Benefits of enterprise architecture
In redesigning and reorganizing activities, especially in mergers or acquisitions, EA can help. Additionally, standardization and consolidation of processes promote more consistency within an organization. The most important benefits of EA, according to CompTIA, are as follows:
- Allowing IT and business units to collaborate more easily
- Making investments easier for businesses
- Facilitating long-term evaluation goals by evaluating existing architectures
- Setting up processes for evaluating and procuring technologies
- Increasing the level of understanding of the IT architecture outside of IT by giving all business units a comprehensive view
- Setting up benchmarks for benchmarking against other organizations or industry standards
A result of EA is a reduction of errors, system failures, and security breaches, as well as IT management. The technology can also make IT more accessible to other business units or enable businesses...
