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

Improved Resource Integration and Performance
Enterprise Architecture promotes integration through the planning and utilization of
resources on an enterprise-wide basis. EA also helps to compare current and future
requirements for business and technology, in order to identify performance gaps and solutions.
This result is contrasted with stovepipe program-level inputs to provide incremental
improvements within individual LOBs.

Fewer People in a Process
Enterprise Architecture supports business process reengineering (BPR) and business
process improvement (BPI) activities by encouraging planning in the context of both
enterprise-wide crosscutting requirements and particular LOB requirements. Quantifying this
includes the elimination of parts of a process that are repetitive.

Improved Communications
Enterprise Architecture helps to promote a common language and central approach
that can reduce misunderstanding of resource requirements and potential solutions. This can
reduce re-work. Whole processes may require repetition due to misunderstanding of different
interpretations of requirements and/or solutions.

Reduction in Cycle Time
Enterprise Architecture can help an enterprise to reduce the time it takes to plan,
develop, implement and retire resources within its business and technology environment. By
using an EA methodology and framework, each resource is evaluated from the same holistic
strategy, business and technology viewpoint, and is documented using the same set of EA
tools and techniques.

Linking Strategy, Business and Technology
For Enterprise Architecture to support an enterprise holistically, it must link strategy,
business and technology. Enterprise Architecture is most effective when it simultaneously
supports top-down executive planning and decision-making across the enterprise and bottom-
up management planning and decision-making within each LOB. In this way, Enterprise
Architecture helps to ensure that strategy drives business and technology planning. From a
business perspective, Enterprise Architecture provides the context and purpose of business
activities by ensuring technology is implemented only after business requirements are
identified. From a technology perspective, Enterprise Architecture provides the strategy and
business context for resource planning. This can be critical when working with multiple
organizations to create common resources (supply chains) or in merging/acquiring
organizations into one enterprise.

Linking Enterprise Architecture and Strategy
The Enterprise Architecture framework and methodology organizes EA documentation
in a way that allows strategy to influence business and technology planning and decision-
making. This is important especially in the documentation of future EA views. By first
identifying what changes are anticipated in strategic goals and initiatives, subsequent
documentation of business activities and technology resources can be completed in such a
way as to promote alignment, efficiency and effectiveness. Documenting strategy involves
identification of goals, initiatives and outcome measures.

Strategic Goals
These are the primary objectives of the enterprise. Strategic goals typically require
several years to accomplish. Changes in strategic goals are made in response in internal and
external business and technology drivers and/or changes in laws and regulations.

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