Enterprise Architects can be key in tough times

Yesterday, we told you that enterprise architects are vital to an organization for many reasons.

Today, Forrester released a study stating that enterprise architects could be a valuable asset for today’s businesses given the current economic downturn. The report, detailed here at CIO, states that during this economic hardship, executives will look closely at IT and judge the value of their investments. Enterprise architects can show the executives the areas of the IT departments that can be can be let go as well as the valuable ones.

Enterprise architects should be encouraging executives to prioritize, cost quantified list of the low-impact items available for cuts, the most important things not to cust and the most valuable places to invest any remaining funds.

Another important warning from the report: Technology strategies not only had to be aligned with business goals, but that the business charges them with spotting “game-changing” technologies” and leading their organization.

It is also imperative for the enterprise architect to be a business person above all, as the technology strategies should be aligned with business goals, and the architects should lead their organization when it comes to new technologies.