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SAP LeanIX EA Insights 2025

SAP LeanIX surveyed 360 enterprise architects about their priorities, challenges, and perception of enterprise architecture within their organizations.

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Key findings:

64% of companies increased enterprise architecture investment.

66% of enterprise architects identified creating a reliable inventory of applications as a high priority.

92% say enterprise architecture is perceived (totally or partly) as an administrative IT function.

Companies recognize the critical role enterprise architecture plays in driving innovation and transformation—but enterprise architects have more work to do to demonstrate their business impact. Our research shows that making business stakeholders part of the architecture review board is a good first step.

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  • The full range of enterprise architect priorities.

  • Where enterprise architects need to advocate better for their role.

  • How governance helps companies make architecture decisions faster.

  • Why enterprise architects think AI is different from other technological innovations.

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