Enterprise Architecture Articles

Check out the Enterprise Architecture Articles that our EA Principals team has written to provide guidance, advice and insights on the Enterprise Architecture industry.

Navigating Stakeholder Management in Enterprise Architecture: Overcoming Challenges and Fostering Collaboration

Enterprise architects often find themselves navigating a labyrinth of complexities when it comes to stakeholder management. From differing definitions of who is a stakeholder to the evolving expectations of leadership, this landscape can pose significant hurdles to progress and overall organizational alignment. The Challenge of Defining Stakeholders A seemingly simple question lies at the heart […]

Read More

Aligning Structure, Strategy, and Execution in Context for Digital Transformation

In recent Digital Transformation consulting engagements with small banks, there was a consistent chorus to simplify methodologies used for much larger ones. While right-sizing the methodology is key to the different context, digital transformation success still hinges on alignment within the bank itself, which means a comprehensive architecture approach is still essential, e.g.: Business Architecture: […]

Read More

Message of the Month – Architecting the Future: Enabling Enterprise Success in the Age of Intelligent Technologies

Businesses today face a relentless stream of technological evolution. The successful ones are those embracing technology-led strategies to redefine their products and solutions. In this dynamic environment, Enterprise Architecture (EA) is the backbone supporting businesses striving to achieve sustainable growth, innovation, and agility. The Challenge: A Complex Tapestry The transformation journey is complex. The vast […]

Read More

A Day in Life of an Enterprise Architect Augmented by GenAI

A new model of work for Enterprise and Solution Architects can already be foreseen and will become fully workable with support from GenAI type of tools within 2 years. It will require necessary adaptation from our community as it implies new additional skills that do not appear yet in SFIA 8.0 competency model or in […]

Read More

Enterprise and Solutions Architecture: Dichotomy or Continuum?

Based on job descriptions posted on recruiting websites, it is easy to get confused about the role of enterprise architects (EAs) versus solutions architects (SAs). Both types of postings often require years of experience in specific industries, business applications, programming languages, and infrastructure technologies, as well as skills such as communication, project management and leadership […]

Read More

Message of the Month: Embracing Enterprise Architecture’s Complex(ity) Syndrome

One of the key attractions of Enterprise Architecture is that it can help address and manage the complexity of major transformations. However, EA is itself such a transformation. So, this creates a conundrum. Without EA, how do you succeed at the transformation needed to realize it in a daunting business-technology landscape? We are therefore confronted […]

Read More

How EAs can Stay Relevant Even with Disruptive Changes in the Architecture Landscape

Given that Enterprise Architects can always spend lots of time on topics like enterprise strategy, operationalization of strategic plan, governance of strategic initiatives portfolio and ensuring that Business and It organizations are aligned on key objectives, they are left with little time to freshen up their technical skills and skills necessary for the design of […]

Read More

Message of the Month: Patching TOGAF EA

Anticipation was great among the TOGAF and EA communities for the long-awaited rollout of the latest edition of the TOGAF Standard, the 10th Edition, after over a dozen years of TOGAF 9. The expectation was that a new edition would come out by the summer of 2020, but updating it proved so complicated that the […]

Read More

Updating the EA Toolkit

It is time to expand the modern EA toolkit to better address EA economics and skills that can help many organizations evolve toward Agile and Digital Enterprises able to compete with companies that were born digital. Without re-architecting the operating model and introducing progressive transformation and change management techniques, we will not elevate enterprises towards a business agility level (https://www.kotterinc.com/methodology/8-steps/ or https://www.amazon.com/Effective-Change-Managers-Handbook-Management/dp/074947307X ). The “Agile” trend has […]

Read More