This key person should possess all the skills of a Strategic thinker, Architecture Designer, Planner, Policy Manager, Systems Engineer, Diplomat and Communicator. The Chief Enterprise Architect is the leader of the Architecture Team and is the liaison between the executive level stakeholders, the line managers of the business units and the architects that make up the Architecture Team. The committee should be made up of members representing all major business and technology divisions of the enterprise, and given the power as overseers of the Enterprise Architecture Program from a strategic point of view and to act as a liaison with the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office.Įnterprise Architect can be used to define the structure of the Steering Committee, and to provide the members of the Committee with the necessary visualizations of the architectures, so that when important decisions are required the members can be well informed and have custom views that provide relevant and necessary information about the architectures, enabling them to make informed decisions. The members of the Steering committee should have the authority to enforce the decisions and be able to provide or acquire financial, material and human resources to achieve the outcomes required. Enterprise Architecture Steering CommitteeĪn Enterprise Architecture Steering Committee is an important body that will guide and direct the Architecture program and most importantly will be the decision making body. Phases can be set up and work items can be moved through the Kanban board assigning architecture resources and viewing their progress visually. Architectures should be considered as work items that need to be monitored and their value assessed.Įnterprise Architect has powerful and flexible Kanban support that can be used to manage the creation and development of architectures.

The Chief Architect should have a budget that allows the right resources to be assigned and if necessary procured and research to be conducted where necessary to determine the best architectures. An Architecture Office should enjoy the sponsorship of the executive and should be fully budgeted and funded as a program and monitored against performance criteria.

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