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Enterprise architecture (EA) is not a new idea, but it is being fostered and applied in new, innovative ways within today’s leading organizations. A truly useful EA program must move beyond technology to encompass business issues, and enhance the relationship between IT and the business. This chapter covers the positioning of the EA program within the organization, and introduces the basic steps the EA team must take to make the program successful. The notion of creating an architectural construct for information technology used within the enterprise was first introduced some 15 years ago.
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