Somewhere along the way, Enterprise Architecture lost its essence. Not because the discipline itself was flawed, but because some practitioners drifted—chasing short-term commercial gains, aligning themselves with IT service vendors, and allowing IT programming tool companies to dictate the narrative.
Instead of focusing on how enterprises truly function, they pushed IT-centric frameworks, shaping EA into a technology governance tool rather than an enterprise-wide integration approach.
Businesses noticed....
Organizations could see the gap widening.....
They watched as certifications from so-called open and closed groups flooded the market....
yet the people carrying these credentials often failed to create real enterprise impact....
The credibility of many EA practitioners diminished......
not because EA itself was wrong, but because it had been confined to an IT function, stripped of its original purpose.......
But as we continued our work, deconstructing and deciphering the constructs of the enterprise, everything started falling into place.
Not in fragments... Not as IT stacks.,,, But as one unified structure. One Enterprise. One Anatomy.
This understanding forms the foundation of how we see Enterprise Architecture today.
It isn’t about IT governance.
It isn’t about aligning to a vendor’s methodology.
It isn’t about frameworks designed to sustain consulting or certification businesses.
It’s about understanding the enterprise at its core, about creating architecture that integrates strategy, processes, systems, and execution into a seamless whole.
The conversation must change. It already is. Enterprises no longer buy into IT-driven EA because they can see the cracks.
They know the gaps. And they are looking for answers
that go beyond IT tooling, beyond rigid frameworks, beyond certifications that mean little when they fail to translate into real-world business outcomes.
This is the discussion that needs to happen. If you’ve seen this play out firsthand, let’s talk.
If you’ve experienced the limitations of IT-centric EA, let’s explore what’s next. The future of Enterprise Architecture isn’t about what was imposed. It’s about what has always been there—waiting to be understood.