Aier, StephanStephanAierRiege, ChristianChristianRiegeWinter, RobertRobertWinter2023-04-132023-04-132008-08-01https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/7802610.1365/s11576-008-0062-9Organization and management of enterprise architecture have gained increasing significance in recent years. Enterprise architecture management is based on a consistent, aggregate model of the enterprise in order to support decisions such as the design of business areas and products, corresponding business processes and organizational structures as well as application systems and infrastructure operations. Stakeholders have heterogeneous requirements concerning the views on enterprise architecture. The resulting model itself has to be manageable and has to deliver benefits. This article provides an overview of the state-of-the-art of enterprise architecture / enterprise architecture management in the literature as well as current practices in companies. In addition to a literature overview, current practices are presented based on results of an empirical study.dejournal article