The information architect role is the enterprise system architect role responsible for architecting the information architecture in support of the information manager role.
The information manager role uses the information architecture in support of information capability management of the information capability system.
The information architect role as a team member has inter-dependencies with other team members and what the others do. With the knowledge of how everyone fits in and the setting of expectations between everyone, the team will be a team and will be able to best utilize the talent of the individuals.
As shown in Figure 60 – Information Architect Concept Diagram, the information architect role has architecture responsibilities for
and is interconnected with and interdependent on the
- enterprise architect role
- business architect role
- process architect role
- IT architect role
- system architect role
- service architect role
Figure 60 – Information Architect Concept Diagram
EA Practitioners in the Information Architect Role
In practice, the information architect role can be divided by the specialty areas into the sub-roles of data architect role, records architect role and information management architect role.
When the information architect role is divided into sub-roles, the information architect role enables and assures these architectural roles are integrated in their efforts so their architectures integrate and with other architectures outside the information architecture.
It should be noted in practice, the information architect role is often fully or partially combined with the enterprise architect role or other architectural roles to provide an organizationally needed job (a “specialty”) to address special needs and other organizational needs and limitations of the organization.