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Enterprise Architecture

Quick answer

Enterprise Architecture builds the bridge between business processes and the IT that supports them. It uses the platform's data, application portfolio, CMDB, capabilities, to model where the organisation is today and to plan a defensible path to where it wants to be.

Key takeaways

  • What EA gives architects
  • How it connects
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Enterprise Architecture builds the bridge between business processes and the IT that supports them. It uses the platform's data, application portfolio, CMDB, capabilities, to model where the organisation is today and to plan a defensible path to where it wants to be.

What EA gives architects

  • Business capability maps, a shared language linking strategy to systems.
  • Reference & target architectures, the blueprint for the future estate.
  • Roadmaps, sequenced initiatives that move from current to target state.
  • Standards & guardrails, approved technologies teams should build with.
Living, not static. Because EA runs on the same instance as APM and the CMDB, its models stay current automatically, no more architecture diagrams that are out of date the day they are drawn.

How it connects

EA consumes APM's current-state health, aligns to strategy from SPM, and hands roadmaps to PPM for delivery. It turns architecture from a slide deck into a governed, data-driven practice.

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Check your understanding

  1. Enterprise Architecture primarily connects...

    • A. Business strategy to IT architecture
    • B. Two email servers
    • C. Users to groups
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    A. Business strategy to IT architecture

    EA bridges business processes and IT architecture.

  2. EA models stay current because they...

    • A. Run on live platform data (APM, CMDB)
    • B. Are drawn once a year
    • C. Live in slides
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    A. Run on live platform data (APM, CMDB)

    Shared instance data keeps EA models live.

  3. EA hands its roadmaps to which module for delivery?

    • A. PPM
    • B. SecOps
    • C. FSM
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    A. PPM

    Roadmap initiatives are executed through PPM.

Frequently asked questions

What does the term Enterprise Architecture (EA) refer to in ServiceNow?

Enterprise Architecture builds the bridge between business processes and the IT that supports them. It uses the platform's data, application portfolio, CMDB, capabilities, to model where the organisation is today and to plan a defensible path to where it wants to be.

What is worth remembering about Enterprise Architecture (EA) in practice?

EA consumes APM's current-state health, aligns to strategy from SPM, and hands roadmaps to PPM for delivery.

What is another point to note about Enterprise Architecture (EA)?

Business capability maps, a shared language linking strategy to systems. Reference & target architectures, the blueprint for the future estate. Roadmaps, sequenced initiatives that move from current to target state.
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