A Comparative Study of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks for Cloud Adoption: Evaluating TOGAF, Zachman, and FEAF for Large Enterprises
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enterprise architecture, TOGAFAbstract
Zachman, TOGAF, and FEAF examine large corporate cloud use. As companies migrate to cloud infrastructues, EA has to match business strategy with IT capacity, maximize resource usage, and control cloud transition risk. The structural elements, adaptability, and ability to manage complex, large-scale cloud migration projects for cloud adoption strategies of each framework are evaluated in this paper.
Starting with the foundations and architecture of ToGAF, Zachman, and FEAF because their methodologies, points of view, and outputs vary. Architectural planning and administration are covered by the flexible yet ordered TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM). It's perfect for cloud migrations as its fast and iterative development cycles allow architects to solve changing demands and integration problems. Six interrogatives—What, How, Where, Who, When, and Why—and six conceptual to detailed degrees of reification describe taxonomy-based business architecture. Zachman Toolkit The flexible, cross-sectional organizational approach recognizes technology needs and commercial acceptance of clouds. Implementing Zachman's cloud activity conceptual architecture might be challenging.
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