IT Strategy
Enterprise Architecture IT strategy is yet another area of the EA program that requires documentation. Document development is instrumental to the success of an EA program because it gives the structure and rules that are needed for the organization to follow. When developing the IT strategy document an organization must form the plan of action needed to reinforce and sustain the mission, strategy and objectives of the organization.
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The document is specific to the contributory efforts of the IT department and be relatively brief. To help with illustrating what will be done, there are change requirement matrix that can be developed. One axis will show IT strategies and business change requirements. The other axis will show enterprise business strategies. How the items listed on both axis relate to each other is denoted by a marking in the corresponding intersecting box. With the aid of this matrix or matrices such as it, an organization does not falsely assume that there is relationship between org and IT strategy. There is a deliberate effort made to identify where there is alignment that exists and see if there is anywhere where alignment needs to be developed.
The remainder of the IT strategy document briefly takes the reader through the steps that IT will complete to integrate the EA program in a way that continues to uphold the organization's objectives.
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