Patent ID: 7162427

Claim:
A method of computer modeling integrated business and information technology frameworks and architecture in support of a business comprising: identifying in a computer manageable entities of the business and the existing information technology supported by each manageable entity; generating by the computer an overall architecture for the business, the overall architecture defining how the manageable entities relate to each other and to the existing information technology; implementing in the computer a common language in order to articulate the overall architecture; generating by the computer a graphical representation of the overall architecture for the business according to the common language; determining by the computer information technology requirements for the business in response to the existing information technology and the relationship among the manageable entities; and generating by the computer a plan for implementation and deployment of future information technology among the manageable entities based on the determined information technology requirements for display by the computer within the graphical representation of the overall architecture; wherein the overall architecture contains a plurality of components, the plurality of components including a strategic plan, a business architecture, an information architecture, an application architecture, a technology infrastructure architecture, and an enterprise IT management framework.