IDC PeerScape: Practices for Enterprise Architecture Frameworks

IDC PeerScape Figure

• Figure: IDC PeerScape: Enterprise Architecture — Practices to Implement and Optimize EA Frameworks

Executive Summary

Peer Insights

• Practice 1: Adapt or Change Parts of the Framework That Don't Work Well in Your Environment

• Challenge

• Examples

• Shell

• Delta Dental

• ING

• State of North Carolina

• Guidance

• Practice 2: Augment Your EA Framework with Tools to Fill in the Gaps and Improve Usability

• Challenge

• Examples

• State of North Carolina

• Delta Dental

• Shell

• Guidance

• Practice 3: Employ an Effective Architecture Review Board to Act as a Valuable Series of Checks and Balances

• Challenge

• Examples

• Delta Dental

• ING

• Shell

• State of North Carolina

• Guidance

• Practice 4: Periodically Review Your EA Framework for Relevance and Fit for Purpose

• Challenge

• Examples

• State of North Carolina

• Delta Dental

• Guidance