Pragmatic Enterprise Architecture

Culture

Keywords

Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Chief Enterprise Architect (CEA)

Chief Data Officer (CDO)

Chief Customer Officer (CCO)

How these characters interact and how they relate to one another is largely a function of the approach of how management organizes reporting structures, but organizational culture is the dominant factor that determines whether and how an organization comes together to work toward greater effectiveness.

Perhaps the single most significant message that the CEA can convey to the executive management team is that enterprise architecture is actually the area that determines the epigenetics of the IT organization. As such, enterprise architecture is best positioned to make the IT organization responsive and efficient in ...