Executive Report

EA Roadmaps and Strategic Vectors

Posted September 10, 2014 | Technology |

Roadmaps are one of the core tools that enterprise architects use. In this Executive Report, we examine contemporary EA use of the key types of roadmaps. We explore best practices for the presentation of roadmaps and explain how roadmaps relate to other EA deliverables. We also show how roadmaps are used to communicate with all types of stakeholders — from executive-level leaders to senior decision makers, from business and IT management to IT operations and development and to portfolio and project management teams. Finally, the report examines how roadmaps address architecture partitioning and multiple levels of architecture planning as well as how roadmaps relate to strategic vectors and the delivery of business value

About The Author
Roger Evernden
Roger Evernden has been an enterprise architect since 1984, specializing in the highly practical use of EA to manage organizational transformation. Mr. Evernden acts as advisor, mentor, and coach on EA initiatives, leads training workshops, and writes regularly about strategy and architecture. He provides a unique combination of training and tools to help architects and their teams throughout an EA program and at each capability level. Mr.… Read More
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