Think if the information in your computer at home or at work also is available in your pocket. And you would not need to think about how to do to retrieve the information or share it with someone else. It would be as simple as making a call.
Would you like to climb Kebnekaise, Matterhorn or Mount Everest. Or is it just enough of an adventure to walk the stairs up to Sacré-Cœur and and have view of Paris.
Depending of your level of ambition, there is is huge difference in planning, need fitness & health for the expedition, equipment and other stuff, i.e capabilities.
This is the classic competition that occurs in every area. How fast do you run 100 meters? How high and how long do you jump? How good are you in architecture?
Without comparison and measurement, sometimes in competition with others, we have a hard time to evaluate our performance and our progress.
The value of Enterprise Architecture is zero, if you have an enterprise that exists in a complete static environment, without any need for improvement. The value of architecture is also minimal if the size of your business is small.
If you ask five persons, “What is Enterprise Architecture”, will you probably get five different answers depending on their background. My answer is that Enterprise Architecture is a way to support changes of Enterprises.