What is an Enterprise?

Wikipedia – “An enterprise architecture (EA) describes the structure of an enterprise, its decomposition into subsystems, the relationships between the subsystems, the relationships with the external environment, the terminology to use, and the guiding principles for the design and evolution of an enterprise.”

Gartner– “Enterprise architecture is the process of translating business vision and strategy into effective enterprise change by creating, communicating and improving the key principles and models that describe the enterprise's future state and enable its evolution.”

MIT – "Enterprise architecture is the organizing logic for business processes and IT infrastructure reflecting the integration and standardization requirements of the firm’s operating model.“

John Zachman – “Enterprise Architecture is the set of descriptive representations relevant for describing an Enterprise”

"TOGAF® defines enterprise as any collection of organizations that has a common set of goals.“

This is one of the rather "easy" questions we clarify in our course.