1. A method for managing an operational environment comprising: identifying an enterprise architecture model associated with an operational environment within an operational dashboard, wherein the enterprise architecture model comprises of an entity, wherein the entity is at least one of an operational node, an architecture component node, a resource, a goal, and a constraint of an enterprise organization, wherein the operational environment comprises of an element, wherein the element is at least one of a computing resource and a computing resource state associated with the enterprise organization; performing at least one operational state change within the operational environment; and presenting at least one result of the change within an architectural view of the model within the dashboard, wherein the result comprises of at least one of a context, a policy, a function, and a relationship affecting the model.