Establishing Enterprise Architecture Governance and Capability for the Saudi Water Sector

About The Customer

The Saudi water sector, including entities such as Saudi Water Company, operates critical national infrastructure requiring strong alignment between business operations, technology systems, and large-scale transformation initiatives.

To support modernization and sector-wide transformation, there was a need to establish structured enterprise architecture governance and capabilities across a distributed ecosystem.

This engagement delivered enterprise architecture frameworks, governance models, and domain architectures, enabling improved alignment, standardized practices, and a scalable foundation for transformation.

Engagement Snapshot

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Problem Statement

Lack of unified enterprise architecture governance and fragmented alignment across entities and systems

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Proposed Solution

Establishment of enterprise architecture frameworks, governance structures, and lifecycle-driven practices

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Outcome

Improved alignment, standardized architecture practices, and scalable transformation capability

The Challenge

  • Distributed ecosystem with multiple entities and varying levels of architectural maturity
  • Legacy systems and siloed operations across domains
  • Lack of standardized enterprise architecture practices and governance
  • Limited visibility into cross-domain dependencies and transformation impacts
  • Need to align large-scale transformation initiatives across business, technology, and infrastructure

Our Methodology

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Architecture Framework

Defined enterprise architecture frameworks and governance models across the sector

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Target States

Developed current, target, and transition architectures across business, application, data, and technology domains

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EA Lifecycle

Introduced a structured EA lifecycle approach to standardize practices and decision-making

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Governance Model

Established governance structures to oversee architecture alignment and implementation

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Delivery Integration

Integrated EA into project delivery and investment planning processes

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Investment Prioritization

Defined risk-driven prioritization mechanisms to guide transformation initiatives

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Capability Enablement

Supported use cases including system modernization, platform integration, and cross-domain visibility

The Outcome

  • Enabled enterprise-wide architectural alignment across the water sector
  • Established structured governance for architecture and transformation initiatives
  • Improved visibility into systems, dependencies, and transformation impacts
  • Strengthened alignment between strategy and execution
  • Supported modernization of core systems and integration of platforms
  • Created a scalable foundation for long-term growth and infrastructure transformation

Key Highlights

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Governance Framework

Sector-wide enterprise architecture governance and capability establishment

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EA Standards

Standardized frameworks and lifecycle-driven architecture practices

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Enterprise Alignment

Improved alignment across business, technology, and infrastructure domains

What SWC Says About The Outcome

Through this engagement, the Saudi water sector established a unified and structured approach to enterprise architecture, enabling better alignment, governance, and execution of large-scale transformation initiatives.
Yasser Al Qahtani, Head of Architecture
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