Enterprise Architecture: Transition From IT-Infrastructure Design to Business Transformation

Abstract

The enterprise architecture is a tool for the systemic description of functioning and principles of the organization development. Initially, this tool was used in complex IT-projects to clarify business requirements and design information systems and technical infrastructure. However, since the beginning of the 2000s the enterprise’s architecture is increasingly used to support organizational transformations and allows managers to integrate various development initiatives among themselves, to translate the strategy into actions and to ensure the coherence of the various elements of the enterprise. The article reviews the evolution of the concept “enterprise architecture”, provides an overview of methods and tools for enterprise architecture management, as well as describes the application of the enterprise architecture in managerial practices.