Designing the Enterprise Architecture Function

Authors:
Bas Raadt;Hans Vliet
Affiliations:
Capgemini, Global Financial Services / Architecture & Governance Improvement, Utrecht, The Netherlands 3528 BJ;Department of Computer Science, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1081 HV
Venue:
QoSA '08 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Quality of Software-Architectures: Models and Architectures
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Enterprise Architecture (EA) is becoming an increasingly mature field of work, but many large organizations still struggle with implementing an integral and truly effective EA function. The literature provides a fragmented picture of the EA function, describing the various separate elements that make up the total package of activities, resources, skills, and competences of the EA delivery function. In our view, the EA function reaches beyond EA delivery and also includes the stakeholders, structures and processes involved with EA decision making and EA conformance. A holistic and integral view on the EA function is essential in order to properly assess an EA function on its performance, and to allow identifying the key points of improvement. In this article, we give such a description of the EA function, which provides the reference model in EA function performance assessments as part of our Normalized Architecture Organization Maturity Index (NAOMI) approach.