Enterprise Architecture & Planning(EAP)
Enterprise Architecture Planning (EAP), in Enterprise Architecture, is the planning process of defining architectures for the use of information in support of the business, and the plan for implementing those architectures. In 1998, one of the earlier professional practitioners in the field of system architecture Steven H. Spewak defined 'Enterprise Architecture Planning (EAP)' as "the process of defining architectures for the use of information in support of the business and the plan for implementing those architectures." Based on the Business Systems Planning (BSP) approach developed by John Zachman, EAP takes a data-centric approach to architecture planning to provide data quality, access to data, adaptability to changing requirements, data interoperability and sharing, and cost containment. This view counters the more traditional view that applications should be defined before data needs are determined or provided for.
dB-EAP Methodology
The Enterprise Architecture Planning (EAP) methodology is beneficial to understanding the further definition of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework at level IV. EAP is a how to approach for creating the top two rows of the Zachman Framework, Planner and Owner. The design of systems begins in the third row, outside the scope of EAP. EAP focuses on defining what data, applications, and technology architectures are appropriate for and support the overall enterprise. dB-EAP Methodology is developed around state-of-the-art unique patent pending framework methodology called "galaxyEA". galaxyEA is the 4th generation framework that fundamentally based on Zachman, FEAF and DODAF and supports many industry standards. The uniqueness of galaxyEA is its capability to adapt itself to highly dynamic organizational changes (which most enterprises are). dB-EAP provides various Lifecycle management, governance and Reference Architectures(both business & technical). We seamlessly Integrate/derive from TOGAF for the Architecure Life Cycle Development. galaxyEA Methodologies have a lot of rich features taken from TOGAF for both ADM as well as standards base and repository management. Our EAP solution and service called dB-EAP has four major methodologies 1. dB-BAP ( digiBlitz Business Architecture Planning Methodology) 2. dB-BPM ( digiBlitz Business Process Modeling, Management & Planning methodologies ) 3. dB-SOA ( digiBlitz Service Oriented Architecture Development, Planning, Management & Implementation Methodologies and procedures).