Structure and method of modeling integrated business and information technology frameworks and architecture in support of a business

A computer readable medium including code for modeling integrated business and information technology frameworks and architecture in support of a business, the code operable to:

• receive data associated with manageable entities of the business and existing information technology supported by each manageable entity;
• generate an overall architecture defining how manageable entities of a business relate to one another and to the existing information technology, the overall architecture including:
• a strategic business plan component providing context and guidance that drive definition of business functions, processes, systems, and organization;
• a business architecture component reflecting what the business does in the present as well as in the future to accomplish particular business requirements;
• an information architecture component representing what information is to be delivered to individuals across the business;
• an application architecture component supporting business process execution and information flow;
• a technology infrastructure architecture component supporting execution of activities and defining what information technology components are needed to enable access to information;
• an enterprise information technology management architecture component dealing with business and organizational management of providing information technology services and products as well as systems, network, and element management;
• generate a plan for implementation and deployment of future information technology among the manageable entities pursuant to the various components of the overall architecture in response to how the manageable entities relate and to the existing information technology;
• graphically displaying the overall architecture of the business;
• graphically displaying how the future information technology is to be implemented and deployed within the overall architecture in response to the generated plan.