{"id":10575,"date":"2021-03-05T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=10575"},"modified":"2020-12-03T09:12:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T17:12:21","slug":"worst-practices-enterprise-architecture-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/worst-practices-enterprise-architecture-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Worst Practices: Enterprise Architecture Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While usually best practices are focused on. It can be equally useful to consider the anti-patterns or ‘worst practices’ that might get you into trouble if not you’re not careful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last decade Gartner has had a list of the top 13 worst Enterprise Architecture practices<\/a> that can often lead to businesses headaches<\/a>. Here is the list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Failure to link business strategy with business goals<\/li>
  2. Confusion of technical architecture with Enterprise Architecture (EA)<\/li>
  3. Too much focus on the existing architecture<\/li>
  4. Too much governance and assurance<\/li>
  5. Too many standards<\/li>
  6. Too much focus on EA theory rather than business goals<\/li>
  7. Unwillingness to be flexible when applying EA frameworks<\/li>
  8. Appling EA in a too academic way<\/li>
  9. Lack of frequent communication<\/li>
  10. Limiting the EA team members to only IT members<\/li>
  11. Lack of key performance metrics<\/li>
  12. Using an EA tool that doesn’t match the business use cases<\/li>
  13. Not recognizing that EA is a continuous process<\/li><\/ol>\n
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    While usually best practices are focused on. It can be equally useful to consider the anti-patterns or ‘worst practices’ that might get you into trouble if not you’re not careful. Over the last decade Gartner has had a list of…<\/span><\/p>\n

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