tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726426499105885054.post6946616026037284478..comments2023-10-26T07:48:00.930-05:00Comments on Enterprise Initiatives: EA and Ivory TowersMike Kavishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722839431789381667noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726426499105885054.post-83820838297489971722008-10-20T11:38:00.000-05:002008-10-20T11:38:00.000-05:00I fully agree with your writing here Mike, what I ...I fully agree with your writing here Mike, what I still questioning myself on is how does my company sees EA... It is quite new for my company, and the journey just begun... <BR/>I know the answer is not a black or white answer, esp. for such a big company, but what is the most important for me esp. since I've been asked to take this EA chief architect position. <BR/><B> Are that the right people in the organization are conviced of the EA values and fundamentals?</B><BR/> I am still working on this question.<BR/>BR<BR/>EAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726426499105885054.post-24295136362224750262008-05-08T07:52:00.000-05:002008-05-08T07:52:00.000-05:00I think you're right on track with your thoughts o...I think you're right on track with your thoughts on EA. A big portion of an Enterprise Architect's job seems to be articulating his or her value. Wouldn't it be nice if the value was simply understood!?! :-)<BR/><BR/>I think the larger companies 'get it' and understand the value of EA but the real struggle comes with medium sized companies who have a hard time allocating scarce resources to what is somewhat seen as not directly contributing to the bottom line.<BR/><BR/>I think that in those scenarios they best way to show value and to make sure that the important things for EA are being adressed is to carve out or modify role of Solution Architect. These Solution Architects have 2 main goals:<BR/><BR/>1. Provide expert level technical architecture and technical leadership guidance to projects. They need to make themselves indispensable to the project team and project leadership.<BR/><BR/>2. Through their project work they need to ensure that the projects are adhering to the architecture vision. They also need to be strong evangalists for sound EA principles.<BR/><BR/>This is a great approach to leverage as a stepping stone to doing true EA. You'll have provided value that you can point to and established a level of credibility that's key to have for EA.<BR/><BR/>On a side note, I'm providing a link to your blog from mine. I think they're similar in focus. Nice work.<BR/><BR/>jasonbaxter.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>JasonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com