Excellent! Only a person like Raj can pull such a complex topic off in under seven minutes. The video made me feel like I had brushed through the entire togaf study guide in one shot
Thanks for explaining so nicely. I am doing my Executive mgmt course from IIM, even they are giving this as a reference link to understand EA. Have my exam tomorrow on MIS and this really helps. Appreciate your support.
@@RajRamesh Thank you. I watched your series before starting with TOGAF. This made it very easy for me to understand the EA as a discipline. Thank you.
It's interesting to see many universities use this video to teach the concept of Enterprise Architecture. This, by far, has been the best collaboration in my career that has advanced the knowledge in our community.
Haha - that's interesting. I've sat through boring classes always wondering how I would have made it more interesting. Now this is my attempt to right some of that :-). Really appreciate your comment.
Nailed it! After going through a range of TOGAF materials and other references I was not yet able to clearly define "why EA?" and "what it does?" but yours is the best! Pls keep doing what you doing, I am that top fan who is (im)patiently waiting for your next video to come up every week.
I was preparing for CISSP and was struggling to understand what is meant by EA and atlast you taught me that the combination of those four domain is EA. Quite helpful
there are 1000's of videos and its when we watch this kind of video we get knowledge and satisfaction... thank you Raj for such a short crisp and clear video..
Thank you so much for sharing. It's easy and simple to break it down 4 domains as you did that holistically summarize EA need and its significance for an organization.
You nailed it Raj! Its simply amazing that how nicely you explained a highly complex topic with ease and that too in such a simple term, truly kudos to you.
Thanks for the great review. I am working with several clients on EAM projects and this is often a good entry for additional stakeholders to understand the topic.
Very well explained and I would say this is the best source of information about TOGAF, packed in just 6 minutes box. Thanks for sharing the knowledge, much appreciated!
Again simply superb explanation in such a short and crisp form. While seeing this video I was imagining where all I fall and where all EA handling this complex architecture.
Nice one Raj 🙌🏼 Good to see the use of Technology Architecture to support the Business Architecture. In my experience, it’s Technology Architecture that drives Business and Business Architecture requirements, due to misguided focus on Technology. If the Business doesn’t have a need or use for the technology, no matter how ‘cutting edge’ it appears or is sold, it will as you say ‘easily becomes obsolete’. Unfortunately companies are realising that the hard one, hence the high failure rate in digital transformations 😏
Very short and simple explanation of Enterprise Architecture and its components. Important part which I liked about the purpose behind EA to connect different parts of business and make them work together towards a desired outcome. Thank you very much the video on this topic.
One of the most informative and well explained video on Enterprise Architecture! It can't be more simpler! Thank you Raj Ramesh for the video and effort.
Nicely articulated, one of the major issue which we observe is the actual implementation of any plan at ground level where aligning the human resource and mindset becomes a challenge and a key success factor in any architectural success
Yes, for successful implementation we need to consider many factors. Some of these are deterministic - like how system behave, and some are non-deterministic like how people react to change. Managing all that is the skill of a great implementation manager/team.
There are lots of commercial and free tools for EA. The concepts are important to understand to use the tools properly. A google search for tool to capture the enterprise architecture will give you a bunch of results.
Hi, I recently struggled to explain to the business side why business and IT alignment is actually something to strive for. It would be great to hear your thoughts about why it is actually beneficial to align the IT with the business or if you believe otherwise why it actually is not necessary at all.
Yes Cj M - the alignment is critical because the IT applications have to support the business processes. Simple example: If I want to do taxes (in the US), then its better for me to use TurboTax, even though I could technically use MS Excel. If I use Excel, I'll be wasting a lot of time and energy. For larger businesses, this simple problem gets magnified much more. If there is no alignment, you can imagine the implications.
This is an excellent insight into the enterprise architecture framework, bringing together the related elements of strategy, business, and technology in a very brief but detailed manner. Brilliant!
