Information and Communication Technologies

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

    EA goals

Detailed documentation can be found:

For further information contact:

Karen Raftis
Business Architect
(03) 9246 8271
email: karen.raftis@deakin.edu.au

Ken Lai
Enterprise Architecture and ePortfolio Manager
(03) 9246 8528
email: ken.lai@deakin.edu.au

Deakin University acknowledges the traditional land owners of present campus sites.

5th October 2012