Enterprise Architecture in Practice

Enterprise architecture helps organizations manage both business and IT models. It typically includes:

• As-is: Current state of systems.
• Target state: Where the architecture aims to go.
• Transition states: Intermediate steps to reach the target state.

Benefits of enterprise architecture include:

• Aligning IT with business strategy.
• Reducing IT infrastructure costs.
• Enabling effective resource coordination.
• Improving decision-making and business agility.