Enterprise Architecture on a Page Framework
A no-nonsense enterprise architecture (EA) framework intended to offer reasonable research-based guidance on the subject by condensing each of the essential aspects of enterprise architecture on a single page and distilling the general patterns of successful EA practices while omitting numerous details that are always specific to organizations
Distinctive Features of the Framework
- Evidence-based — the framework is rooted in extensive empirical data gathered over a long period of time, in total, from more than a hundred diverse organizations practicing enterprise architecture
- Scientifically validated — most components of the framework were published, in some form or the other, in reputable academic journals after undergoing rigorous peer-review processes
- Descriptive, not prescriptive — the framework captures how organizations practicing enterprise architecture actually work, rather than merely fantasizing about how they should work
- Situationally oriented — the framework readily acknowledges the great variety of organizations and their needs and, where relevant, presents full ranges of viable options instead of universal one-size-fits-all models
- Theoretical and practical — the framework provides high-level conceptual generalizations immediately translatable into concrete organization-specific roles, activities and documents
- Highly intuitive — the framework is intendedly self-explanatory and does not require much specialized education, at least for practitioners acquainted with the basics of enterprise architecture
- Clearly formulated — the framework means precisely what it says and avoids vagueness, elusive explanations, statements that require subsequent interpretation and elements that are not what they seem
Enterprise Architecture Practice on a Page
An aggregated one-page view of the processes constituting an EA practice with their interrelationships and properties, including their main goals and motives, necessary participants, underlying EA artifacts and documents, key activities and associated techniques, temporal nature and general meaning
Enterprise Architecture Function on a Page
An aggregated one-page view of architecture functions in organizations with their positions and governance bodies, including their possible configuration options, their quantitative dependence on the size of organizations and their structural alignment with the business structure of organizations
Enterprise Architecture Artifacts on a Page
An aggregated one-page view of popular EA artifacts used in organizations with their most essential properties, including their informational content, representation format, high-level structure, overall meaning, typical usage, temporal lifecycle, general role, key purpose and associated benefits
Enterprise Architecture Maturity on a Page
An aggregated one-page view of the maturity of an EA practice with its different stages and their essential properties, including their constituting processes, existing architecture positions, established governance arrangements, mastered EA artifacts, associated challenges and realized benefits
Relevant Resources
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The Practice of Enterprise Architecture
A Modern Approach to Business and IT Alignment
Based on an extensive study of the actual industry best practices, this book provides a systematic, end-to-end description of various aspects of an EA practice integrated into a consistent logical picture. This book offers research-based, conceptually sound and practically actionable answers to the key questions related to enterprise architecture
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Enterprise Architects
The Agents of Digital Transformation
Based on an extensive study of the work of enterprise architects, this book provides the first detailed and systematic description of various aspects of their occupation integrated into a coherent logical picture. This book offers research-based, conceptually sound and practically actionable answers to the key questions about enterprise architects
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Public Training
The training covers the following subjects:
- Introduction to Enterprise Architecture on a Page
- Enterprise Architecture Practice on a Page in depth
- Enterprise Architecture Function on a Page in depth
- Enterprise Architecture Artifacts on a Page in depth
- Enterprise Architecture Maturity on a Page in depth
- Using Enterprise Architecture on a Page in practice
The upcoming time slots for public training (all in English):
- 5 November 2025, 00:00–04:00 UTC (Asia)
- 4 December 2025, 08:00–12:00 UTC (Europe)
- 6 January 2026, 16:00–20:00 UTC (America)
To get trained, please take the following steps:
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Register with the SK Institute
Go to the institute website (https://sk-institute.org), click “Create new account” (or simply log in, if already registered), enter your email address, first name and last name (if already registered with Accredible, use the same credentials) -
Enroll in the training program
Wait for the account confirmation link sent to your email address, enter the website, select the course “Enterprise Architecture on a Page Training” for the preferred date and pay the requisite training fee (currently, $99 USD) -
Attend the training program
Wait for the training invitation link sent to your email address a few days before the event, follow the link at an appointed time and join the online training -
Enjoy your certificate
After the training, receive your verifiable certificate to your email address, demonstrate the certificate to your employer and add it to your LinkedIn profile
For private training, please contact the author directly
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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Why do we need yet another EA framework when we already have so many?
Because all the most widely known EA frameworks emerged on the wave of hype around enterprise architecture during the 2000s and presented nothing but sheer speculations about EA practices arbitrarily linked to reality, most of which turned out impractical. Today, these frameworks only spread dangerous misinformation about enterprise architecture and are promoted exclusively for enriching their trainers and affiliated parties -
Why is the framework better than TOGAF?
Because in just several pages, the framework crystallizes and integrates all the most significant aspects of enterprise architecture based on real-world observations, whereas TOGAF takes about 1800 pages of unintelligible text to propose tens of internally inconsistent models patently disconnected from reality -
Is the framework proven in practice?
By virtue of its descriptive nature, all the models constituting the framework come directly from practical experience of multiple organizations and, for this simple reason, can be considered proven in practice -
What organizations use the framework?
Because the framework summarizes the factual situation with enterprise architecture observed across the industry, it is “used” arguably by the vast majority of organizations, though certainly without explicitly referencing it or even being aware of its existence, similarly to people breathing oxygen without realizing it. At the same time, all other EA frameworks are always used only as labels, by paying lip service to them without doing what they prescribe -
Should we adopt the framework in our organization?
Because the framework represents the practices that actually work in the industry, you are likely to eventually end up working as the framework suggests anyway, even if you prefer to operate rhetorically under other labels, e.g. TOGAF