Complex!!! And complexity is driving to further levels of specialization, but IT automation is accelerating the automation of activities driving employees into 'new work' paradigms faster than adaptation can take place within a mind.
Don't waste your time trying to convince anyone. The secret is to just do great architecture work and you will find people linking up to drink what you are drinking.
thanks so much for your excellent video. It helps me easily understand a hard topic like enterprise architecture. With your clear explanation, now I know this topic more clear. Please keep your clever works
Thank you for this brilliant presentation where all is simple but nothing is missing. You understand everything and you have the art to explain it. For me, by far one of the best presentation of enterprise architecture. Thanks you again.
Thank you for the video and for your thoughts. A question I ask myself is: in a cloud-driven company: do you still have enterprise architects or will you only have Cloud architects? How do these roles co-exist and collaborate in the bigger picture?
The cloud does not keep engineers from making a hairball architecture that is not futureproof or fails when there is some sort of regulatory or other change for the business. Cloud is a tool, not a destination. EA is a living roadmap to a destination that can use multiple tools to accomplish.
Awesome & straight to the point! If you don't mind me asking, what do you use for your voiceovers ? I mean is this your natural voice? or do you run your voiceovers through some software that makes them more crisp and professional. btw, I subscribed to your channel!
The tool question is a difficult one because it depends. Without mentioning specific vendors, we can look at what the company is looking to do. A small business for example doesn't need any fancy tools - maybe a spreadsheet/presentation/document/doodling tool will suffice. On the other hand, a huge business might need to formalize their tool set so artifacts can be shared across. More than the tools though, I think the mindset is critical. I've worked with either ends of the spectrum and companies in between - and many times we can get away (even at large companies) with doodling on a white board to understand the business model, major capabilities, processes, and the systems that support operations to begin establishing the mindset :-)
Thank you very much for this simplified way of introducing EA. Building blocks nicely placed, one on top of the other in the correct order. Which doodling tool do you use? It is very smart.
Yes enterprise architecture is a general field that connects the different components of business. So in an architectural firm you will encounter many of the systems and processes that I talk about.
This video succinctly explains Enterprise Architecture! Kudos to Dr. Raj Ramesh and Christine Stephenson!
Dr Raj, your 7 minute video has explained EA better than hours of classes. Thank you!
Glad to hear it was helpful!
Excellent! Only a person like Raj can pull such a complex topic off in under seven minutes. The video made me feel like I had brushed through the entire togaf study guide in one shot
Thanks cinarain for your kind words
I agree!
Thank you. I'm in HR desperately trying to understand my business more and this is just increasing my admiration of the colleagues I work with.
great
Working in partership with the other departments to understand your business strategic plan is a great way to use your enterprise architecture.
I need to understand EA to assist my entire country in its governments digital transformation. Thanks for creating this.
Thanks for explaining so nicely. I am doing my Executive mgmt course from IIM, even they are giving this as a reference link to understand EA. Have my exam tomorrow on MIS and this really helps. Appreciate your support.
Glad it was helpful, and thanks for letting me know. I had no idea how much this video is referenced. Best wishes on your exam.
@manishachoudhary7221 what was your specialzation?
All the best in completing your course
This is probably the best sub 10 minutes explanation of EA that I have come across. Thanks
Wow, thanks!
@@RajRamesh can I use this periodically in my training course?
This is the best and simplest video that explains satisactorily what EA is, thank you for this.
Glad it was helpful!
This is one of the clearest explanations I have seen. Bravo.
Thank you
This is Gold. Open Group must make this mandatory viewing for Enterprise Architects. Thank you Dr Raj.
Thanks, appreciate that :-)
@@RajRamesh Thank you. I watched your series before starting with TOGAF. This made it very easy for me to understand the EA as a discipline. Thank you.
It's interesting to see many universities use this video to teach the concept of Enterprise Architecture. This, by far, has been the best collaboration in my career that has advanced the knowledge in our community.
