Gartner Identifies Ten (very obvious) Enterprise Architecture Pitfalls

A new press release from Gartner Identifies Ten Enterprise Architecture Pitfalls. The list seems like a standard checklist of project/program governance & covers the obvious basics.

1. EA Leadership - get someone with communications skills, not a tech focus!
2. Stakeholders - duh!
3. Business Engagement - see above
4. Don't just focus on technical domain - consider business and information context too
5. Focus on end-state - rather than spend an age documenting the current mess
6. Don't let EA become an ivory tower - ensure the work with business and technical folk
7. Measure it
8. Don't focus on business units or boxes - how about processes and integration!
9. Governance - get this sorted before starting the process, duh!
10. Communication is important

I suppose this is a good summary, but it's hardly earth-shattering news or anything innovative.