Svyatoslav Kotusev is an independent researcher, educator and consultant.
Since 2013, he has been studying enterprise architecture practices in organizations.
He is an author of the book The Practice of Enterprise Architecture: A Modern Approach to Business and IT Alignment (now in its second edition), the book Enterprise Architects: The Agents of Digital Transformation, more than 50 articles and other materials on enterprise architecture that appeared in various academic journals and conferences, industry magazines and online outlets.
Svyatoslav received his PhD in information systems from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
Prior to his research career, he held various software development and architecture positions in the industry.
He can be reached at kotusev@kotusev.com
Svyatoslav Kotusev
Svyatoslav Kotusev is an independent researcher, educator and consultant.
Since 2013, he has been studying enterprise architecture practices in organizations.
He is an author of the book The Practice of Enterprise Architecture: A Modern Approach to Business and IT Alignment (now in its second edition), the book Enterprise Architects: The Agents of Digital Transformation, more than 50 articles and other materials on enterprise architecture that appeared in various academic journals and conferences, industry magazines and online outlets.
Svyatoslav received his PhD in information systems from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
Prior to his research career, he held various software development and architecture positions in the industry.
He can be reached at kotusev@kotusev.com
Enterprise Architecture on a Page Framework
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A one-page aggregated 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
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A one-page aggregated view of the core processes constituting an EA practice with their interrelationships and most essential properties, including their main goals and motives, necessary participants, underlying EA artifacts and documents, key activities and associated techniques, temporal nature and general meaning
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Books on Enterprise Architecture
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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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The book is adopted as the key textbook for teaching enterprise architecture courses in a number of universities across the globe, including Northern America, Europe and Asia
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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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Enterprise Architecture Teaching Pack
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A basic teaching pack for universities based on the books
The Practice of Enterprise Architecture: A Modern Approach to Business and IT Alignment and
Enterprise Architects: The Agents of Digital Transformation
Sample materials from the teaching pack are provided below:
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The full teaching pack with lectures, tests and other materials in MS PowerPoint and MS Word formats is freely available to educators on request to the author
The teaching pack can be freely used for educational purposes, adapted, reorganized or translated with references to the source in any convenient form
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Academic Papers on Enterprise Architecture
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| 2024 | The Structuring of Enterprise Architecture Functions in Organizations: Towards a Systematic Theory | PDF, Web |
| 2024 | Modeling Business Capabilities in Enterprise Architecture Practice: The Case of Business Capability Models | PDF, Web |
| 2023 | Enterprise Architecture Artefacts as Instruments for Knowledge Management: A Theoretical Interpretation | PDF, Web |
| 2023 | Enterprise Architecture Artifacts as Boundary Objects: An Empirical Analysis | PDF, Web |
| 2022 | The Practical Roles of Enterprise Architecture Artifacts: A Classification and Relationship | PDF, Web |
| 2022 | The Concept of Information Architecture in the Context of Enterprise Architecture | PDF, Web |
| 2021 | Enterprise Architecture Practice Under a Magnifying Glass: Linking Artifacts, Activities, Benefits, and Blockers | PDF, Web |
| 2021 | The Theoretical Basis of Enterprise Architecture: A Critical Review and Taxonomy of Relevant Theories | PDF, Web |
| 2021 | Stakeholder Engagement in Enterprise Architecture Practice: What Inhibitors Are There? | PDF, Web |
| 2021 | The Role of Enterprise Architecture for Digital Transformations | PDF, Web |
| 2020 | Roles of Different Artifacts in Enterprise Architecture Practice: An Exploratory Study | PDF, Web |
