is that “a picture is worth a thousand words”. Having an online
repository of Enterprise Architecture information is like having a 24x7 gallery of electronic
documents and drawings that can be useful in a variety of activities throughout the enterprise.
It is tremendously valuable if the members of an enterprise can electronically call-up the same
set of Enterprise Architecture reference materials at financial planning meetings, research and
development seminars, sales and marketing reviews and daily operations and support
activities. With an updated repository of Enterprise Architecture materials available, meetings
can convey greater amounts of information in shorter period of time, achieving higher levels
of understanding based on a common set of Enterprise Architecture terms and information.

Managing Risk
Risk is related to uncertainty, and in applied form is potential source(s) for the failure
or underperformance of a program or project. The management of risk involves lowering or
eliminating the uncertainty that desired outcomes will not be realized. There are several types
of risk that relate to the implementation and maintenance of an Enterprise Architecture
program, including:

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