Thank you for this, I finally get it. I listened to my teacher yap for 2.5 hours on this topic and I understood nothing at the end of it.
Haha - that's interesting. I've sat through boring classes always wondering how I would have made it more interesting. Now this is my attempt to right some of that :-). Really appreciate your comment.
Im a newbie. And i love this. How can i start learning? Any start up ea consultants?
Best explanation of EA. I have come across - master at work articulating complexity with simple representation
Nailed it! After going through a range of TOGAF materials and other references I was not yet able to clearly define "why EA?" and "what it does?" but yours is the best! Pls keep doing what you doing, I am that top fan who is (im)patiently waiting for your next video to come up every week.
Excellent!
Excellently put.. just wow.. they say if you cannot explain it in simple language ..then you don't understand it.. I feel enlightened Raj.
thank you!
I was preparing for CISSP and was struggling to understand what is meant by EA and atlast you taught me that the combination of those four domain is EA. Quite helpful
Excellent, thanks
I'm a bit technologically-challenged and yet I could understand this. Lucid and crisp explanation. Thanks alot.
Great to hear!
@@RajRamesh Thanks a lot Mr. Raj😁
there are 1000's of videos and its when we watch this kind of video we get knowledge and satisfaction... thank you Raj for such a short crisp and clear video..
It's my pleasure
2:22 complex. Amazingly crisp, concise, yet detailed. Very nicely explained; clarified EA in nutshell. Thanks a lot!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for sharing. It's easy and simple to break it down 4 domains as you did that holistically summarize EA need and its significance for an organization.
Not one source I came across could explain the relationships between the architectures as you just did. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
So happy that this has helped you.
I felt like this is a really good video and very illustrative. Excellent work. Thank you for sharing.
Oh man, what a wonderful simplified explanation. Well done.
You nailed it Raj! Its simply amazing that how nicely you explained a highly complex topic with ease and that too in such a simple term, truly kudos to you.
My pleasure
Thanks for the great review. I am working with several clients on EAM projects and this is often a good entry for additional stakeholders to understand the topic.
These videos are perfect. Please keep up the good work.
Glad you like them!
Very well explained and I would say this is the best source of information about TOGAF, packed in just 6 minutes box. Thanks for sharing the knowledge, much appreciated!
thanks, and that means a lot to me.
Thank you for this comprehensive overview. You really simplified this complex topic very clearly. Kudos to that.
Glad it was helpful!
Again simply superb explanation in such a short and crisp form. While seeing this video I was imagining where all I fall and where all EA handling this complex architecture.
Nice one Raj 🙌🏼 Good to see the use of Technology Architecture to support the Business Architecture.
In my experience, it’s Technology Architecture that drives Business and Business Architecture requirements, due to misguided focus on Technology.
If the Business doesn’t have a need or use for the technology, no matter how ‘cutting edge’ it appears or is sold, it will as you say ‘easily becomes obsolete’. Unfortunately companies are realising that the hard one, hence the high failure rate in digital transformations 😏
Very short and simple explanation of Enterprise Architecture and its components. Important part which I liked about the purpose behind EA to connect different parts of business and make them work together towards a desired outcome. Thank you very much the video on this topic.
Glad you liked it
Great video which shows, in a non-technical way, what EA is and the important elements of it.
The Best! Spoken very clearly which is difficult to find on RUclips.
Wow, thank you!
Simply superb - how missed this content is what I'm upset about.
thank you!
absolutely outstanding work. No marketing fluff. just plain to the point. You earned a sub!
Much appreciated!
One of the most informative and well explained video on Enterprise Architecture! It can't be more simpler! Thank you Raj Ramesh for the video and effort.
Thanks Tapan. Glad you found it valuable.
Hi Raj, thank you for your amazing video. It's unbelievable : you clarify EA concept less than 7 min !
