Culture of Merit and Enterprise Architecture

While User-centric EA is focused on the user and meeting their requirements, user-centric EA is not for a culture of entitlement in the organization.

• Meeting user requirements is driven by the relative merit of those requirements and ultimately, their value to the enterprise.
  

In the book, Up Your Business by Dave Anderson, the author states that to achieve organizational excellence, we need to "replace your culture of entitlement with a culture of merit."

• In general, while equity and fairness in the workplace is a core value, organizations can only thrive in a culture of merit.
  

For organizations to achieve excellence, they must foster an environment that promotes and rewards excellence:

• Entitlement equates to mediocrity; merit equates with excellence!
  

In User-centric EA, requirements are fulfilled based on their merit and alignment to mission, and individuals are motivated and rewarded based on merit, contribution, and the achievement of results.

Culture of Merit and Enterprise Architecture