Enterprise architecture in the next presidential term

According to Andy Blumenthal at User-Centric Enterprise Architecture, enterprise architecture is one of the seven things that is not likely to differ when a new president takes office. One of the main reasons for this is the fact that it's a useful tool for Chief Information Officers. Although it is a hard task to set up and manage, the benefits of a successful structure are worth it.

He concludes his article with this:

EA will not only be saved, but will continue to thrive. As global competition continues to heat up, the pace of technology change spins faster and faster, and constrained resources continue to press us to do ever more with ever less, our organizations will be forced to respond in strength. Organization’s will continue look to enterprise architecture to better plan business process improvement and IT enablement and to govern sound investments and change. User-centric EA will keep the efforts focused on valuable and actionable architectures.