Enterprise Architecture

The word enterprise signifies the universe of a business. And its architecture therefore has to be universal in design. Why then do we hear the term enterprise architecture and referred or mis directed to a software or technical architecture (which incidentally is an element of the enterprise architecture)?
First of all, the term universe needs clarification. Everything that the business finds a "connection or relevance" to may be categorized as the universe of an enterprise. Customers (Internal and External) are the principal stakeholders of such a universe. A Business Enterprise is built for a customer and therefore, the business architecture design must first and foremost undertake the effort to fullfill a need and then create a demand in the minds of the customers. And as time goes by, this must be dynamically renewed.

Our Physical Universe is a literal example and source of inspiration. The five elements - Space (Strategy), Wind (Process that connects), Water (People's Capability & Capacity), Fire (Technology that enables) and Earth (Infrastructure that grows) when integrated produce and support life. Similarly the five senses coordinate the body Touch, Smell, Sight, Sound, Taste and the five parts of an enterprise which is Strategy (Business Vision), Process (Customer Focus), People (Capability & Capacity of the business for Change / Transformation), Technology (Business Applications & Enablers) and Infrastructure (Virtual & Physical Real Estate, Communications, Security and Networking) integrate to make a business run successfully.
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