The Trouble with EA!!

The day after presenting Enterprise Architecture to a meeting full of BA's, senior management and techies, the classic happened. I got called into a Portal project meeting where I was told that a full assessment of all back office systems was required to establish their ability to be integrated into a single Web interrface via a Portal. "This is the perfect opportunity to use EA!" says I. Senior IT within the organisation say, "We feel that whilst we understand the benefits of using the EA methodology, the timescales of this project mean that we need something quick and simple".

Hmmm, looks like the Portal solution will be the same, and senior IT will be regarded by the business as the latter:

SO NO CHANGE THERE THEN!!!!