EA and BPM: Is EA needed for BPM?

In a recent post at the ARIS BPM blog, Olaf Geyer addresses the question of whether EA is needed for BPM.

EA is structured information about an organization that is used to support the decision making process on strategic, operational and tactical levels, these things all include BPM. EA allows you to decide to better run your organizations processes, and give you the framework to structure this over time.

There are many EA frameworks, some of which include Togaf, Dodaf, and Aris. All of these give the tools and ideas to companies of how to structure their organizations.

In essence, EA manages BPM, allowing for the governance, creation, maintenance, and analysis of all architecture information needed for the project.