AI Ate My Roadmap: How Generative AI is Reshaping EA Plans

Greetings, architects of order (and accidental chaos)!
This week we confront a new workplace menace: the generative AI “helper” that somehow managed to eat the roadmap — and then cheerfully generated three conflicting ones in its place.

The Main Story: Roadmap Roulette

Picture this: you open the portfolio planning session, only to find ChatGPT-Enterprise™ has “helpfully” rewritten your 3-year roadmap. Suddenly, the CRM upgrade is scheduled to finish before procurement approves it, the data warehouse migrates to the cloud yesterday, and the AI itself has scheduled a “self-improvement sprint” with no owner.

The CIO beams proudly, declaring: “See, AI is making us agile!”
Meanwhile, you’re frantically wondering if “agile” is just a synonym for “time-traveling project chaos.”

TOGAF to the Rescue (Yes, Really)

Here’s where TOGAF earns its sarcastic halo:

• Architecture Vision (Phase A) reminds us that humans still need to define purpose before machines fill in the blanks.

• Opportunities and Solutions (Phase E) becomes the adult in the room, making sure AI-generated “ideas” don’t magically become “commitments.”

• And the Architecture Repository? Let’s just say it now needs a “quarantine folder” for AI hallucinations.

Educational Twist: Practical Tip

Generative AI is fantastic at accelerating documentation, ideation, and analysis — but don’t let it auto-pilot your strategy.

• Keep roadmaps human-owned, AI-assisted.

• Use TOGAF phases as checkpoints to validate what the AI proposes.

• Treat AI outputs as drafts, not doctrine.

Remember: the AI can generate 50 versions of a roadmap in seconds. But only you can explain to the CFO why all 50 cost money.

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Next Week’s Tease

The Agile-Industrial Complex — why every stand-up is starting to feel like a hostage situation.