The organization that I work for is fortunate to have an Enterprise Architect role. While not every organization has a dedicated team for the particular role, the role is essential to ensure alignment of system enhancement being delivered by a project with the overall system architecture of the organization.
In my organization, the enterprise architect is involved since the early stage of a project, namely to define the most suitable solution for a business requirement. In most cases, the involvement of an enterprise architect is as early as during initiative assessment, even before the initiative is approved to become a project. With this early stage involvement of enterprise architect, the organization can achieve higher system integrity and effectiveness.
Once the project is running, the enterprise architect assigned to the project will organize the necessary forums to decide the best solution among some possible options. The forums are attended by all IT department heads and higher level management to secure a concise decision. Prior to the meetings, the assigned enterprise architect would do the necessary research and perform a thorough assessment in order to come up with a meaningful solution options for the forum members to discuss.
In addition to project delivery, enterprise architect team is also playing a vital role in the formulation of IT strategy and IT roadmap in alignment with the organization's strategy. With a deep understanding of best solution in the industry, the team will provide a resourceful insight to possible IT developments and system enhancements necessary to achieve business goals. Having said that, it is very important for an enterprise architect to keep herself up-to-date with the new technology development and new solutions available in the market.
Edwin
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