EA | IN ACTION
Through professional experience, personal observation, and judgment, EA advises on investments, opportunities, and risks:
Organizational Context
Impacting the formal structure, work management practices, human resource policies, leadership, and culture
Corporate Vision
Mapping and alignment with the mission, objectives, goals, tactics, and strategies
Value Chains
Strengthening alliances, capabilities, services, and processes by determining the return on technology investments.
Plan
Rationalizing roadmap investments with respect to capabilities, resources, and competencies
Marketplace
Recognizing internal and external competitive forces that determine the product/service offerings and their relationship
Language
Defining the glossary, taxonomies, concepts, patterns, and references used to frame the organization
EA | CAPABILITIES
Business Alignment
Enables alignment with business strategic intent.
Technology Vision
Clearly defines & communicates strategic direction for technology
Transformation
Ensures technology lifecycle is managed according to future state architecture
Architecture Governance
Actively facilitates and governs change for the enterprise
Risk Management
Defines, communicates and mitigates technology and architecture risks in a timely manner
Investment Oversight
Capitalizes opportunities to maximize value of asset portfolio through innovation and rationalization
Architecture Management
Establishes, sustains, communicates and actively pursues EA concerns to achieve its objectives
Integration
Uses standardized interfaces, interoperation, information and connectivity practices
EA | DUTIES
STRATEGIC
Describes vision, principles, desired outcome, & roadmap for developing, documenting, maintaining, and using the enterprise architecture
ENTERPRISE MODELS
Produces models and other artifacts to describe / represent the enterprise and its components
ENTERPRISE ALIGNMENT
Develops transition and sequencing plans based on the as-is and to-be architectures
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
Establishes and executes a performance management / metrics program to measure its success
ENTERPRISE GOVERNANCE
Inform processes and structures implemented to direct, manage, and monitor the enterprise’s activities in pursuit of its objectives
FIDUCIARY PARTICIPATION
Performs architecture analyses to identify cost-benefits, performance issues & technology risk
INFLUENCE
Influences, and is influenced by, the enterprise’s business and investment planning processes
LEADERSHIP
Senior executives support, promote, and apply EA as a method to manage the business and the changes in that business
LEARNING
Embraces continuous learning and knowledge acquisition
EA | DUTIES
STRATEGIC
Describes vision, principles, desired outcome, & roadmap for developing, documenting, maintaining, and using the enterprise architecture
ENTERPRISE MODELS
Produces models and other artifacts to describe / represent the enterprise and its components
ENTERPRISE ALIGNMENT
Develops transition and sequencing plans based on the as-is and to-be architectures
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
Establishes and executes a performance management / metrics program to measure its success
ENTERPRISE GOVERNANCE
Inform processes and structures implemented to direct, manage, and monitor the enterprise’s activities in pursuit of its objectives
FIDUCIARY PARTICIPATION
Performs architecture analyses to identify cost-benefits, performance issues & technology risk
INFLUENCE
Influences, and is influenced by, the enterprise’s business and investment planning processes
LEADERSHIP
Senior executives support, promote, and apply EA as a method to manage the business and the changes in that business
LEARNING
Embraces continuous learning and knowledge acquisition
EA PROFESSION | PRINCIPLES
Serve Society Today
Enterprises, governments, and individuals have immediate and pressing need for the duties and advice of the EA Profession.
Adapt for Tomorrow
Society's needs are diverse and continually evolving; the EA Profession responds to, reflects, and anticipates these changes in tomorrows' needs.
Establish and Uphold Ethical and Professional Standards
Integrity is the bedrock on which trust and respect are built; the integrity of the EA Profession is measured by the soundness of its professional practices.
Develop an Empirical Body of Knowledge
A recognized, empirically derived body of knowledge forms the basis for EA practices, and ensures that members of the profession have a common understanding of these practices.
Demonstrate Self-Regulation
Professional autonomy is earned through the strict enforcement of ethical and professional standards; establishment of accreditation models, certification requirements, and professional registries; and through clear and compelling leadership.
Require Impartiality
Bias in judgment or action, whether for monetary, political or personal gain destroys integrity and trust; therefore it cannot be tolerated by the EA Profession.
Promote Fair and Open Competition
Respect for the Profession, mutual respect amongst practitioners of the Profession, and respect for the principles of freedom and equality necessitate reward on the basis of merit earned through honest effort and delivered value