Glad you liked it
Thank you so much - looking forward to detailed deep dive on IT part
Nicely articulated, one of the major issue which we observe is the actual implementation of any plan at ground level where aligning the human resource and mindset becomes a challenge and a key success factor in any architectural success
Yes, for successful implementation we need to consider many factors. Some of these are deterministic - like how system behave, and some are non-deterministic like how people react to change. Managing all that is the skill of a great implementation manager/team.
Your understanding on EA is very deep. Finally I get it what this EA fuzz is all about.
Thanks @Vasimullah. Glad it helped
Raj, well done. Very nice video. Concise, crisp, clear.
Thanks a lot!
This is what I was looking, it’s a great video. Thanks for sharing this
Thank you so much for your wonderful explanation of EA
Great explanation of EA and BA, Raj! I’m going to share it with a few folks.
Sure thanks!
I can't wait for this video to get to 1 Million views. To think I had a senior manager say it was not the right thing to do.
Thank you for making this subject so easy to understand!
Glad it was helpful!
Well articulated explanation of Enterprise Architecture
Thank you, Very crisp and clear overview on Enterprise Architecture
Glad it was helpful!
Very good presentation, described a complex scenario in a simple and easy to understand way.
Wonderfully produced and informative video- thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great! I've been looking for the simplest way to explain EA. Great!
Thank you sir for an excellent video explaining what EA is. Brilliant!
Thank you so very much!
Extremely well made video. Very nicely explained. Thank You!
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent Explanation of Enterprise Architecture
Many thanks
Excellent video. The sketching was equally impressive!
Thank you! Cheers!
Incredibly well explained!
Good video and a great explanation of what EA is to a business.
Thank you Raj... your work is excellent!
So nice of you
Excellent Mr. Raj Ramesh, everything in one picture
I love this. The best EA explanation ever. Thanks a lot
Can you please make a course on designing an Enterprise Architecture?
Glad you like it!
@@christianonwe2045 I second your suggestion. I’d take that course.
I just completed the SAP LeanIX course on EAM, it’s is so interesting. Love the doodles, those crisp lines!🎉
Thank you very much!
Beautifully explained, thanks so much for sharing.
thank you
+1
Thanks for the video,
so what are the tools and outputs for keeping track of EA documents ?
There are lots of commercial and free tools for EA. The concepts are important to understand to use the tools properly. A google search for tool to capture the enterprise architecture will give you a bunch of results.
Absolute amazing video , to the point and crisp.. much informative .. thanks..
Glad it was helpful!
Hi, I recently struggled to explain to the business side why business and IT alignment is actually something to strive for.
It would be great to hear your thoughts about why it is actually beneficial to align the IT with the business or if you believe otherwise why it actually is not necessary at all.
Yes Cj M - the alignment is critical because the IT applications have to support the business processes. Simple example: If I want to do taxes (in the US), then its better for me to use TurboTax, even though I could technically use MS Excel. If I use Excel, I'll be wasting a lot of time and energy.
For larger businesses, this simple problem gets magnified much more. If there is no alignment, you can imagine the implications.
Very simple and easy to understand 👍
Thank you for explaining in simple language
This is an excellent insight into the enterprise architecture framework, bringing together the related elements of strategy, business, and technology in a very brief but detailed manner. Brilliant!
Thanks Basil. Appreciate it.
Thank you for the great video! May I have some guidelines or tips on designing an Enterprise Architecture?
How can I help you? Please send me a note through my website www.drrajramesh.com
Complex!!! And complexity is driving to further levels of specialization, but IT automation is accelerating the automation of activities driving employees into 'new work' paradigms faster than adaptation can take place within a mind.
non MBA person can easily understood its too smooth explanation
Great video, extremely helpful. Looking for more information/resources on the technology architecture portion.
Excellent Raj!! Best explanation
Thanks a ton
I definitely see the need for this in our organisation but convincing old school execs of the need for it is a tough thing.
Haha, the "born before technology" syndrome type
Don't waste your time trying to convince anyone. The secret is to just do great architecture work and you will find people linking up to drink what you are drinking.
