{"id":11391,"date":"2022-04-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=11391"},"modified":"2021-08-22T12:44:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T20:44:20","slug":"enterprise-architects-complexity-and-speed-of-technology-change-make-ea-role-more-important-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/enterprise-architects-complexity-and-speed-of-technology-change-make-ea-role-more-important-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Enterprise Architects: Complexity and Speed of Technology Change Make the EA Role More Important Than Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enterprise Architects (EAs) analyze and communicate how to most effectively get business and technology sides of an enterprise to work together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enterprise Architects contribute in the following areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ensure the objectives of Business and Technology teams are in sync and communicated consistently <\/li><li>Provide input into business decisions and are able to explain how decisions will impact both Business and Technology  <\/li><li>Synthesize complex information about requirements, process, applications and technology to build models that can communicate effective strategies<\/li><li>Communicate and collaborate with stakeholders, business leaders, and technology leaders<\/li><li>Document and maintain a history of strategy, decisions, and rationale that is available to both business and technology teams<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As technology becomes increasingly important for businesses, the role of Enterprise Architect is growing in importance and evolving in complexity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eric-drobisewski-85300888\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eric-drobisewski-85300888\/\">Eric Drobisewksi<\/a>, Senior Architect at Liberty Mutual Insurance,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redhat.com\/architect\/architect-role-evolving\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.redhat.com\/architect\/architect-role-evolving\"> told technology writer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprisersproject.com\/user\/kevin-casey\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/enterprisersproject.com\/user\/kevin-casey\">Kevin Casey<\/a> in a piece for Redhat that &#8220;the velocity at which technology moves, coupled with rapidly evolving customer expectations, requires an Architect to be more forward-looking and adaptable than ever before. The intentional architectures of the past, with their large amounts of preparation and planning, no longer fit today&#8217;s pace of technology\u2014they will be outdated before they are ever implemented. The waves of technology change are coming faster and faster, and today&#8217;s Architects need to be equipped to enable incubation and exploration of new technology. 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