All the readings for this week are based on the requirement and importance of having a well-defined business strategy for the successful launch of EA. A strategy is nothing but a road map of how will the organization progress in achieving its goals. Without a strategy in place, an organization will not know where is it going and what needs to be done to get there. Hence, it is inevitable that laying a sound and clear business strategy forms the foundation of EA.
In the Chapter 1 of the book - Enterprise Architecture as a Strategy, the author talks about the pre-requisites required before executing the strategy. They are - Creating an operating model, integration of IT with business logic and lastly creating an IT engagement model. This is the foundation on which business strategy is set up. It enables organizations to increase profitability, improve and retain customer base, expand the organizational activities and so on.
The other readings of Gartner - Activity cycle and EA - Just Enough, Just in time also emphasize enough on strategy being the bedrock of a good EA implementation. The very first and most important components of the activity cycle is to strategize. It helps to realize the current and future states of the organization (as-is and to-be states) and pave a path to align the organizational tasks into achieving organizational goals. Only then, will the organization be able to decide how much of EA is just enough and the point in time when EA is needed. Another concept of developing the 'Enterprise context' is also talked about in the readings. It is the process of translating the business strategy into the change needed in an organization.
In order to develop the strategy, a detailed discussion among the EA team, business team and IT team is required. Effective communication among all the three teams is required for a well-defined business strategy to be developed.
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