In the past, Strategic architectural designs were seldom used for business initiatives. With the growing competition between business units and with the increased drive to excel in business, the need for enterprise architecture is on the rise.
Enterprise architecture tied with standard processes and well defined goals have proven to be the key for successful business

What is Enterprise Architect?

It is a utility that helps relates the processes and goals defined within an organization. It enables managers to modularize the bigger units within business.
The set of blue prints that defines business processes can be used to organize, integrate and assess and incorporate changes to bring in revolutionary changes in business. Once the blueprints of processes and standards to be used are in place, questions need to be asked regarding the implementation. Integration, reorganization, assessment and change incorporation can bring in profitable business changes in the long run.

Phases of the Enterprise Architect

Incorporation of the architecture in business involves four phases namely
Inputs on Standards and Definitions of Processes used.
Impact analysis by the architect.
Incorporation to changes based on the Impact analysis done.
Repetition of this cycle.

Integration of Informational Systems with Business Processes

Once the blueprints are in place, the architects initiate as assessment to align the current business processes to the informational systems defined. Translation of theory into reality takes place here. Architects find the pain areas that require an in-depth translation based on the existing implementation in the business processes within the organization.

Evolution of Enterprise Architect

This initiative cannot blossom in a day. It’s often a long term initiative aimed at the evolution of profitable business in the long run.  The steps towards this evolution constitute:
Evaluating the existing state of business and arriving at a consensus of the deficient factors in business
Choosing the right model, program and techniques to be used
Picking out a select list of tools that would help
Organizing the existing business units within the organization
Effectively using the blueprint developed
Reworking on the blueprints and working towards the next level of improvement

Running a Successful Enterprise Architect

Initiating a successful architecture often starts with the study of the existing system, getting an understanding of the best practices in the industry and foreseeing the flaws that could occur in future.
Once surveys are done and data is collected from pertinent people, it is important that proper standards and process are to be defined. Once that is done, the organization for future implementation is very essential.
Incorporation of the identified changes and building on this architecture further follows suit in case of successful Enterprise Architectural implementation within an organization.

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