How Strategic Planning relates to Enterprise Architecture

http://www.architecting-the-enterprise.com/enterprise_architecture/articles/how_strategic_planning_relates_to_enterprise_architecture.php

As we learned in class, the TOGAF is more of a process, rather than a set framework (like Zachman) for establishing an EA in an organization. This article states that TOGAF often refers to Strategic Planning without specifying the details of what it consists of. The article provides a summary of what activities may be included in Strategic Planning as a process, some of which are: environmental analysis, strategy definition, and strategy implementation. The main takeaway from the article is that one of the key drivers to a successful EA implementation is a thorough analysis and understanding of an organization's strategy, which itself could be driven by various factors, such as: M&A, risk mitigation, cost reduction, to name a few. Overall, it gives an additional perspective to the TOGAF article that we covered earlier in the class.