Let’s explore which methodologies actually work in practice
HR + EA = HA
Human Architect
All models are wrong, but some are useful
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Enterprise Architecture, as structured way to make, turns Strategy into Execution. But its real impact depends on the human effort required to earn enterprise trust - only then can defined models truly become action. Intention of nonprofit: bring together models & methods that work in practice, so internal enterprise talents can become more than specialists - they can become Human Architects.
HR + EA = HA
Human Architect
In both HR and Enterprise Architecture, models provide useful simplifications for understanding complex organizational reality, while methods provide disciplined ways of acting on that reality; neither is truth, but both are valuable when applied with judgment, context-awareness, and practical intent.
HR - People & Culture
Models help HR (+EA) see
Competency models
Job architecture / career level models
Organizational design models
Performance models
Engagement / motivation / culture models
Workforce planning models
Methods help HR do
Workforce planning method
Job analysis and role design method
Recruitment and selection method
Performance review and calibration method
Succession and talent review method
Employee listening and root-cause analysis method
Change management method
Methods and Models assist HR
Create consistency
Make decisions more defensible
Reduce dependence on personalities
Improve quality of diagnosis
Help HR scale across the organization
Policies
Standards
Decision quality
Manager enablement
Governance
Enable better conversations with business leaders
Enterprise Architect - EA
Models help (HR+) EA see
Business capability model
Operating model
Process model
Information / data model
Application portfolio model
Technology reference model
Current-state / target-state / transition-state models
Capability heatmaps / maturity models
Methods help EA do
Architecture assessment method
Architecture development method
Stakeholder analysis and alignment method
Option analysis / trade-off method
Roadmapping method
Standards and review method
Repository / metamodel management method
Scenario planning / impact analysis method
Methods and Models assist EA
Make complexity discussable
Connect business and technology
Improve prioritization
Reduce local optimization (Enterprise Debt)
Provide traceability
Strengthen EA governance without relying only on authority
Models describe current and future states
Methods define how to move between them
Support change over time
Enterprise Architecture is human work. Its purpose is not only to produce models, but to create coherence: aligning business and technology, translating intent into action, and building shared understanding across competing interests.
As knowledge alone becomes commoditized, technology will increasingly monetize it for us - the real enterprise differentiator is no longer access to knowledge, but how humanely we apply it. That is why we believe the future will require a much closer partnership between People & Culture - HR and EA - Enterprise Architecture.
HR🤜🏻🤛🏾EA = HA
Human Architect
A nonprofit initiative connecting people in Lithuania interested in HR and EA to share useful practices, ideas, and models in a trusted setting.
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