Enterprise Architecture (EA) was reported as powerful but also often failed to be applied. It is necessary to clarify by which means EA brings its value such as alignment. In this research, we explored how core EA deliverables, namely EA Artifacts (EAAs), helped organizations achieve alignment, by observing and analyzing recommended practices of a leading EA tool vendor. The results indicated that, 1) Among 43 EAAs primarily recommended by the vendor, most of them described “alignment” relationships among organizational elements, and in a quite explicit way; 2) Two types of “alignment” relationships were described in such EAAs; 3) EA users recognized such types of alignment relationships achieved by leveraging such EAAs. Application of the findings might help organizations more consciously define alignment goals by leveraging appropriate EAAs sets, and accordingly, further achieve business success with better EA applications.