4 day courseTransformation failure is more common than most leaders would like to admit. Research suggests that up to 70 percent of major change initiatives struggle to achieve their intended outcomes (McKinsey & Company, “Why Implementation Matters”, 2015). The reasons for failure include fragmented processes, disconnected systems, and unclear ownership.
Often, strategic plans are created in isolation, disconnected from the teams responsible for delivery. This disconnect creates gaps in understanding, execution delays, and misaligned investments. What’s missing is a structured approach that connects the dots, aligning strategic goals with tangible, coordinated change across the organisation. That’s the role of Enterprise Architecture.
Strategy Execution You Didn’t Know You Needed
Enterprise Architecture is not about technology infrastructure alone. It’s a business capability that enables organisations to execute on strategy through structured, scalable change. It aligns goals with operations, ensuring that capabilities, processes, data, and systems are working in unison. Furthermore, it establishes a shared context for decision-making and enables coordinated delivery across silos.
This capability empowers leadership to answer critical strategic questions:
- What capabilities are required to deliver our objectives?
- How do we sequence change for maximum impact?
- What dependencies and risks need to be managed?
These are strategic concerns. And Enterprise Architecture is how they are resolved.
How TOGAF® Turns Complexity into Capability
The TOGAF® Standard, 10th Edition, is the most widely adopted Enterprise Architecture framework globally. It provides a structured, configurable, and iterative method for defining, governing, and evolving architecture tailored to an organisation’s specific context.
At the centre of TOGAF® is the Architecture Development Method (ADM), a repeatable cycle that supports strategy execution:
- Architecture Vision: define scope, business drivers, and desired outcomes
- Business Architecture (Phase B), Information Systems Architecture (Phase C), and Technology Architecture (Phase D): define baseline and target states across each domain
- Opportunities and Solutions: identify effective delivery mechanisms
- Migration Planning: develop roadmap and transition steps
- Implementation Governance: oversee alignment through execution
- Architecture Change Management: ensure adaptability and resilience
TOGAF® supports modern enterprise needs, from Agile delivery and digital transformation to legacy simplification and governance. It enables teams to deliver value, not just projects. To learn more, explore our TOGAF® Enterprise Architecture courses and build this capability into your organisation.
Where Strategy Becomes Actionable
While TOGAF® provides the architectural structure, Business Architecture brings it to life.
Business Architecture focuses on what the organisation does including its capabilities, value streams, processes, and organisational structure, and aligns these with strategic priorities. It provides the clarity to understand where change is needed, what barriers exist, and how to progress toward the target state.
If you’re redesigning operating models, merging business units, or shifting capabilities to support a new strategy, Business Architecture gives you the practical tools to do it effectively. It connects strategy with transformation.
Learn how to apply this in real-world contexts with our Applied Business Architecture course, endorsed by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA).
EA Learning Are Your Strategic Capability Partner
We have spent years enabling architects and transformation leaders to deliver value through strategic capability development. The valuable courses we offer include:
- Accredited TOGAF® training, backed by The Open Group.
- Applied Business Architecture, designed for real-world application and endorsed by the IIBA.
- Flexible delivery formats including live virtual, in-person, private team training, and self-paced eLearning.
- High exam pass rates and premium support before, during, and after training.
- Free exam voucher and free resit with TOGAF® Foundation enrolment.
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Enterprise Architecture is a strategic discipline that empowers organisations to deliver on their vision through structured, integrated change. Turning strategy into outcomes requires more than ambition. It demands capability. Explore our courses and training pathways to build that capability and lead with confidence.
