Application Of An Enterprise Architecture - 1658 Words

Introduction Most organizations have different types of systems that have been implemented and being used for different purposes over the year of their operations. In this day and age, technologies seem to change rapidly with executives and managers finding it difficult to get a pictorial view of the existing systems whenever a new system is being implemented. The primary purpose of an enterprise architecture is to integrate the Information Technology (IT) assets across different departments of an organization and in order to create blueprints that will define the current organizational structure and the targeted structure. There are a couple of system development models among which is the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC). SDLC is a†¦show more content†¦Anaya and Ortiz (2005), defined enterprise architecture as a blueprint that provides a common view of the primary resources of any enterprise (people, processes and technology) and how they integrate to provide the primar y drivers of the enterprise. Anaya and Ortiz further went on to explain that enterprise architectures are used mainly as two types of tools, which are: engineering tool and management tool. As a tool for engineering, the enterprise architecture defines specific roles and responsibilities which are assigned to various personnel of the organization that must be followed in order to accomplish the objective of the organization. As a management tool, a manager will be able to visualize the connections or relationships between operating process, resources, information systems across different functions of the enterprise. Importance of an Enterprise System Architecture Enterprise System architecture plays an important role in every organization as it creates a road map that is to be followed to better articulate the business operating process of an organization. â€Å"ERP system architecture provides a foundation for both the functional and the technical needs of the organization and