My goal is to promote the value that enterprise architecture can bring to organizations of all sizes. As both an EA and an Enterprise Program Manager, these two can often be at odds.

Finding the right approach for your individual organization can help build eventual and success for your company. Tension between EA and Program Management is predictable, many have been able to show that it is a collaboration just waiting to happen. I say that it can be controlled and even leveraged in order to deliver positive results for your organization.

This article brings a nice set of pro’s and con’s for each profession. Give it a read at:
http://www.enterprise-architecture.org/blogs/2013/02/27/the-clash-between-enterprise-architecture-and-project-management/