EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This document contains a brief explanation concerning the importance of Enterprise Architecture for an organisation. It will also underline the importance of integrating Enterprise Business Architecture with Enterprise Architecture. A lot of research and work has been done at UP regarding this subject. The current status of the Enterprise Architecture at UP will be discussed including a variety of tools, frameworks, modelling languages and artefacts that can contribute to the successful implementation of Enterprise Architecture. A new approach for Enterprise Architecture (EA) has emerged: Enterprise Architecture as Strategy. This entails the integration of Enterprise Architecture into the strategy planning process of an enterprise by using a selection of three artefacts. This approach will be evaluated by looking at the ease of implementation and the effectiveness of this approach. Enterprise Architecture has been integrated at the University of Pretoria over the past five years. Currently EA is employed out of an IT perspective rather than an enterprise wide strategy. Some deficiencies have been identified concerning th