Gartner has published the following abstract to the EA Hype Cycle Does this mean that those 73% are not mature? This is shown in the Hype Cycle survey it stated that 73% of EA organizations aspire to be 'mature'. While there is mainstream adoption of Enterprise Architecture, the maturity level is still low.If they nail that, they will shorten that time to productivity significantly. As you have heard from me in past posts and articles, I believe there is a level of pragmatism that is lost on the EA Tool providers. This capability for EA is estimated by Gartner to be 10+ years out until productivity is realized. Frameworks are not as mature as they could be.Business focused EA that is executed through Enterprise Business Architecture (EBA), Business Process Management (BPM), Capability analysis and modeling, and EA Performance Management.EA is past the hype of the standard lip service of 'We align IT with Business' and we are actually doing it. A fundamental shift in the architecture community from IT Architecture to true Enterprise Architecture where Business Architecture is a first class citizen.Traditional Enterprise Architecture that is technology focused and driven has become mainstream.What the report reveals is a set of macro themes for Enterprise Architecture. I'm not sure if there are really any surprises here but it worth looking at the macro themes of the report. Recently Gartner released the 2010 Hype Cycle for Enterprise Architecture (EA).

Gartner hype cycle 2010