Maturing EA capability within a business. Send comments to mogorosi@descartes.co.za

1. EA Maturity Roadmap
MS Monama, Togaf 9

2. EA Maturity Roadmap
Standards and frameworks
Processes, tools, and training
Documenting business
Project advisory
Business
advisory,
innovation, &
benchmarking
Improve
effectiveness of
business
transformation
Year 1
• EA capability development
• Enterprise documentation &
baselining projects
Year 2
• Industry partnering model
• Strategy houses, research houses, etc.
• Business transformation model review
• Strategy, portfolio planning, & projects
• Aligning IT to transformation
programme
• Capability modeling & analysis
Year 3+
• Relocate EA to corporate
Strategy & Planning function
• Use EA paradigms to enable
further transformation

3. Year 1
Building EA capability
• Training
• Tooling
• Processes
• Governance
Documenting the enterprise
• Document business model
• Document operating model
• Process models, organization, applications, etc.
• Mature information sharing capability
Project advisory
• Align project deliverables with EA models
• Align solution architectures with EA
• Active involvement in project initiation
• Provide general governance
Business engagement
• Relationships with business units
• Regular information sharing sessions
• Appoint dedicated business RMs

4. Year 2
Industry partnering
• Specialized research
• Frost & Sullivan, E&Y, KPMG, etc.
• Strategy consulting houses
• Booz & Co, McKinsey & Co, Bain & Co, etc.
Benchmarking
• Industry shows, fairs, conferences, webinars
• Mature case study review and analysis
Transformation advisory
• Participate in business strategy & planning
• Advisory on business transformation
• Align strategy, portfolio planning, & projects
• Use benchmarking and industry inputs to
influence transformation programme.
Business relationship capability
• Building relationships Ithala business units
• Regular information sharing sessions
• Sessions with research firms
• Sessions with strategy houses