Week 10
Enterprise Architecture (EA), like most real change, requires strong governance to be successful. As we can see from both the Democratic and Republican parties in the current presidential race, if you don't have a unified front in governance, it can be very hard to get your message across. It can be even harder to move anyone to change if you don't have a clear message.
One way to ensure that Enterprise Architecture is enacted as intended, is to have a clear Architectural Review Board (ARB) that has the power not only to review projects for EA compliance, but also enable to ARB to enforce compliance with EA requirements. I have seen this work very effectively at my company. I am a business representative on the ARB. My responsibility is to ensure that they architects understand business impacts to any recommendations made by the ARB. I think both the architects and the business have benfited from having this connection within the ARB.
One way to ensure that Enterprise Architecture is enacted as intended, is to have a clear Architectural Review Board (ARB) that has the power not only to review projects for EA compliance, but also enable to ARB to enforce compliance with EA requirements. I have seen this work very effectively at my company. I am a business representative on the ARB. My responsibility is to ensure that they architects understand business impacts to any recommendations made by the ARB. I think both the architects and the business have benfited from having this connection within the ARB.
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