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Don’t be such a snob
I’m talking to you Chief Architect. Roll up your sleeve. Get some real work done. Leading Enterprise Architecture (EA) is not a job for...
volkerschulmeyer
May 10, 20222 min read
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EA leaders are communicators
We’ve talked about how we’d love all Enterprise Architecture (EA) core team members to be Unicorns. These are the folks in the light...
volkerschulmeyer
May 9, 20222 min read
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The EA Matrix
The below table shows my opinion of how to structure the Enterprise Architecture (EA) team. I’ve used this chart now 3 or 4 times. If I...
volkerschulmeyer
Apr 28, 20222 min read
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Unicorns
So we’ve talked about where Enterprise Architecture (EA) reports to in the organization, how EA should be structured and what EA team...
volkerschulmeyer
Apr 27, 20222 min read
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Solid or dotted line
Who do Enterprise Architects (EAs) report to has become a very lively debate. For this debate let’s take the organizational construct I...
volkerschulmeyer
Apr 26, 20222 min read
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Industry Knowledge is overrated
What does the topic of industry knowledge have to do with Enterprise Architecture organizational design? Nothing and that is the point....
volkerschulmeyer
Apr 22, 20222 min read
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Reality of EA reporting lines. Deal with it!
If you happen to have read my last two posts I was discussing the ideal reporting relationship of the head of Enterprise Architecture...
volkerschulmeyer
Apr 7, 20222 min read
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Ideal EA reporting lines
In my last post I made the point that an effective Enterprise Architecture (EA) team should be the same as a company’s Strategy team....
volkerschulmeyer
Apr 6, 20222 min read
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Why EA? = Why Strategy?
Why should companies have an Enterprise Architecture (EA) team? Ask yourself the question if you should have a centralized business...
volkerschulmeyer
Apr 5, 20222 min read
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