the presentation that I gave to the EARF community on the 30th of January 2012

1. 3 SCHOOLS OF
THOUGHT ON
ENTERPRISE
ARCHITECTURE
James Lapalme PhD.

2. I’m a researcher and consultant
 Roles
 EA - 2006 (6yrs)
 SA - 2003 (9yrs)
 DEV - 1999 (13 yrs)
 Sectors
 Banking/Investment
 Transportation
 Utilities
 Telecom
 E-Learning
 PhD, MSc and BSc In Comp.
Sci. University of Montréal
Software Engineering and
Heterogonous Systems Design
 MA In Human Systems
Intervention Concordia
University
Organizational Effectiveness,
Learning and Transformation
Experience Education

3. I’m interested in Praxis
"There is nothing so practical as a
good theory.“ - Kurt Lewin
"If you want truly to understand
something, try to change it.“ - Kurt
Lewin

4. Warning : Language assumption!
 Enterprise = Organization
 All organization have an enterprise; all
enterprises are untaken by an organization.
 IT = IS
 In Canada, few distinguish between IT and IS.

5. Why : Explore, Explain and
Provoke
IT Challenges EA Challenges
Source: Standish 2009
• Misalignment with business objectives
• Low interdepartmental communication
• Resources Constraints
• High environmental change
• Low engagement
• Cultural gap between IT and business
• Lack of knowledge
• Motivation Source: Sung-Ong 2002
• Understanding of EA value
• Politics and organisational silos
• Cultural issues
• Misunderstanding of business
objectives and strategies
• Engagement Source: Gartner 2010
• 1% are hostile
• 13% ignore
• 32% unaware
• 39% accepted as « TI stuff »
• 15% actively supported
Source: Forrester 2010
High
Failure
Rate!
No
Support!
People & Organisational
Issues!
People & Organisational
Issues!

6. Belief Systems
“Everybody has beliefs !”
© 2012 James Lapalme

7. 3 Schools Of Thought on EA
Non-IT
Strategy
EA
IT
Strategy
Environment
Enterprise
Strategy
Execution
HR
Strategy
Operations
Strategy
Financial
Strategy
Other
Strategies
IT
Strategies
EA
EA
Enterprise IT Architecture
IT-Business Strategy Aligment
Enterprise Integration
Enterprise Strategy Execution
Enterprise Ecological Adaption
Enterprise Learning and Sustainabil

8. EEA
EIE
EITA
IT & Non-IT
Strategy
Alignment
Strategy &
Execution
Alignment
Strategy Formulation &
Execution
Alignment
IT
Enterprise
Enterprise-in-
environment

9. Alternative Views
Mechanistic
Systemic
Closed
System
Open
System
EEAEI
EITA
EEA
EI
EITA
Non-IT
Strategy
Alignment
Non-IT Strategy
Execution
Alignment
Non-IT
Strategy
Formulation
IT
Strategy
Alignment
IT Strategy
Execution
Alignment
IT Strategy
Formulation

10. Overview – Belief Systems

11. EITA Beliefs
• Reductionism
• Closed System
• Determinism
• Universalism

12. EI Beliefs
• Holism
• Closed System
• Determinism
• Universalism

13. EEA Beliefs
• Holism
• Open System
• Indeterminism
• Contextualism

14. Overview – Insights & Limitations

15. What was this about again ?
This is not about Enterprise Architecture;
this is about Enterprise Architects!

16. Future - KPIs
School Objectif KPIs
EITA
IT Cost Reduction
Reduction in IT Recurring Costs
Model Creations
Business Enablement
Delivered Solutions (BC)
Business Appreciation of IT foresight
Quicker Delivery
IT Portfolio Management
Operation Execution Identification and Solutioning of ongoing IT problems
EI
Effective Strategy Implementation
Holistic Solutions
Implementation Oversight
Organizational Coherency
Identification and Assessment on Incoherencies
Work Statisfaction
Resolution of Incoherencies
EEA
Innovation
New products and Services
New ideas
Organizational Coherency
Identification and Assessment on Incoherencies
Work Statisfaction
Resolution of Incoherencies
Coevolution
Identification of Opportunities
Intervention on Opportunities
Continous Growth
Sustainable Growth (triple bottom line)

17. Questions ?