Green EA

‘Go Green’ is now a common business strategic imperative, and there a quite a few disparate initiatives springing up in organisations delivering small green improvements in various projects and operational systems. This ‘apes’ a common IT problem space…!

 

For years, EA has been the missing layer in delivering IT Strategy… the problem being that a top-down strategic intent was provided, and many disparate projects and systems all did their own little bit, in their own way, locally interpreting what was needed – often storing up wider problems elsewhere… and our answer has been Enterprise Architecture…giving….

1)     Models & Principles to work to

2)     Governance to control with

3)     Transition Roadmaps to show the way forward

4)     All supported by Organisational Capability

 

Comparison to GREEN

If you allow point solutions, project by project, system by system… there will be observable benefits in the area being looked at… but at best genuine overall enterprise-wide or even cross-enterprise-wide) benefits may be missed or worse case, the overall effect is negative.  For example, if we look to replace old technology with new more efficient machines… looks like an energy saving BUT… what about the recycling of the old kit?  Or the change of supply of certain components may supply lower carbon use footprints but if the sourcing requires greater transportation…

 

Isn’t this holistic style problem what EA has been designed to address?

 

So I say… don’t ‘Go Green’… Go GrEAn!!

 

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