Through a careful review of EA literature, the paper consolidates the fragmented knowledge on EA benefits and presents the EA Benefits Model (EABM). EA aims to define a suitable operating platform to support an organisation's future goals and the roadmap for moving towards this, The proliferation of IT and its consequent dispersion is an enterprise reality, however, most organizations do not have adequate tools and/or methodologies that enable the management and coordination of their Information Systems. Integrated Architecture Framework, Microsoft Architects The tool: (i) behaves as an information repository for the framework's concepts; (ii) produces the proposed artifacts that represent each cell contents, (iii) allows multi-dimensional analysis among cell's elements, which is concerned with perspectives (rows) and/or dimensions (columns) dependency; and (iv) finally, evaluate the integrity, dependency and, business and information systems alignment level, through the answers defined for each framework dimension. Also, some preliminary conclusions about the implications of the resultant descriptive framework are drawn. The success of any organization mainly depends on effective communication and mutual data exchange between the departments associated with third party members like customers, vendors, and outsourcers. F.Motiwalla and Jeff Thompson, Pearson 2012 2. understood components, found in most EAFs, namely Business, Although a formal definition of the alignments’, going work, we all face evidences of misalignments in every, live. It is a comprehensive blueprint that requires the careful planning, documentation, and analysis of all the operations of an organization. EA frameworks are mostly informal by nature, and there is a lack of knowledge and tools to support architects to check alignment formally. (3) EA practitioners can also use it to practically determine and rectify the weak points of EABPs, thus taking advantage of EA frameworks. Therefore, it is not surprising that within many organizations on (IT) executive-level understanding of Business/IT-alignment is evolving and the topic gains priority on the executive agenda (Gerow et al., 2015;Gerow, Thatcher, & Grover, 2014;Gregor, Hart, & Martin, 2007; ... Extant literature shows that Enterprise Architecture (EA) is generally considered an important instrument to contribute to Business/IT-alignment (Alaeddini & Salekfard, 2011;Castellanos & Correal, 2013;Gregor et al., 2007;Kang, Lee, & Kim, 2010; ... EA's can be considered instruments that focus on coherence between business processes, information distribution, and technology infrastructure of an organization. • Provide a visual representation of the complex system interfaces among the ERP application and databases, operating systems, legacy applications, and networking. New methods and approaches are now available. Methods for information systems and software development should enable to integrate business, information processing and software components in order to eliminate the gap between the services provided by software and the real needs of computerized enterprise. employee lists among different applications; Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of, ersonal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies, ear this notice and the full citation on the first page. between application systems and informational en, When applications use information entities, the, be classified as security (public, private, confidential). Approaches such as top-down and bottom-up have been proffered with fastidious ambience of best practises for EA development. Ambler, Scott W., Agile Enterprise Architecture: Beyond, Niederman, Fred, Brancheau, James C. and W, Pereira, Carla Marques and Sousa, Pedro, Getting into the, Swoa, J. F and Zachman , J. Summary A successful digital transformation in enterprises requires surpassing infrastructural flexibility within firms and high IT competency to accomplish changing business requirements. Thes trategic alignment framework applies the Strategic Alignment Model to reflect the view that business success depends on the linkage of business strategy, information technology strategy, organizational infrastructure and processes, and I/T infrastructure and processes. The concept of alignment is based on ideas commonly used in, organization Business and IT are drawn. However, those that adopt an EA framework use the open group architecture framework and rely heavily on enterprise resource planning in the implementation of EABPs. IS human resources, software development, and the applications portfolio-issues that make up the core of the IS function-all increased in importance. This paper defines information systems architecture by creating a descriptive framework from disciplines quite independent of information systems, then by analogy specifies information systems architecture based upon the neutral, objective framework. Suppose an automatic pool cleaner is not working properly. Lina Bagušytė, Audronė Lupeikienė This model, termed the Strategic Allgnment Model, is defined in terms of four fundamental domains of strategic choice: business strategy, information technology strategy, organlzational infrastructure and processes, and information technology Infrastuvture and processes--each with its own underlying dimenslons. This approach is supported on an ISA modelling framework and provides several indicators and measures for ISA evaluation. It is, a well known fact that the same information (example, customer, address) is replicated several times in organization systems and, that a significant portion of IT budget goes to. The discipline of enterprise architecture (EA) seeks to generate alignment between an organization’s electronic information systems, human resources, business processes, workplace culture, mission and strategy, and external ecosystem in order to In practice, we see that architects are not well equipped to manage the interrelationship between architectural business-, information- and technology-aspects in an integrated fashion. Enterprise To address this gap, this research-in-progress paper explores in detail how organizations enhance stakeholder engagement in EA practice to achieve business-IT alignment. This paper discusses the importance of the Information System Architecture (ISA) as the tool for ensuring a global view on IS and for, Rapid business change demands the ability to adapt, rearrange and reinvent business processes while keeping the alignment with supporting information systems.