Enterprise Architecture Using the Zachman Framework

Summary

This groundbreaking text introduces The Zachman Framework, a tool to guide you through the comprehensive process of thinking, reasoning, and communicating effectively about even the most complex business problems. Using lessons from history, psychology, business, and information technology, the authors use the framework to build a foundation of enterprise architecture concepts. Alignment, integration, and flexibility are the core goals for delivering today's complex business solutions. Enterprise Architecture Using the Zachman Framework illustrates these themes and shows tomorrow's business and technology professionals how to organize, design, and construct a solution for any type or size of problem.

Part 1: Reasons
1. Ubiquity: Understanding the Zachman Framework

Part 2: Framing the Framework
2. Science
3. Commerce
4. Psychology
5. Technology in Commerce
6. Systems Development
7. The Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture

Part 3: Implementing the Framework
8. Dynamical Framework

Appendices
A: Biography of John Arthur Zachman
B: Uses of the Framework Outside of Information Technology
C: Mapping Information Technology Careers to the Zachman Framework
D: Thoughts from Others Regarding the Zachman Framework
E: The Original Paper