Path to Become an Enterprise Architect

Praba Siva, in this blog post, created an excellent chart for the path that an individual should follow to become an enterprise architect. He details what type of positions you should hold, for how long, the skill sets learned from each position, as well as what the next steps and positions should be. (Click on diagram to see a larger version)

Alan Inglis, in this blog post, discusses the above chart. He comments that he would add a business entry point, and would also like to see an entry point from an “information or data perspective”.

What are your thoughts? Is there anything else you would add to build on these two authors viewpoints?

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Excellence in Enterprise Architecture

In a recent post by Nick Malik, he details how he was asked a question about whether or not Microsoft provides “internal support to create an Enterprsie Architecture program.” Upon reflection, Malik felt that, yes Microsoft does support the EA team. He also remarked on his definition of what constitutes excellence:

Excellent, to me, means that the effort is tailored to the needs of the business. That includes business strategy, business structure, and corporate culture.

His opinion is that this definition of excellence is different for everyone. Do you think there is a common way to define it? And what would you define as attaining excellence for an enterprise architecture program?

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