EAM governance and organisation - The EA governance model
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What is EA governance (model) good for?
An effective EA governance model is vital for delivering on EAM's promise. EA governance covers:
- governance bodies, roles, responsibilities and decision processes and rights
- guidelines, standards and references
- integration project life cycles and organisational processes and entities
What are the benefits of effective governance?
- Ensure a business mandate and involvement, with EA development driving REAL business value
- Fosters ongoing business-IT strategic alignment
- Drives the adoption of standards and strategy, which lowers the TCO
Which decision processes exist?
There are 2 decision protocols:
- majority decision
- consensus decision
And there is an exception or escalation process.
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What is important concerning guidelines, standards and reference architectures
They act as guardrails. They have to be balanced between flexibility and control. They influence projectteams. Standards are universal and provide control.
Reference architectures are generalised models.
They lead to a target state architecture.
What are the principle architecture bodies in a governance model?
- EAC - enterprise architecture council or steering committee
- ARB - architecture review board
- architecture forum
What is the urge of decision rights?
- Unless decision rights are expressly and unambiguously defined and clearly communicated, EAM is unlikely to deliver the intended value.
- They are vital to EAM effectiveness.
What is important when considering decision rights?
- The effectiveness of decision rights is largely determined by the handling of exception cases.
- It is vital to establish the exception, waiver and escalation processes.
What is the goal of guideline, standards and reference architectures?
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