ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE

An enterprise architecture (EA) is a conceptual blueprint that defines the structure and operation of organizations. The intent of enterprise architecture is to determine how an organization can effectively achieve its current and future objectives. Enterprise architecture encompasses the process of analyzing, planning, designing, and ultimately implementing these analyses within an organization.

Enterprise architecture helps businesses going through digital transformation since EA focuses on bringing both legacy applications and processes together in an attempt to form a seamless environment.
The use of EA frameworks rose in response to increases in business technologies during the 1980s, when a need for a way to respond to rapid technology growth was integral to business strategy. This process later expanded to the entirety of a business, not just IT. This approach ensures the alignment of the rest of the business with digital transformation. Enterprise architecture concepts vary, resulting in a unique appearance for each organization.

Different parts of an organization may also view EA differently.
For example, programmers and other technical IT professionals regard enterprise architecture strategies in terms of the infrastructure, application, and management components under their control.
However, enterprise architects are still responsible for enacting business structure analysis.