Enterprise architecture (EA) and IT Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) are seldom combined in the same sentence much less integrated activities within a company. In this paper, a case will be made for the integration of these two critical business activities as well as promoting a unique business recovery planning philosophy. This paper outlines a logical approach to understanding a company as a system comprised of processes and tasks and then extends this to an approach to creating a comprehensive enterprise architecture. With this approach, a company can create a much more concise IT disaster recovery plan that is closely coupled with both the business and IT, thus maximizing the potential for a successful recovery from disaster or business interruption. This, in turn, provides the greatest probability of the company’s long term survival. An additional benefit to such an approach is a leveraged capability for business process re-engineering to further improve the performance of the company.
Leveraging BPM+ for End-to-End Process Transparency: The Future of Operational Clarity
Leveraging BPM+ for End-to-End Process Transparency: The Future of Operational Clarity In today's business landscape, where agility, accuracy, and efficiency are critical, one of the biggest challenges organizations face is maintaining end-to-end process transparency....
