Maturity – EA Voices

EA… Wait… What?

2 days ago by Eric Jager

If you spend enough time in Enterprise Architecture, you will eventually encounter a curious phenomenon. Almost everyone supports the idea of Enterprise Architecture. Almost nobody agrees on what it actually is. Some executives believe Enterprise Architecture is primarily about technology standards. Others expect it to deliver target architectures within weeks. Some see it as an exercise in governance and compliance. Others imagine a group of architects who somehow possess a master plan that immediately solves organizational complexity. Interestingly, all of these perceptions contain fragments of truth, yet none of them fully captures what Enterprise Architecture actually represents.

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Technology moves faster than ecosystems

1 month ago by EAPJ Editor

When Technology Moves Faster Than Ecosystems: An Architectural Framework for…

Framing Decisions in Business

November 6, 2017 by Kim Parker

Change is inevitable. Every business enterprise whether private, government or ‘not for profit will be subject to some sort of change. How they respond will influence if the the outcome is positive or negative. Change can be driven by many … Continue reading →

EA and the Internet of Things – 10 Thoughts

August 9, 2016 by George S. Paras

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the Internet of Things, from both a personal perspective and as it applies to EA. In fact, I wrote about it in my “From the Editor” column in the most recent Architecture and…

Characteristics of Effective EA (Revisited)

July 28, 2016 by Tim Westbrock

Below you will see the content of a previous post, reposted for a couple of reasons. One, I had a recent conversation with a client about this topic which brought it to front of mind. Second, I have been having…

What can we do to make the Enterprise Architecture standards work for us?

January 12, 2016 by Adrian Grigoriu

Since we don’t know what we don’t know about EA, the first step would be to get to know what we don’t know. Only then we can the right questions.

What Enterprise Architects do and should do

January 10, 2016 by Adrian Grigoriu

Given the EA state today, an EA architect should first create and employ own methodology to model the integrated blueprint of the enterprise and guide the transformation.

Since the Enterprise Architects number is on the increase, what do they actually do?

January 8, 2016 by Adrian Grigoriu

Too often the “Enterprise” in the EA term translates into experience in the enterprise IT, while “Architect” into a senior IT employee.

Enterprise Architecture is still juvenile, why?

January 6, 2016 by Adrian Grigoriu

The big issue is though that we don’t know what we don’t know. Hence we don’t know what to do about it.

Three Notions of Maturity

March 31, 2013March 30, 2013 by Richard Veryard

Many enterprise architecture frameworks contain some notion of maturity, usually with some kind of nod in the direction of the SEI CMMI maturity model. I’m puzzled about this, because these notions of maturity don’t much resemble the SEI’s notion and s…

Enterprise Architecture Tempo

December 8, 2011 by Richard Veryard

#entarch Like many complex capabilities, enterprise architecture operates at several different tempi. (See my post on Enterprise Tempo.) A workshop at the SEI last year identified three tempi, which it called “Operating Modes”.
At the lowest level, en…

Lack of Enterprise View a Hindrance? Good Solution Architecture is Not Enough

November 8, 2011 by Tim Westbrock

We are consistently being exposed to ENTERPRISE architecture teams without an enterprise perspective in the deliverables and activities in which they are engaged. Sometimes this is due to a cyclical shift in the priorities between defining enterprise architecture and applying enterprise architecture…