Enterprise Architecture

Understandability:

The underlying tenets can be quickly grasped and understood by individuals throughout the organization. The intention of the principle is clear and unambiguous, so that violations, whether intentional or not, are minimized.

Robustness:

Enables good-quality decisions about architectures and plans to be made, and enforceable policies and standards to be created. Each principle should be sufficiently definitive and precise to support consistent decision making in complex, potentially controversial situations.

Completeness:

1. The enterprise architecture shall be business-enabling. It should help the company conduct its business in a reliable, expansive manner.

2. The enterprise architecture shall be value-enhancing. It should help the company achieve increased value, either through improved cost, new functionality, or new flexibility, etc.

3. The enterprise architecture shall be brand-name advancing. Clearly, it should help the company achieve added customer satisfaction and brand recognition.

4. The enterprise architecture shall be market-share expanding. It should help the company open up new markets and reach a market faster in a more comprehensive manner.

5. The enterprise architecture shall be time-to-market facilitating. It should help the company introduce new products faster, respond to changing consumer needs faster, etc.

6. The enterprise architecture shall be productivity-enhancing. It should help the company conduct its business with fewer or less expensive resources.

1. Zachman Enterprise Architecture Framework (ZIFA)
2. The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
3. Extended Enterprise Architecture Framework (E2AF)
4. Enterprise Architecture Planning (EAP)
5. Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF)
6. Treasury Enterprise Architecture Framework (TEAF)
7. Integrated Architecture Framework (IAF)
8. Joint Technical Architecture (JTA)
9. Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) and DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF)
10. Department of Defense Technical Reference Model (DoD TRM)