EA Dimension # Sub-Dimension

1
Board BuyIn
2 CEO BuyIn
3 Other CxOs BuyIn

4 CTO BuyIn

5 CIO BuyIn

6 Strategy & Planning Head

7 Lead EA Quality

8 Associate EA Staffing Adequacy

People
9 Enterprise Integration Architect

10 Enterprise Information Architect

11 Enterprise Infrastructure Architect

12 Enterprise Application Architect

13 Enterprise Business Analyst

14 Project Architects Staffing Adequacy

15 Project BA Staffing Adequacy

1 Enterprise Technology Framework template

2 EA Fit-Gap Analysis and Plan Template

3 Architecture Impact Assessment Template

4 Infrastructure register

5 Applications and services register

6 Technology Selection template

7 EA Artefacts Repository

Artifacts
 8 HLBRS and LLBRS templates
Artifacts
9 HLD Template

10 Detailed Design Template

11 Test Design Template

12 All other SDLC templates

13 ARB Review template

14 Design Authority Review template

15 B2O scoring template

1 Defined EA Process
2 RACI Matrix for EA Delivery
3 Defined ARB Process

4 Defined Design Authority Process

5 Defined Strategy & Planning Process

6 Defined RoI and Business Case Process

Processes 7 Mature SDLC with gates for all changes

8 Post-deployment EA feedback process
9 Tool to capture all enterprise changes
10 EA Framework coverage in scope and time
11 Process coverage for business partners
12 Process coverage for all IT partners
13 Board-level support for EA escalations

14 Long-term cyclical EA review process

EA Maturity 440
Rating
EA Maturity 440
Rating
Parameters
Have the benefits of an EA Practice been formally presented to the board of directors and gained their
support?
Does the CEO accept the value of EA and support its implementation and process?
Do the CFO, CMO, CSO, CDO, etc., understand the benefits of EA for their domains and participate actively in
it?
Does the Chief Technology Officer (a more familiar role now, senior to the CIO) champion and perhaps sponsor
the EA Practice?
Does the Chief Information Officer (who may also act as the CTO) champion and perhaps sponsor the EA
Practice?
Does the organisation have an IT Strategy Leader reporting to the CTO or CIO? Does the person support and
use an Enterprise Architecture Practice to formulate and govern a strategy?

Is there a Chief Enterprise Architect, and what is the person's EA experience, certifications, track record, etc?
Does the EA team have one or two Enterprise Architects besides the Chief EA (if it is a large organisation with
substantial IT)?
Does the EA team have a specialised Integration Architect to lay down integration guidelines and govern their
application?
Does the EA team have a specialised Information Architect to lay down data and information guidelines and
govern their application?
Does the EA team have a specialised Infrastructure Architect to lay down infra guidelines and govern their
application?
Does the EA team have a specialised Application Architect to lay down application architecture and technology
guidelines and govern their application?
Does the EA team have a specialised Business Analyst to work with business domain leaders and capture their
immediate, mid-term, and long-term needs and wants?
Do the delivery project teams have certified and experienced solution architects for high-quality architecture
and working with EA personnel, artefacts, and methods?
Do the delivery project teams have experienced Business Analysts for high-quality requirement gathering and
working with EA personnel, artefacts, and methods?
Total
Is there a core current-state EA artefact that maps every business domain and sub-domain to the IT systems
that enable its use cases, including the software, hardware, network, architecture, technology, actors,
operations, etc? and standard template for performing and capturing an EA Fit-Gap Analysis and
Is there a mature
transformation plan?
Is there a standard template for the objective assessment of the Architectural Impact of all changes to identify
those that need EA governance?
Is a comprehensive and up-to-date registry maintained of all the hardware and middleware used for IT, with
technical details, quantities, application mapping, life cycle dates, support arrangements, etc?
Is a comprehensive and up-to-date registry maintained of all the applications and services used for IT, with
technical details, sizing, use case mapping, life cycle dates, support arrangements, etc?
Is there a mature template for objectively comparing and selecting Information Technology software,
hardware, and partners?
Are all EA documents stored centrally with an intuitive hierarchy and accessible to all stakeholders?
Are there standard high-quality templates for business use case-driven High Level and Low-Level Business
Requirement Specifications?
Is there a standard and comprehensive High-Level Architecture Design template with sections for Technical
Requirements, Context Diagram, Architecture Decisions, Overview Diagrams, Component Descriptions,
Sequence Diagrams, Interface and Service descriptions, Deployment and Operations architecture, etc?
Do projects use a standard Detailed Solution Design Template that will ensure design quality and implement
architectural directions?
Is there a mature and formally used test case design template to meet functional and non-functional business
requirements at all levels?
Do change projects apply other mature and standard templates for project management, financial
management, problem root-cause analysis, operations management, etc?
Is there a comprehensive template for the Architecture Review Board to consider opportunities and problems
and update EA policies and guidelines?
Is there a comprehensive template for the Design Authority (an EA or EA-appointed senior architect) to review
project solution architectures for their fitness for requirements, quality, and adherence to EA principles,
policies, and guidelines?
Is there a check for all-around readiness before a change moves from Build to Operations (B2O), including a
veto score for actions coming out of EA Design Authority reviews?
Total

