Executive Architecture Review (E.A.R.)
The diagnostic front door to Executive Architecture: an evidence-based assessment of where a business depends on individuals.
Definition
The Executive Architecture Review (E.A.R.) is the diagnostic phase of Executive Architecture: a systematic, evidence-based assessment of how an organization senses, processes, evaluates, chooses, translates, replicates and adapts, independent of individuals.
The question it answers
What is the current enterprise architecture, where are the gaps, and what requires deeper review?
What the E.A.R. determines
- What exists
- What actually happens
- Where the architecture breaks
- What is dependent on individuals
- Which gaps are validated
- What requires deeper architectural work
What it does not do
- It does not implement. It diagnoses, and implementation follows.
- It does not solve symptoms directly. It identifies root causes.
- It does not replace governance. It informs governance.
- It does not prescribe technology. It defines requirements.
The principle behind it
We do not know what should be fixed because we do not yet know the architecture. Prescription without diagnosis is architectural malpractice.
The E.A.R. does not presume any particular solution. The architecture determines the intervention, and the review can end without an intervention at all.
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