Roles

Board Representative

The Board Representative is responsible for managing and/or communicating the Board Directive.

Chief Architect

The Chief Architect is responsible for management of architecture in the organization. There could be several roles which address this.

Business Manager

Business Managers are accountable for some, part, or all of the business capabilities which are involved in the new enterprise initiative.

Enterprise Architect

Enterprise architects include the following TOGAF architects:

• Business
• Data
• Applications
• Technology

In addition, there may be several different architectural roles described for an organization; for example:

• Information Architects
• Services Architects
• Knowledge Architects
• Process Architects
• Technical Architects

All of these roles need to be involved in some way with the development of the Architecture Vision as it affects their architectural domains.

Other Resources

This includes all resources involved with the organization in achieving the business directive who may operate outside the enterprise.

Program/Project Manager

Program/Project Managers either run other initiatives impacted by this initiative, or have been nominated to help make this initiative work.

Solution Architect

TBA

Sponsor

A Sponsor is nominated to sponsor the business directive and associated work across the organization to achieve the Board Directive.

Sponsors are held accountable by the Board for the successes and failures in achieving the Board Directive.

Stakeholder

Stakeholders are people or groups that are impacted by the business directive or involved in its resolution or with an interest in seeing the business directive succeed. Stakeholders include:

• Business Stakeholders

• Enterprise Stakeholders