Is there a well-defined, business-aligned, and implemented process for EA guidance, strategy, and governance?
Are the roles and responsibilities clearly defined and agreed upon for all the actors involved in EA delivery?
Has an Architecture Review Board been set up with well-defined responsibilities covering principles, policies,
and guidelines for enterprise architecture and technology, as well as support and intervention for the EA
process?
Is there a well-defined and implemented Design Authority process to bridge EA with solution design, delivery,
and operations through timely and artefact-based reviews and go/no-go gates?
Is there a well-defined and mature process for considering business needs, analysing the current state of
architecture, deciding the future state, and making a plan for the transition?
Is there a mature and formal method to make the business case for Enterprise Architecture changes in
response to business needs?
Is there a well-defined and consistently executed Software (or Solution) Delivery Life Cycle into which the EA
method can be blended?
Does the EA process get and act on feedback from solutions in production to improve the EA and EA Practice?
How does the enterprise funnel and manage all its small and large changes? What tooling is used for it? What
dimensions required for EA delivery are captured in it?
Are all enterprise opportunities, problems, and changes continuously funnelled through the EA process?
Does the EA Practice cover the large ecosystem of IT across business partners?
Does the EA Practice cover the large ecosystem of IT across technology partners?
In case of deadlocks between EA and delivery decisions that management cannot resolve, does the board
intervene with default support for EA?
Are Enterprise Architecture outcomes reviewed yearly or every two years, and is the EA and EA Practice
improved?
Total

Mature: 300 - 440

Developed: 200 - 299

Developed: 200 - 299

Basic: 100 - 199

Initial: 10 - 99
Score (out
of 10) Notes

10
10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10
150

10
10

10

10

10

10
10
 10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10
150

10
10

10

10

10

10

10
10

10
10
10
10

10

10
140
EA Dimension # Sub-Dimension
1
Board BuyIn
2 CEO BuyIn
3 Other CxOs BuyIn

4 CTO BuyIn

5 CIO BuyIn

6 Strategy & Planning Head

7 Lead EA Quality

8 Associate EA Staffing Adequacy

People
9 Enterprise Integration Architect

10 Enterprise Information Architect

11 Enterprise Infrastructure Architect

12 Enterprise Application Architect

13 Enterprise Business Analyst

14 Project Architects Staffing Adequacy

15 Project BA Staffing Adequacy

1 Enterprise Technology Framework template

2 EA Fit-Gap Analysis and Plan Template

3 Architecture Impact Assessment Template

4 Infrastructure register

5 Applications and services register

6 Technology Selection template

7 EA Artefacts Repository

Artifacts
 8 HLBRS and LLBRS templates
Artifacts
9 HLD Template

10 Detailed Design Template

11 Test Design Template

12 All other SDLC templates

13 ARB Review template

14 Design Authority Review template

15 B2O scoring template

1 Defined EA Process
2 RACI Matrix for EA Delivery
3 Defined ARB Process

4 Defined Design Authority Process

5 Defined Strategy & Planning Process

6 Defined RoI and Business Case Process

Processes 7 Mature SDLC with gates for all changes

8 Post-deployment EA feedback process
9 Tool to capture all enterprise changes
10 EA Framework coverage in scope and time
11 Process coverage for business partners
12 Process coverage for all IT partners
13 Board-level support for EA escalations

14 Long-term cyclical EA review process

EA Maturity 440
Rating
EA Maturity 440
Rating
Parameters
Have the benefits of an EA Practice been formally presented to the board of directors and gained their
support?
Does the CEO accept the value of EA and support its implementation and process?
Do the CFO, CMO, CSO, CDO, etc., understand the benefits of EA for their domains and participate actively in
it?
Does the Chief Technology Officer (a more familiar role now, senior to the CIO) champion and perhaps sponsor
the EA Practice?
Does the Chief Information Officer (who may also act as the CTO) champion and perhaps sponsor the EA
Practice?
Does the organisation have an IT Strategy Leader reporting to the CTO or CIO? Does the person support and
use an Enterprise Architecture Practice to formulate and govern a strategy?

