Strategic Capabilities Architecture

The passage of the Clinger-Cohen Act, along with other circumstances, has encouraged the development of an systematic approach to enterprise architecture, in order to position the structure of the enterprise for timely and efficient response to competitive situations. A Strategic Capabilities Architecture (SCA) is an enterprise infrastructure design that can enhance flexibility, adaptability, growth, and responsiveness. It is a top level architecture, based on the strategic goals of the enterprise, with elements that may include use of service-oriented architecture (SOA), data warehouses and data marts, intranets and portals, virtualized resource schemas, federated databases, on-demand computing, Software as a Service (SaaS), and other enabling technologies.