FEAMI: A Methodology to Include and to Integrate Enterprise Architecture Processes into Existing Organizational Processes

There are many frameworks, concepts, and standards that define and describe Enterprise Architecture from various perspectives and have different purposes. However, despite all the efforts being made, a practical methodology concerned with the inclusion and integration of Enterprise Architecture Processes (EAPs) into Existing Operational Processes (EOPs) was not found in the existing literature. This positioning article reduces the identified knowledge gap and presents FEAMI, a novel methodology to effectively include and to functionally integrate EAPs into EOPs. Motivation for the development of FEAMI arose from the need of the industry for such a methodology, experienced on several occasions by the author of this article as well. FEAMI is a result of two years of work where pragmatic approach to research was applied. © 1973-2011 IEEE.