Benefits of Enterprise Architecture

Deakin is implementing Enterprise Architecture in order to:

• Help to achieve Deakin’s strategy, vision, mission and Target Operating Model
• Help to communicate the 'big picture' to Deakin staff
• Enable more informed decision making and provide input into the planning cycle
• Align ICT to Business requirements
• Optimise ICT investments
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• Assist in providing more efficient ICT operations
• Reduce the risk for future investment
• Help the Enterprise Architecture team to define and explain gaps (between current and target states)
• Work towards consistent application design across all delivery projects in Deakin
• Provide reduction in costs and effort for the delivery projects
• Provide the flexibility to include new ideas in the future
• Enable the understanding of strategic versus project deliverables