Five Trends That Will Shape The EA Profession In 2008

In 2008, enterprise architects will find themselves at the center of a struggle to change their organizations into significantly more agile enterprises. As solution delivery morphs from traditional in-house custom development to the integration of an amalgam of components, architects will realize that they need more than a service-oriented architecture (SOA) strategy. They will need an integrated approach to mapping out the full vision for their architectures and solutions. And they will need to rapidly develop new skills, tap into new talent, and leverage new toolsets to accommodate the increasing scope of EA initiatives.