A well-developed enterprise architecture solution enables organizations to respond rapidly, effectively and positively to the opportunities and challenges presented by today's market changes, industry consolidations, and technological advances.

An Enterprise Architecture includes:

• Models of business processes (BPM), information, systems, and technology
• Descriptions of graphical and textual artifacts that make up these models
• Full traceability to the goals and objectives of the organization
• Standards that underpin the content and presentation of the architecture