Qiddiya is one of Saudi Arabia’s flagship giga-projects under Vision 2030, designed as a large-scale, multi-domain destination integrating entertainment, tourism, and infrastructure at unprecedented scale.
To support its rapid growth and complex delivery environment, Qiddiya required a structured enterprise architecture capability to align business vision, technology initiatives, and investment decisions.
This engagement delivered foundational enterprise architecture capabilities, enabling strategic alignment, improved governance, and a scalable approach to managing complexity and growth.
Lack of a formal enterprise architecture function and alignment across business and technology domains
Establishment of enterprise architecture capabilities, operating model, and lifecycle-driven approach
Improved strategic alignment, structured decision-making, and scalable architecture foundation
Defined current, target, and transitional states across business, data, application, technology, and security domains
Designed an enterprise architecture operating model to align strategy, delivery, and governance
Introduced a lifecycle-driven EA approach aligned with established frameworks and best practices
Developed domain architectures to support structured decision-making and program delivery
Established governance processes to ensure consistency and control across architectural activities
Defined risk-driven prioritization mechanisms to guide investment planning and execution
Supported use cases including system rationalization, capability alignment, and unified architectural visibility
Enterprise architecture capability and operating model establishment
Alignment of business, technology, and investment planning
Scalable approach for managing complexity in a giga-project environment
Through this engagement, Qiddiya established a structured enterprise architecture capability, enabling stronger alignment, improved decision-making, and a scalable foundation for its ambitious growth objectives.
