{"id":42304,"date":"2020-12-02T12:38:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T17:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdtimes.com\/?p=42304"},"modified":"2020-12-02T09:40:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T14:40:50","slug":"gartners-13-worst-ea-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdtimes.com\/softwaredev\/gartners-13-worst-ea-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Gartner’s 13 worst EA practices"},"content":{"rendered":"

There has been a resurgence of enterprise architecture<\/a> practices, and Gartner wants to make sure enterprises get it right this time. According to the research firm, enterprise architecture previously didn\u2019t provide any business value and \u201ccrashed and burned\u201d in 2012 is because organizations were not looking at the bigger picture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDespite best efforts, many EA programs fall from “best practices” to “worst practices.” Enterprise architecture and technology innovation leaders must be vigilant and navigate away from practices that sink EA efforts.\u201d Gartner wrote in a <\/span>post<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The top 13 worst EA practices a organization can make are:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Not linking business strategy and targeted business outcomes<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Confusing technical architecture with Enterprise Architecture<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Focussing on the current-state architecture first<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Excessive governance and overbearing assurance<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Creating a standard for everything<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Being engrossed in the art and language of EA instead of business outcomes<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Strict adherence to EA frameworks and industry reference models<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Adopting an \u201civory tower\u201d approach to EA<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Lack of continuous communication and feedback<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Restricting the EA team to IT resources only<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. Lack of key performance metrics<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. Purchasing an EA tool before understand the use cases and critical capabilities<\/span><\/li>\n
  13. Thinking that EA is ever done<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Saul Brand, senior director analyst at Gartner, points out if businesses look at the Gartner\u2019s top 8 best practices to being successful at EA, governance and assurance doesn\u2019t happen until step six. Thinking of EA as a form of guardrails is a \u201cworst practice\u201d because it makes EA a command and control practice when it should be more of a \u201ccenter of higher knowledge and knowledge sharing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

    Another worst EA practice to point out is when organizations run out and buy a tool first. \u201cThere\u2019s an old saying: \u2018a fool with a tool is still a fool,\u2019\u201d said Brand. Clients who run out and buy a tool first become obsessed with integrating and implementing it. \u201cThey forget the real purpose of enterprise architecture is that value proposition.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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