The align stage assists with the clarification of business objectives, to
produce a set of high level initiatives which have in principle support by the
stakeholders. This, “Elaborate” chapter now picks up the thread to provide the technical
leadership for planning the transition represented by the identified initiatives. This
advances the EA programme from alignment to elaboration: here is where we elaborate
on the architecture to a level of detail that will support navigating the organisational
journey that we have identified.
Keywords: Capability improvement, EA roadmap, EA stage deliverables,
Elaborate stage, IT initiatives, mapping against frameworks, transformation
program, transition plan.