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Designing an Enterprise Architecture Components of a solid enterprise architecture include everything from documentation to business concepts to software and hardware.

Deciding which components to implement and how to implement them can be a challenge. New IT components are released daily, and business needs continually change. An enterprise architecture that meets your organization's needs today may not meet those needs tomorrow. Building an enterprise architecture that is scalable, flexible, available, accessible, and reliable is key to your organization's success.

You are the enterprise architect (EA) for a large clothing company called Xedous. You are responsible for developing the initial enterprise architecture. Create a list of questions you will need answered to develop your architecture. Below is an example of a few of the questions you might ask.

? What are the company's growth expectations?

? Will systems be able to handle additional users?

? How long will information be stored in the systems?

? How much customer history must be stored?

? What are the organization's business hours?

? What are the organization's backup requirements?