How to Survive in the Jungle of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks: Creating or Choosing an Enterprise Architecture Framework

Several times in my Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice, people asked me which framework shall I adopt or what are the benefits of the Zachman framework over TOGAF, etc. Others asked me to help them to define their own corporate EA framework. Before answering these types of questions, it is important to know what the differences and commonalities are of these frameworks and standards.

This book explains the role of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks and shows the differences between the most popular Enterprise Architecture Frameworks now a day available in the world.

With the growing importance of Enterprise Architecture [EA] at the same time, the discussion started how to create or choose the right Enterprise Architecture Framework & Tools for your organisation in the jungle of the existing ones.

Giving an overview of the history of most Enterprise Architecture frameworks as well as their purpose, scope, principles, structure, guidance and compliance, will support you in identifying the usefulness of these Enterprise Architecture frameworks for your own situation. For the in-depth details of the described Enterprise Architecture Frameworks, references to the original sources of information are added in the chapter References & Bibliography.

Separate chapters are addressing the most popular Enterprise Architecture tools on the market and their support of existing frameworks.

在我的企业架构（电子艺界）的做法有好几次，有人问我我的框架应采取什么都是对TOGAF Zachman的架构带来的好处等其他要求我帮助他们确定自己的企业环境评估框架。在回答这类问题，重要的是要知道这些差异和共性的框架和标准。

这本书解释了企业架构框架的作用，揭示了最流行的企业架构框架现在每天可以在世界上的分歧。

随着企业架构[消息]日益增长的重要性的同时，开始讨论如何创建或选择您对现有的丛林权的企业组织结构框架和工具。

让一大部分的企业架构框架的历史以及他们的目的，范围，原则，结构概览，指导和遵守，将支持在查明这些企业架构适合自己情况frameworks你有用。对于所描述的企业架构框架，对信息的原始资料的引用在本章参考文献与书目添加了深入的细节。

单独的章节是针对目前市场上最流行的企业架构工具，以及他们对现有框架的支持。