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Enterprise Architects are practitioners of Enterprise architecture; an information technology discipline that operates within large enterprises.

Role of Enterprise Architects

Enterprise Architects build enterprise-wide approaches to IT architecture that addresses the changing needs of businesses. They operate across "organisational siloes" to drive common approaches and expose an organisation's information assetts and processes across the enterprise.

Enterprise Architects are like city planners, providing the roadmaps and regulations that a city uses to manage its growth and provide services to its citizens.

Duties of Enterprise Architects

• Optimisation of information management approaches through an understanding of evolving business needs and technology capabilities.
• Promotion of shared infrastructure and applications to reduce costs and improve information flows.
• Management of the risks associated with information and IT assets through appropriate standards and security policies.
• Directly or indirect involvment in the development of policies, standards and guidelines that direct the selection, development, implementation and use of Information Technology within the enterprise.

References

• Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments

• Organizational studies and human resource management
• Computer science
• Information science
• Information technology management