Outputs of EA

What are the typical outputs of Enterprise Architecture?
Views and models that describe the “current environment”, based on one of the EA frameworks already discussed. This is required to enable a grasp of the gap that exists considering the desired future environment (another output of EA, also described with models and perhaps the same framework). The next set of outputs – design guidelines and patterns – are used in the activities to govern IT work along the most efficient and shortest path towards the future environment.