Introduction
What is an Architecture?
Architecture and Buildings
What is an Enterprise?
Examples of Enterprises
What is an Enterprise Architecture?
What are Architecture Elements?
Extremes of Architecture
Perfection vs. Chaos
Exploring the "Middle Ground"
Urban Planning - a Better Metaphor for Enterprise Architecture
The Need for Frameworks
Enterprise Architecture Frameworks
The Zachman Framework
The NIST and OMB Frameworks
The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
Architecture and Solution Continuums
The Role of the Standards Information Base
"Boundaryless" Information Flow
The Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model
Systems and Interoperability
Human Activity Systems
Software Systems
Representing Systems
Systems as Hierarchies
Systems as Containers
Contemporary Business Drivers
Independent Overlapping Systems
Architectural Views
Activity
Information
Software
Data
Technology |
The Extreme Architecture Framework
Mapping Systems to Views
Framework Influences
Framework Elements vs. Enterprise Elements
Why Extreme?
A Brief Tour of Framework Elements
Business Elements
Information System Elenments
Technology Infrastructure Elements
Architectural Content
Architectural Principles
Vision
Lists, Definitions and Models
Assessments
Potential Risks
Potential Rewards
Strategies
Architectural Development Methods
The TOGAF ADM
The Extreme Architecture Framework and the TOGAF ADM
Enterprise Architecture and Projects
Business Modelling Projects
Software Requirements Definition Projects
Software Construction Projects
Projects with Arbitrary Scope
Enterprise Architecture and Governance
Business Process Management
Information Management
Software Portfolio Management
Data Administration
Infrastructure Management
Projects vs Governance |