10 tips to create successful enterprise architecture.

1)      Don’t proceed without a champion. Don’t go through the process without back up from management. Find a way to make awareness in the enterprise for the EA need.

2)      You need the Champ to understand the objective. You cant move forward without objectives.

3)      Don’t take shortcuts. You need to do all the work. There is no rational to go through the process without business baseline, for example.

4)      It’s ok to focus on selected view. If you find a view that is curtail focus on it.

5)      “Enterprise” is relative. Keep in mind that enterprise could be complex structure or simple on. Their structure affects the project.

6)      Produce interim deliveries. Without those deliveries you loose the management, users and may come out with wrong architecture.

7)      Formal authority is not essential. You can go up by working from the button up and create your champion.

8)      Customers include developers. Don’t forget to involve the programmers that need to develop the systems.   

9)      Common sense and judgment. Don’t forget to use them frameworks don’t replace common sense and your judgment.

10)  Leadership is crucial. You can’t go through this process without strong leadership.