Michel Sauvage, Business Architect at CIMPA, a subsidiary of Sopra Steria specializing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) services, presented how digital continuity is used for strategic advantage at Airbus and other manufacturers during our 2018 annual enterprise architecture conference.

We’re thrilled to congratulate our customer Ford Motor Company for being a recipient of the 2019 Forrester/InfoWorld Enterprise Architecture Award.

In our first post “Origins of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks”, we discussed the origination of frameworks and the context for enterprise architecture frameworks, but in the enterprises of today, digital transformation, technological disruption, and business agility have forced frameworks to evolve. Traditional Enterprise Architecture and the frameworks that support it have been shaken to their core by the need to not only keep up with the pace of change, but to predict, facilitate, and leverage that change to the advantage of the business. That is what is expected of the enterprise architecture function today: enterprise architects expect a framework that helps them live up to those expectations…or face extinction.

How does enterprise architecture help companies manage risk?   

Outgrowing things happen all the time in life, it’s part of maturing, growing up, and general life changes. Just like in life, organizations mature, develop, and grow and, as such their needs change. As easily and as commonly as people can outgrow homes, jobs, and clothing, organizations can outgrow enterprise architecture (EA) tools. This isn’t a bad thing, but it’s something you can’t ignore and need to address. Let’s review the signs your organization has outgrown your current EA point solution or Excel, Visio, or PowerPoint and need a new, more robust tool.

How does enterprise architecture enable Agile?   How can companies ensure their projects are on-strategy?  Should Agile teams have a resident enterprise architect?