• translate strategic business drivers into a common vision for information technology.
  
  
• define core business functions and information requirements.
  
  
• describe crosscutting application functions that can be shared by information systems.
  
  
• specify standard system components including data, applications and platforms.

See a sample blueprint (pdf) and review a case study.
See a list of blueprints.

Benefits
Simplifies IT investment decisions
Accelerates system implementation
Reduces system diversity