The Common Defense: We’re Doing IT Architecture, Not EA
Most teams don’t deny Enterprise Architecture anymore. They step down from it.
...we’re not doing EA. We’re doing IT Architecture.
At first glance, that sounds reasonable. A scoped position. A focused role.
But when we examine what actually exists inside most programs, a different picture emerges.
What is being called “IT Architecture” is often:
Cloud service selection
IAM configuration
API contracts
CI/CD pipelines
Deployment automation
These are all valid activities. But they are not architecture.
Stage 1 — The Real Problem Statement
The issue is not that teams are not doing Enterprise Architecture.
The issue is:
What is being done does not qualify even as IT Architecture.
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