Enterprise Architecture Frameworks

Enterprise architecture (EA) is a conceptual blueprint that defines the structure and operation of organizations.

Enterprise information security architecture (EISA) is a subset of enterprise architecture that focus on information security. You can read more about IS architecture frameworks on this post.

List of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks

Enterprise architecture frameworks featured on this post:

  • Zachman Framework
  • TOGAF
  • E2AF
  • FEA

Zachman Framework

Zachman framework is an enterprise architecture framework.

Zachman framework official webiste

TOGAF

TOGAF stands for The Open Group Architecture Framework.

Developed by the Open Group.

E2AF is mentioned in CISM Review Manual 15th Edition. It is also 1 of the 4 industry standards leveraged in CSA EA v2.

SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework would be an extension of TOGAF.

TOGAF official website

E2AF

E2AF is an acronym for Extended Enterprise Architecture Framework.

E2AF was published in 2006 by the Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments (IFEAD), whose president was Jaap Schekkerman. The official website of IFEAD is down, but you can access its archive version from this external link.

Considering that latest version of E2AF is from 2006 and that IFEAD web is down, I can conclude that this framework is no longer maintained. Anyway, I have seen it still quoted in some sources.

The E2AF Essentials Guide can be still viewed from this external link.

E2AF is mentioned in CISM Review Manual 15th Edition.

FEA

Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) is the U.S. reference enterprise architecture of a federal government.

FEA official website

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