What is Enterprise Architecture?

A discipline that uses holistic enterprise analysis, design, planning, and implementation practices, to guide an organization through business, information system, and technology changes, in order to execute their strategies while optimizing investments.

*Found on slide thirteen (13) of the Face2Face 2019 New2EA - Itana: Re/Launching Your Enterprise Architecture Practice slide deck.

Alternate Definitions

Wikipedia, TOGAF, Gartner, CIO.com, Visual ParadigmEACOE, Sparx Systems, International EA Institute