Target architecture planning 1: Transformation is hard
Target architecture planning will soon allow SAP LeanIX users to better visualize their current and future IT landscape. Let’s look closer at the problem we’re working to solve.
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Current vs. Target State: Where Should Enterprise Architecture Start?
Practical guide to choosing the right entry point for enterprise architecture—without getting stuck in analysis paralysis. In enterprise architecture (EA), both current-state and target-state documentation are essential. But when launching or scaling your EA efforts, which one should come first?
Enterprise Architecture and Target Operating Models
How often is an established Enterprise Architecture approach used to create a Target Operating Model? If the answer is not often, then why not? If the answer is yes all the time, then how should we go about creating one ? Are traditional consultancy approaches to target operating models good enough? What is an Operating […]
Internal Enterprise Architect or Enterprise Architecture Consultant?
How internal enterprise architects and EA consultants create value through different positions, access, continuity, and perspective.
The Architecture Questions I Ask Before an Initiative Starts
A practical enterprise architecture question for early initiatives: reveal scope, dependencies, and impact before solution design moves too far.
Let’s Talk Enterprise Architecture
If you want to start an Enterprise Architecture conversation properly, the best move is to begin by agreeing on language before agreeing on solutions. Terminology is never a trivial preface — it is part of the architecture itself. Words define boundaries, and boundaries determine decisions. A surprising number of failed architecture initiatives do not collapse […]
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How Much Enterprise Architecture Is Enough?
How much enterprise architecture is enough? Learn how to match EA effort to complexity, risk, dependencies, and decision impact.
Architecture Work or Architecture Theater?
Why some enterprise architecture practices create activity without impact—and how to recognize when architecture work does not influence real decisions.
Why Enterprise Architecture Deliverables Go Unused
Why many enterprise architecture deliverables go unused and how to make architecture artifacts actually support real decisions and create measurable impact.
Why ROI Is the Wrong First Question in Enterprise Architecture
How architectural benefits actually form—before anything can be measured in hard numbers
How Enterprise Architecture Descriptions Are Created in Practice
Why structure still matters, even when the work is iterative
What Do Useful Architecture Principles Look Like?
Clear direction for real decisions in enterprise architecture—not decorative statements