Investigation of Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework A case study in RAJA Passenger Trains Company

Application of the information systems in the small organization is usually possible through leaving behind the system development life cycle (SDLC) and with the execution of the different stages of it. However, in case of the big organizations with extensive and complex processes, it is not enough to suffice to the system engineering and the need is felt for the enterprise architecture (EA). Enterprise architecture, is similar to building architecture, proceeds with providing a master plan in case of the organization through which plan the enterprise is viewed and analyzed in different aspects and points of view. The result of such investigation will be used in different stages of developing informational systems to better and extensively modulate its extensive and complex processes and to compile more efficient informational system based on it. Furthermore, this article analyzes the enterprise architecture of RAJA Passenger Trains Company in the maintenance departmental of this company and tries to present a master plan concerning the current status and desired status through introducing the architecture of computerized maintenance management system of the Maintenance Department by using of Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF).