The Roadmap from Chaos to Capability

Contrary to popular belief, Enterprise Architecture is NOT a application or even a technology specific effort - it is a business management process that just happens to assist in managing technology - and process - and people - and organization - and costs.... all at the same time. 

Originally developed almost 20 years ago by a Dr. Charles Banning at GE, this pragmatic approach to managing the wide array of items that fall under the control of the CIO, has been refined to a very mature and highly effective level.   Simple in presentation, the approach affords a unique and valuable perspective into solving one of the most vexing of information technology problems - and does it consistently in any industry, from healthcare, to manufacturing, to information delivery services, to energy - and everything in between..... and from the largest to the smallest organizations.

Unique to the process is the concept of principles driven architecture. This innovative approach to establishing technology direction excels at creating a consistent decision framework, and leveraging the extensive expertise of the existing staff. Who better to determine the technology and business future than those with a stake in the outcome? Putting this in place facilitates everyone making the same decision for the same reasons, aligned with executive management intent. It is truly amazing to see an organization go through the cultural transformation that this apparently simple process delivers.

Enterprise Architecture is a systems of systems view, solving a business problem. A holistic view of platforms, applications, data, communications, security, operations, people, and process, a solid enterprise architecture can both enable the strategic plan, and typically save between 6% and 30% of IT budgets.

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