The #enterprise #architect establishes a technology strategy and roadmap that enables a portfolio to support current and future #business capabilities.

They drive design, engineering, reuse, application of patterns, and create Enabler Epics for the architectures that comprise the solutions in a portfolio. Relying on continuous feedback, these architects foster adaptive design, and engineering practices, and drive programs and teams to rally around a shared technical vision.

Poor strategic technical planning, communication, and visibility can result in suboptimal systems performance, which significantly inhibits #business agility. Providing some Architectural Runway and governance enables supporting current and future needs, such as usability and behavioral constructs across the Enterprise’s solution. System and Solution Architects offer this guidance for Agile Release Trains and Solution Trains.

In Portfolio #SAFe and Full #SAFe, the architectural challenge is even more significant. Mergers and acquisitions, changes in underlying technologies, competitive differentiation, emerging standards, and other factors often push businesses in directions beyond the scope of #Agile Teams.

#Enterprise #Architects provide strategic technical direction across value Solution Trains and ARTs to ensure the organization can take advantage of emerging opportunities while responding to and mitigating threats.

Aspects of this strategy may include recommendations for the development and delivery of technology stacks, interoperability, application program interfaces (APIs), and hosting. They also apply a Customer-Centric mindset to their work when considering architectural choices. For example, APIs are an interface that benefits from the application of Design Thinking practices, such as using developer personas.

The #Enterprise #Architect is focused primarily on the following types of activities:

● Collaborating with Lean Portfolio Management to provide a high-level vision of enterprise solutions and development initiatives

● Assisting the Agile Program Management Office (APMO) and Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) to identify and design development value streams

● Helping the value streams adhere to the budget guardrails for retiring solutions (horizon 0) Participating in the strategy for building and maintaining the architectural runway via Enabler Epics

● Influencing modeling, design, and coding practices

● Promoting Continuous Delivery Pipeline and DevOps capabilities

● Collecting, generating, and analyzing innovative ideas and technologies to use across the business

● Facilitating the reuse of code, components, and proven patterns

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