Progress With Business And Information Architecture Leads To Increased EA Support

Enterprise architects face an ironic dilemma: On the one hand, the general perception of EA's value is on the rise. How do we know? Research shows that EA reporting relationships are moving from infrastructure- or application-development-based implementations to CxO-level reporting. Plus, EA's charter is shifting from technology-only concerns to a mandate to address strategic business issues. On the other hand, in any given environment, one of the EA team's leading goals for 2010 is improving the perception of EA's value, especially for business stakeholders. Will EAs find the solution in yet another metaphor-rich slide presentation? No! Recent Forrester survey data shows that the best way to improve the perception of EA's value is to make material progress in the business architecture domain or the information architecture domain.