{"id":4619,"date":"2017-06-07T10:57:17","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T15:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/?p=4619"},"modified":"2022-04-21T12:23:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T17:23:18","slug":"how-to-create-and-measure-a-business-focused-enterprise-architecture-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-create-and-measure-a-business-focused-enterprise-architecture-team\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create and Measure a Business Focused Enterprise Architecture Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent reports from two major research firms Gartner and Forrester reinforce our own anecdotal evidence about the challenges facing today\u2019s <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planview.com\/products-solutions\/solutions\/technology-application-portfolio-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enterprise architecture<\/a> teams and the approaches enterprise architects can take to address those challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The Forrester paper \u201cTrack your Progress Toward EA Value<a title=\"The Forrester paper \u201cTrack your Progress Toward EA Value\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planview.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201d<\/a> focuses on helping enterprise architecture teams measure their progress toward becoming business centric enterprise architecture organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The Gartner report \u201cDefine a Value Proposition for Winning Business-Outcome-Driven EA Program\u201d provides actionable steps to creating and pitching a value proposition to get business stakeholders engaged and motivated.<\/p>\n<p>These are both important topics for any enterprise architecture organization. Especially teams trying to become more business-focused and strategic. The best enterprise architecture deliverables in the world won\u2019t have much impact on business if you never get the chance to engage with them. Further, any success initially gained won\u2019t last or become routine unless you continue to improve \u2013 which requires you to measure progress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>While each research paper addresses a different capability there are three common themes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-create-and-measure-a-business-focused-enterprise-architecture-team\/#Slow_Progress\" >Slow Progress<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-create-and-measure-a-business-focused-enterprise-architecture-team\/#Customer_Satisfaction_is_Key\" >Customer Satisfaction is Key<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-to-create-and-measure-a-business-focused-enterprise-architecture-team\/#It_is_about_Business_Value\" >It is about Business Value<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Slow_Progress\"><\/span>Slow Progress<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Enterprise architecture teams are making progress in effectiveness in general but there is room for improvement in how they engage with sponsors of key business initiatives.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Customer_Satisfaction_is_Key\"><\/span>Customer Satisfaction is Key<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Whether you are making a pitch to engage a key business stakeholder with enterprise architects, or measuring your programs progress, your internal customers point of view on the enterprise architecture program needs to be captured and used.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_is_about_Business_Value\"><\/span>It is about Business Value<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At the end of the day the most important metric is<strong> business value<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d like to hear from you. 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