Capturing the Organization Organism: An Outside-In Approach to Enterprise Architecture Contributor(s): Alexander, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1634624130 ISBN-13: 9781634624138 Publisher: Technics Publications OUR PRICE: $53.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Computers | Systems Architecture - General - Computers | Enterprise Applications - General - Computers | Management Information Systems |
Physical Information: 0.42" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (0.77 lbs) 198 pages |
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Publisher Description: This book will demystify Enterprise Architecture (EA), demonstrate its usefulness, and empower you to make EA an integral part of your organization's business management and forward planning. An organization is like a living organism. The architecture of an organism's internal structures must allow that organism to thrive within the environment in which it is operating. These "internal structures" within an organism might be organs or tissues; in an organization, though, they are the "information systems". As an organism's environment changes, its internal systems and structures must adapt. We will use this analogy as a starting point to discuss the "why" and "what" questions of enterprise architecture for information systems in organizations. To begin this process, we must switch from the traditional EA approach of looking only at internal factors, to a new, holistic view that considers the external environment. In other words, while most EA discussions are "inside-out," in this book, we will attempt to go "outside-in." Capturing the Organization Organism:
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