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Enterprise Architecture (EA)
Definition
A method or framework for developing, implementing, and revising business-focused Information Technology (IT) guidance. The resulting guidance describes how the enterprise can best use technology and proven practices to improve the way it does business. In the Commonwealth, EA is built on the business needs of state and local government agencies. EA is described in a series of documents that showcase the development and revision process, the involved parties, and the resulting guidance. The Commonwealth EA relies on a governance model (roles and responsibilities), business and technical inputs, and knowledge of how agencies presently do business to develop explicit policies, standards, and guidelines for information technology use.