HQ Called the GCC an Architecture Center. But Funded It Like a Delivery Center.
- Sunil Dutt Jha
- Apr 30
- 3 min read
The Comfortable Story
Headquarters says the GCC is our architecture hub. We have 12 Enterprise Architects and Solution Architects. They work with 100 solution architects, Azure architects, cloud architects, data architects, security architects, and platform architects.
The org chart looks mature. The designations look impressive. The billing looks justified.
But when we look at the work, most of it is still implementation.
The Real Pattern
The 12 so-called EAs and SAs are not defining P1–P4. They are reviewing solution designs ((component implementation details). They are approving cloud patterns. They are aligning deployment models. They are checking API designs. They are coordinating with 29 tool and platform specialists.
This is useful. But this is not architecture. This is P5 (Implementation) coordination.
Headquarters created the illusion by putting architecture labels on implementation roles. Then it acted surprised when architecture did not deliver business value.
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