This chapter contains two main sections.The objective of the chapter is to provide an overview of the two prominent enterprise patterns which are used in the industry nowadays. Some of the prominent Enterprise Architecture platforms and tools are also covered in this chapter. The first section focuses on the two popular enterprise architecture framework that are used nowadays:
- The open group architecture framework (TOGAF)
- Zachman framework
In the second section, we will focus on the prominent enterprise architecture (EA) platforms and tools that are used by organizations. We will cover the following popular platforms:
- Enterprise architect
- Dragon1
- ABACUS