Editing Enterprise architecture (section)

{{Short description|Business function methodology}}

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'''Enterprise architecture''' ('''EA''') is a business function concerned with the structures and behaviours of a business, especially business roles and processes that create and use business [[data]]. The international definition according to the Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations is "a well-defined practice for conducting [[enterprise (economics)|enterprise]] analysis, design, planning, and implementation, using a comprehensive approach at all times, for the successful development and execution of strategy. Enterprise architecture applies architecture principles and practices to guide organizations through the business, information, process, and [[technology change]]s necessary to execute their strategies. These practices utilize the various aspects of an enterprise to identify, motivate, and achieve these changes."<ref name=feapo>{{cite journal|url=http://feapo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Common-Perspectives-on-Enterprise-Architecture-Final-1-copy.pdf|title=Common Perspectives on Enterprise Architecture|journal=Architecture and Governance Magazine|volume=9|issue=4|date=November 2013|page=1|access-date=2023-03-04}}</ref> 

The [[United States Government|United States Federal Government]] is an example of an organization that practices EA, in this case with its [[Capital Planning and Investment Control]] processes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/E-Gov/ea_success.aspx|title=EA-Success|year=2010|publisher=The White House|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430152712/http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/E-Gov/ea_success.aspx|archive-date=2010-04-30}}</ref> Companies such as [[Independence Blue Cross]], [[Intel]], [[Volkswagen AG]],<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://lawaspect.com/volkswagen-america-managing/|title=Volkswagen of America: Managing IT Priorities|last1=Austin|first1=Robert D.|last2=Ritchie|first2=Warren|last3=Garrett|first3=Greggory|journal=Harvard Business Review|date=2005-10-05}}</ref> and [[InterContinental Hotels Group]] also use EA to improve their business architectures as well as to improve [[business efficiency|business performance]] and [[productivity]]. Additionally, the [[Federal Enterprise Architecture]]'s reference guide aids federal agencies in the development of their architectures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/fea_docs/FEA_Practice_Guidance_Nov_2007.pdf|title=FEA Practice Guidance Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office OMB|date=November 2007|publisher=The White House|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016043354/http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/fea_docs/FEA_Practice_Guidance_Nov_2007.pdf|archive-date=2010-10-16}}</ref>