Is there a Chief Enterprise Architect, and what is the person's EA experience, certifications, track record, etc?
Does the EA team have one or two Enterprise Architects besides the Chief EA (if it is a large organisation with
substantial IT)?
Does the EA team have a specialised Integration Architect to lay down integration guidelines and govern their
application?
Does the EA team have a specialised Information Architect to lay down data and information guidelines and
govern their application?
Does the EA team have a specialised Infrastructure Architect to lay down infra guidelines and govern their
application?
Does the EA team have a specialised Application Architect to lay down application architecture and technology
guidelines and govern their application?
Does the EA team have a specialised Business Analyst to work with business domain leaders and capture their
immediate, mid-term, and long-term needs and wants?
Do the delivery project teams have certified and experienced solution architects for high-quality architecture
and working with EA personnel, artefacts, and methods?
Do the delivery project teams have experienced Business Analysts for high-quality requirement gathering and
working with EA personnel, artefacts, and methods?
Total
Is there a core current-state EA artefact that maps every business domain and sub-domain to the IT systems
that enable its use cases, including the software, hardware, network, architecture, technology, actors,
operations, etc? and standard template for performing and capturing an EA Fit-Gap Analysis and
Is there a mature
transformation plan?
Is there a standard template for the objective assessment of the Architectural Impact of all changes to identify
those that need EA governance?
Is a comprehensive and up-to-date registry maintained of all the hardware and middleware used for IT, with
technical details, quantities, application mapping, life cycle dates, support arrangements, etc?
Is a comprehensive and up-to-date registry maintained of all the applications and services used for IT, with
technical details, sizing, use case mapping, life cycle dates, support arrangements, etc?
Is there a mature template for objectively comparing and selecting Information Technology software,
hardware, and partners?
Are all EA documents stored centrally with an intuitive hierarchy and accessible to all stakeholders?
Are there standard high-quality templates for business use case-driven High Level and Low-Level Business
Requirement Specifications?
Is there a standard and comprehensive High-Level Architecture Design template with sections for Technical
Requirements, Context Diagram, Architecture Decisions, Overview Diagrams, Component Descriptions,
Sequence Diagrams, Interface and Service descriptions, Deployment and Operations architecture, etc?
Do projects use a standard Detailed Solution Design Template that will ensure design quality and implement
architectural directions?
Is there a mature and formally used test case design template to meet functional and non-functional business
requirements at all levels?
Do change projects apply other mature and standard templates for project management, financial
management, problem root-cause analysis, operations management, etc?
Is there a comprehensive template for the Architecture Review Board to consider opportunities and problems
and update EA policies and guidelines?
Is there a comprehensive template for the Design Authority (an EA or EA-appointed senior architect) to review
project solution architectures for their fitness for requirements, quality, and adherence to EA principles,
policies, and guidelines?
Is there a check for all-around readiness before a change moves from Build to Operations (B2O), including a
veto score for actions coming out of EA Design Authority reviews?
Total

Is there a well-defined, business-aligned, and implemented process for EA guidance, strategy, and governance?
Are the roles and responsibilities clearly defined and agreed upon for all the actors involved in EA delivery?
Has an Architecture Review Board been set up with well-defined responsibilities covering principles, policies,
and guidelines for enterprise architecture and technology, as well as support and intervention for the EA
process?
Is there a well-defined and implemented Design Authority process to bridge EA with solution design, delivery,
and operations through timely and artefact-based reviews and go/no-go gates?
Is there a well-defined and mature process for considering business needs, analysing the current state of
architecture, deciding the future state, and making a plan for the transition?
Is there a mature and formal method to make the business case for Enterprise Architecture changes in
response to business needs?
Is there a well-defined and consistently executed Software (or Solution) Delivery Life Cycle into which the EA
method can be blended?
Does the EA process get and act on feedback from solutions in production to improve the EA and EA Practice?
How does the enterprise funnel and manage all its small and large changes? What tooling is used for it? What
dimensions required for EA delivery are captured in it?
Are all enterprise opportunities, problems, and changes continuously funnelled through the EA process?
Does the EA Practice cover the large ecosystem of IT across business partners?
Does the EA Practice cover the large ecosystem of IT across technology partners?
In case of deadlocks between EA and delivery decisions that management cannot resolve, does the board
intervene with default support for EA?
Are Enterprise Architecture outcomes reviewed yearly or every two years, and is the EA and EA Practice
improved?
Total

Mature: 300 - 440

Developed: 200 - 299

Developed: 200 - 299

Basic: 100 - 199

Initial: 10 - 99
Score (out
of 10) Notes

10
10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10
150

10
10

10

10

10

10
10
 10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10
150

10
10

10

10

10

10

10
10

10
10
10
10

10

10
140