<s>
Enterprise	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
management	I-Architecture
(	O
EAM	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
"	O
management	O
practice	O
that	O
establishes	O
,	O
maintains	O
and	O
uses	O
a	O
coherent	O
set	O
of	O
guidelines	O
,	O
architecture	O
principles	O
and	O
governance	O
regimes	O
that	O
provide	O
direction	O
and	O
practical	O
help	O
in	O
the	O
design	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
an	O
enterprise	O
's	O
architecture	O
to	O
achieve	O
its	O
vision	O
and	O
strategy.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
IT	O
architectural	B-Architecture
layers	I-Architecture
,	O
business	O
support	O
processes	O
,	O
and	O
organizational	O
structures	O
become	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
and	O
prone	O
to	O
constant	O
change	O
,	O
EAM	O
will	O
only	O
result	O
in	O
haphazard	O
business	O
and	O
IT	O
alignment	O
if	O
the	O
primary	O
focus	O
is	O
on	O
delivering	O
sets	O
of	O
technically	O
based	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
