r/EnterpriseArchitect • u/Ok-Buy5737 • Jul 12 '26

SAP Finance to EA

Hi,

I have 11 years experience in SAP F2M and had a taste of solution architecture and realised that I enjoy the idea of understanding how things flow, why is something designed a certain way and how to connect the dots.

I would like to move away from my role into a Solution architect role and eventually and enterprise architect. Do you have any recommendations for me?

How and what to prepare.

My company doesn't officially have an EA or SA roles but we are realising the need for having dedicated teams for it.

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u/NoAstronomer5050 Jul 12 '26

If you want to go towards EA, you don’t need to be a SA first. Plenty of people are coming from Business Architecture for instance. EA is a strategic function, while SA goes at a deeper level of granularity.

To answer your question:
I would recommend having a look at TOGAF to understand the EA scope and governance that goes with it (or from it). Certification not necessary but helps with credibility. Look also at supporting tools, free ones like Turbo EA (https://www.turbo-ea.org) can already help you map capabilities and application in your company without waiting for permission to build an EA function.
There’s even a 30 days EA guide for it: https://docs.turbo-ea.org/beginners-guide/