Episode 31 — Integrate enterprise architecture into strategic planning to prevent solution sprawl (Task 19)
This episode explains how to integrate enterprise architecture into strategic planning so the organization avoids solution sprawl, duplicated platforms, and inconsistent design choices that quietly increase cost and risk. You’ll learn how architecture inputs should shape planning decisions, including target-state roadmaps, approved patterns, technology standards, integration principles, and intentional retirement plans for legacy capabilities. We’ll walk through how architecture can be embedded into planning cadence through checkpoints like initiative intake, option analysis, architecture review, and portfolio rationalization, so decisions are made with enterprise-wide impact in mind. Real-world scenarios include business units selecting overlapping SaaS tools, inconsistent identity and data integration approaches, and “local optimizations” that break enterprise interoperability. For the CGEIT exam, you’ll practice selecting governance actions that use architecture as a decision system—guiding priorities, constraints, and exceptions—rather than treating architecture as documentation that teams ignore. Produced by BareMetalCyber.com, where you’ll find more cyber audio courses, books, and information to strengthen your educational path. Also, if you want to stay up to date with the latest news, visit DailyCyber.News for a newsletter you can use, and a daily podcast you can commute with.