Superb and well simplified presentation
Glad you liked it
Excellent! I'm looking forward to starting my MSc module on Computer Architecture.
Great! Best of luck!
Same comment as
Amerdeep Gurung - Excellent !!!
Thanks
Well explained in simple view :) . Amazing...
thanks so much for your excellent video. It helps me easily understand a hard topic like enterprise architecture. With your clear explanation, now I know this topic more clear. Please keep your clever works
Thanks Vu. Happy that it helps people like you.
Definitely liked the video, explained very simply. Thanks
one of the most amazing videos about EA and software architecture in general !!! very easy to understand and straight to the point
Thank you
Haha
Good into for Enterprise Architecture !! Keep more videos posted !!
Thanks, will do!
Thank you Sir for this crisp explanation. May I know what is the tool that you used for the presentation?
videoscribe
@@RajRamesh thank you Sir
Thank you for this brilliant presentation where all is simple but nothing is missing. You understand everything and you have the art to explain it. For me, by far one of the best presentation of enterprise architecture.
Thanks you again.
Thanks Eric
God bless you Ramesh. Thank you for contributing to EA. Mashallah.
Thank you!
Very well explained. Thank you for packaging and sharing this knowledge. Looking forward to applying this information
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the video and for your thoughts. A question I ask myself is: in a cloud-driven company: do you still have enterprise architects or will you only have Cloud architects? How do these roles co-exist and collaborate in the bigger picture?
Others can chime in as well. I think these roles will coexist in the near future, but has high potential of merging.
The cloud does not keep engineers from making a hairball architecture that is not futureproof or fails when there is some sort of regulatory or other change for the business. Cloud is a tool, not a destination. EA is a living roadmap to a destination that can use multiple tools to accomplish.
I always love your content very direct and to the point. thank you!
I appreciate that!
Awesome & straight to the point! If you don't mind me asking, what do you use for your voiceovers ? I mean is this your natural voice? or do you run your voiceovers through some software that makes them more crisp and professional. btw, I subscribed to your channel!
Thanks for subscribing. Appreciate it. Yes, this is my natural voice, but I do try to record with a good microphone in a quiet space.
Perfectly explained, now what are the best tools to model this?
The tool question is a difficult one because it depends. Without mentioning specific vendors, we can look at what the company is looking to do. A small business for example doesn't need any fancy tools - maybe a spreadsheet/presentation/document/doodling tool will suffice. On the other hand, a huge business might need to formalize their tool set so artifacts can be shared across.
More than the tools though, I think the mindset is critical. I've worked with either ends of the spectrum and companies in between - and many times we can get away (even at large companies) with doodling on a white board to understand the business model, major capabilities, processes, and the systems that support operations to begin establishing the mindset :-)
Thanks for the Videos for simple and easy explanation....
You are welcome
Great video, explaining Ea in a very engaging
way
This is extremely helpful video..Thanks!
I appreciate that!
great explaination ! i would like to learn more about EA and any training conducts from your end. thanks
Currently I don't offer any courses on this topic. If I do, it'll probably be all done in a couple of hours!
This is mind blowing explanation
Glad you like it
Thank you very much for this simplified way of introducing EA. Building blocks nicely placed, one on top of the other in the correct order.
Which doodling tool do you use? It is very smart.
Glad you enjoyed it! Videoscribe
@@RajRamesh Very much appreciated. Thank you very much Dr Raj
wonderful .. amazing .. no words can describe
I'm glad you liked it.
The drawings are so good ❤️
Totally agree. Really clear and concise definition of EA in his video.
what an explanation. Commendable work.
Many thanks!
Very well explained
Thanks
Thank you! I am an Architectural Engineering student and I wonder if there is a relationship between my major and Enterprise Architecture
Yes enterprise architecture is a general field that connects the different components of business. So in an architectural firm you will encounter many of the systems and processes that I talk about.