| 2020 | The Effect of Enterprise Architecture Deployment Practices on Organizational Benefits: A Dynamic Capability Perspective | PDF, Web |
| 2020 | The Role of Engagement in Achieving Business-IT Alignment Through Practicing Enterprise Architecture | PDF, Web |
| 2020 | Can Enterprise Architecture Be Based on the Business Strategy? | PDF, Web |
| 2020 | Artifacts, Activities, Benefits and Blockers: Exploring Enterprise Architecture Practice in Depth | PDF, Web |
| 2019 | The Problem of Engagement in Enterprise Architecture Practice: An Exploratory Case Study | PDF, Web |
| 2019 | Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Architecture Artifacts: Questioning the Old Concept in Light of New Findings | PDF, Web |
| 2018 | Enterprise Architecture: A Reconceptualization Is Needed | PDF, Web |
| 2018 | TOGAF-Based Enterprise Architecture Practice: An Exploratory Case Study | PDF, Web |
| 2017 | Enterprise Architecture: What Did We Study? | PDF, Web |
| 2017 | Conceptual Model of Enterprise Architecture Management | PDF, Web |
| 2017 | Critical Questions in Enterprise Architecture Research | PDF, Web |
| 2015 | Investigating the Usage of Enterprise Architecture Artifacts | PDF, Web |
| 2015 | Consolidating Enterprise Architecture Management Research | PDF, Web |
Practical Publications on Enterprise Architecture
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| 2025 | How Do Enterprise Architecture Practices Mature? | |
| 2023 | The TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition: What's New? | |
| 2022 | Enterprise Architecture Is Based on Business Strategy, Is It Not? | PDF, Web |
| 2021 | The Most Important Property of Enterprise Architecture Artifacts | PDF, Web |
| 2021 | A Comparison of the Top Four Enterprise Architecture Frameworks | PDF, Web |
| 2021 | Vicious and Virtuous Circles in Enterprise Architecture Practice | PDF, Web |
| 2020 | Configuring Your EA Practice for Agility | Web |
| 2020 | Enterprise Architecture: Forget Systems Thinking, Improve Communication | PDF, Web |
| 2020 | What Is Agile Enterprise Architecture? | PDF, Web |
| 2020 | The Hard Side of Business and IT Alignment | PDF, Web |
| 2020 | Sizing, Structuring, and Fine-Tuning Your EA Function | Web |
| 2019 | Enterprise Architecture Practice on a Single Page | PDF, Web |
| 2019 | The Process View of Enterprise Architecture Practice | PDF, Web |
| 2019 | Fake and Real Tools for Enterprise Architecture: The Zachman Framework and Business Capability Model | PDF, Web |
| 2019 | Enterprise Architecture Artifacts: Facts and Decisions | PDF, Web |
| 2019 | Yet Another Taxonomy for Enterprise Architecture Artifacts | |
| 2018 | Enterprise Architecture: The Realms of Natural and Artificial | PDF, Web |
| 2018 | TOGAF Version 9.2: What's New? | PDF, Web |
| 2018 | Fake and Real Tools for Enterprise Architecture | PDF, Web |
| 2018 | TOGAF: Just the Next Fad That Turned into a New Religion | PDF, Web |
| 2017 | Enterprise Architecture on a Single Page | PDF, Web |
| 2017 | A Frameworks-Free Look at Enterprise Architecture | |
| 2017 | The Relationship Between Enterprise Architecture Artifacts | PDF, Web |
| 2017 | Different Approaches to Enterprise Architecture | |
| 2017 | Eight Essential Enterprise Architecture Artifacts | PDF, Web |
| 2016 | Six Types of Enterprise Architecture Artifacts | PDF, Web |
| 2016 | Enterprise Architecture Practice in Retail: Problems and Solutions | |
| 2016 | Two Worlds of Enterprise Architecture | |
| 2016 | Enterprise Architecture Frameworks: The Fad of the Century | PDF, Web |
| 2016 | One Minute Enterprise Architecture | PDF, Web |
| 2016 | The History of Enterprise Architecture: An Evidence-Based Review | |
| 2016 | The Critical Scrutiny of TOGAF | PDF, Web |
| 2016 | Enterprise Architecture Is Not TOGAF | PDF, Web |
Other Materials on Enterprise Architecture
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| 2025 | Architects and Architecture Roles with Svyatoslav Kotusev | Audio |
| 2025 | EA Frameworks and Methodologies with Svyatoslav Kotusev | Audio |
| 2024 | The Framework Mythbuster: Unraveling Tangles of Enterprise Architecture | Video |
| 2023 | The Practice of Enterprise Architecture (2nd Edition) - Book Review by Ashraf Fouad (Techie Architect) | Video |
| 2022 | Interview with Svyatoslav Kotusev by Shen Liu (Thoughtworks China) | |
| 2018 | Interview with Svyatoslav Kotusev by Christopher Schulz (Mosaiic) | |
| 2017 | A Fresh Look at Enterprise Architecture Artifacts (BCS EASG Webinar) | Video |
Training and Consulting
Various enterprise architecture trainings and consulting services can be provided to organizations on demand.
Training and consulting engagements can be organized in a flexible, customized manner to better suit the specific needs of your company and its architecture team.
For any questions regarding the training and consulting opportunities, please contact the author directly