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Creating an EA organization

Creating an EA organization

- One of the first questions to ask when building your EA team is, are you starting from scratch? Do you currently have any architects? Keep in mind that an architectural title doesn't always mean a formal architectural background. Unfortunately, the title architect is often conveyed on senior developers to recognize their seniority, which can be confusing for hiring managers. The architect title doesn't necessarily relate to specific architectural training and experience. Senior developers with the architect title may be doing a sort of de facto application architecture, but they are unlikely to be doing it in a formal, structured way. They may be performing more as technical leads, spending the majority of their time writing code with little focus on architecture. If you do have a team of architects with a formalized process that includes frameworks like Zachman or TOGAF and practices like peer review, then you're really in…

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