Enterprise Architecture Planning

Many companies are inconvenienced by multiple databases with redundant data in incompatible formats. New database technologies should now make it possible to build integrated, company-wide databases, but the hard part is developing the necessary blueprint for integrating data in a single, enterprise-wide architecture. Enterprise Architecture Planning (EAP) offers an approach to planning and designing integrated systems that should provide fast and efficient access to data across the organization. In this book, the authors provide step-by-step guidelines to developing the necessary models of business activities and the data needed to support these activities. The new edition updates the planning methodology to reflect the author's experience with EAP projects and technologies. They expand coverage of such critical topics as client/server, data warehousing, and OO approaches to data design. Examples and case studies are included to illustrate the planning methods described in the book. References to tools are also updated.