EPOSA Institute

About EPOSA Institute

EPOSA Institute exists to establish, advance and steward Enterprise Portfolio Architecture as an enduring enterprise discipline dedicated to helping organisations continually understand, plan and evolve the enterprise.

Enterprise Evolution has become continuous. As organisations continually respond to changing enterprise conditions, maintaining coherence, continuity and connected understanding becomes increasingly important. We believe continually evolving organisations deserve an enduring enterprise discipline capable of supporting that responsibility.

Everything EPOSA develops contributes to that purpose. The Enterprise Portfolio Architecture Framework establishes the canonical foundations of the discipline. Executive publications progressively develop executive understanding. Professional education develops organisational and practitioner capability. Enterprise Application supports practical organisational adoption, while a connected
ecosystem contributes to the continued advancement of Enterprise Portfolio Architecture.

What We Do

EPOSA Institute advances Enterprise Portfolio Architecture through four connected responsibilities.

Steward

The Enterprise Portfolio Architecture Framework defines the canonical foundations of Enterprise Portfolio Architecture and the Enterprise Portfolio Operating System. EPOSA stewards and develops this foundation, preserving the architectural integrity of the discipline while supporting its continued evolution.

Advance

Executive Publications, the 'Perspectives on Continual Enterprise Evolution Knowledge Series and the Knowledge Hub progressively expand executive and professional understanding of Enterprise Portfolio Architecture and the wider enterprise perspectives that surround and inform the discipline.

Develop

EPOSA develops professional capability through executive understanding, professional education and continual professional development, while building a connected ecosystem of practitioners, educators, advisory organisations, researchers and technology partners who contribute to the continued development and advancement of the discipline.

Support

EPOSA supports organisations in progressively interpreting, validating and establishing Enterprise Portfolio Architecture within their own enterprise environments, developing the foundations for enduring organisational capability.

Founder

EPOSA Institute was founded by Colin Macfadyen following more than twenty-five years working across complex enterprise environments in the United Kingdom and Australia.

Throughout that experience, a consistent observation emerged. Organisations continually strengthened individual enterprise disciplines, yet many of the same enterprise challenges remained. As strategies evolved, technologies advanced and operating models adapted, maintaining a connected understanding of the enterprise became increasingly difficult.

This led to a fundamental question:

Does the modern enterprise require an enduring enterprise discipline dedicated to helping organisations continually understand, plan and evolve the enterprise?

That question became the foundation for Enterprise Portfolio Architecture and the establishment of EPOSA Institute.

Our Vision

EPOSA Institute's vision is a future in which organisations continually evolve while maintaining coherence, continuity and connected Enterprise Understanding through enduring enterprise structures, a common enterprise taxonomy and the collective stewardship of Enterprise Portfolio Architecture.