Title: Enterprise Architect - Scaled Agile Framework
Headings: Enterprise Architect
Enterprise Architect
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Last update: 10 February 2021

Content: 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 (ARTs) 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 taking 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. Responsibilities
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
Understanding and communicating Strategic Themes, and other business drivers for architecture, to System and Solution Architects and non-technical stakeholders
Driving architectural initiatives via enabler epics in the Portfolio Kanban system and participating in their analysis where applicable
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
Synchronizing the following disciplines across Solutions whenever applicable: