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EnterpriseArchitecture:
 
The Journey Begins Here, Part 1
Where You Are, Where You Are Going,How To Get There.
 
Enterprise Architecture: The Journey Begins Here, Part 1
 
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Je Ryan is an enterprise architect with 25 years experience architecting and implementing thoughtul solutions to business problems. He has served as an enterprise architect or a large nancial services organization and this eBook refects his experience in this position.Je has written 30 articles or Internet.com on a variety o enterprise architecture, ront end architecture, portal, Java, and XML topics. Enterprise Architecture: The Journey Begins Here is his rst eBook.Je is a natural teacher and thrives on sharing his knowledge and experience. Each o his articles and books challenges the reader to do something practical with the knowledge gained and to make a positive dierence in some small way.Je owes a debt to his wie Lori and children, Megan, Matthew, Michael and Grace or allowing him the opportunity to share his inner geek through his writing.
 
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Enterprise Architecture: The Journey Begins Here, Part 1
here you are. Where you are going. How toget there. The plan or the journey begins withenterprise architecture.It is no longer possible to run a large organization withoutsignicant investments in technology. Thoughtul investmento IT dollars requires the practiceand discipline o enterprise archi-tecture.In order to assess where you are,enterprise architecture beginswith a current state baseline othe IT asset portolio. These as-sets must be assessed or howwell they support the organiza-tional mission.To dene where you are going,a uture state target architectureoutlines the capabilities requiredto support strategic businessgoals. A gap analysis identiesthe shortalls o the current state.A roadmap and sequencing plandetermine how you will reach yourdestination through a series ostrategic and tactical initiatives to transition rom the currentstate baseline to the uture state target. Underlying principles,standards, and reerence architecture are needed to guidethe journey. Solution architecture applies these models toprojects that incrementally bring the vision to reality. Technol-ogy governance is necessary to ensure organizational assetsare leveraged and projects stay on course.This eBook will introduce you to many o the required elementso an enterprise architecture practice. I you are already an en-terprise architect, you will nd much amiliar material here andsome ideas or urthering your practice. I you are new to theeld, you will nd many practical ways to get started.
Roadmap or the Journey
An architecture blueprint is an important enterprise architec-ture deliverable that creates a city plan o an organization’sIT assets. Chapter 2, The 4C Architecture BlueprintingProcess, introduces a method or creating an architectureblueprint. The 4C method collects inormation about the ITportolio, classies it into zones,assesses each cluster o assetsand creates a transition plan ortheir consolidation.Architecture standards denewhich products, patterns, andpractices are to be used in de-veloping or acquiring sotwarewithin an organization. In Chapter3, Maturity through Standards,you’ll look at how standards canaccelerate application develop-ment and lower the total cost oownership o IT assets. You willexamine a process or dening,maturing and leveraging archi-tecture standards across the or-ganization.Reerence architecture capturespre-dened architecture pat-terns, proven or use in a particular business context, togetherwith supporting artiacts that enable their use. Reerence ar-chitectures serve as guideposts in your enterprise architec-ture journey. Providing a Clear Point o Reerence, will outlinea repeatable process or capturing and leveraging organiza-tional knowledge through reerence architecture.Enterprise architecture denes the uture state vision andprinciples guiding the journey. In Part 2, Front End Archi-tecture: Where Business Meets IT, describes the uture statevision and principles that guide how business capabilities areexposed to employees, customers, and partners through theWeb, mobile, voice, and Web services interaction media. This
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This is an excellent quick guide to the basics of implementing an enterprise architecture. It contains great definitions, examples and summaries. There are some validations for work that I have already accomplished as well as ideas for making architecture useful, actionable and relevant to managing top line and bottom line goals that are compelling for management buy in. I recommend this highly.

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