Select an EA Tool Based on Business and User Need
Not all EA tools are made the same.
- A mature EA function is increasingly becoming an organizational priority to drive innovation, provide insight, and define digital capabilities.
- Proliferation of digital technology has increased complexity, straining the EA function to deliver insights.
- An EA tool increases the efficiency with which the EA function can deliver insights, but a large number of organizations have not a selected an EA tool that suits their needs.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- EA tool value largely comes from tying organizational context and requirements to the selection process.
- Organizations that have selected an EA tool often fail to have it adopted and show its true value. To ensure successful adoption and value delivery, the EA tool selection process must account for the needs of business stakeholders and tool users.
Impact and Result
- Link the need for the EA tool to your organization’s EA value proposition. The connection enables the EA tool to address the future needs of stakeholders and the design style of the EA team.
- Use Info-Tech’s EA Solution Recommendation Tool to create a shortlist of EA tools that is suited to the preferences of the organization.
- Gather additional information on the shortlist of EA tool vendors to narrow down the selection using the EA Tool Request for Information Template.
Member Testimonials
After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this blueprint and what our clients have to say.
Client
Experience
Impact
$ Saved
Days Saved
Atrium Health
Guided Implementation
10/10
$62,999
18
Milena is very professional and knowledgeable enterprise architect. She provided me very valuable insights that I can pursue to investigate further... Read More
Tri-Angular Consulting LLC
Guided Implementation
10/10
$2,479
1
I loved getting to bounce my ideas and needs off such an experienced individual.
Office of Information Services for Oregon Health Authority (OHA) & Department of Human Services (DHS)
Guided Implementation
6/10
$2,419
2
We wish InfoTech was able to share the vendor survey results with us, like other research entities we use. That information would've been a huge help.
Office of Information Services for Oregon Health Authority (OHA) & Department of Human Services (DHS)
Guided Implementation
9/10
$2,546
5
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What Is a Blueprint?
A blueprint is designed to be a roadmap, containing a methodology and the tools and templates you need to solve your IT problems.
Each blueprint can be accompanied by a Guided Implementation that provides you access to our world-class analysts to help you get through the project.
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Get the help you need in this 3-phase advisory process. You'll receive 4 touchpoints with our researchers, all included in your membership.
Guided Implementation 1: Make the case
- Call 1: Make a decision on EA tool investment and gather requirements
Guided Implementation 2: Shortlist EA tools
- Call 1: Review gathered requirements and recommendation process
Guided Implementation 3: Select and communicate the process
- Call 1: Conduct information gathering on shortlisted vendors
- Call 2: Finalize selection and communicate the process
Contributors
- Alessandro (Alex) Rosiglioni, Enterprise Architect, Entergy Services Inc.
- Bruce Chernoff, Enterprise Architect, Greystone Managed Investment Inc.
- Djamel DjeMaoun, Senior Enterprise Architect, CBC/Radio-Canada
- Dave Keifer, Enterprise Architect, Christiana Care Health System
- Huw Morgan, IT Research Executive, Enterprise Architect
- Kevin MacLean, Enterprise Architect, Macklin Information Resources Inc.
- Michael Fulton, Chief Digital Officer & Senior IT Strategy & Architecture Consultant at CC and C Solutions
- Prashanth Pushpagiri, Enterprise Architect, Entergy Services Inc.
- Russ Derouin, Enterprise Architect, Save-on-Foods
- Yasin Alsagoff, Senior Manager, Enterprise IT Architecture, Kamehameha Schools
- 5 additional anonymous contributors
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Select an EA Tool Based on Business and User Need