I think HR is a great department to serve EA from however I believe they should be empowered to do so. I’m not sure an HR resource possesses the skills needed to capture, design and describe an EA without training. …and they may need more resource depending on the scope. Perhaps the best way to make a determination is to beta the execution of EA with beta principles and see how it goes. If it is something they think and demonstrate they could do well – opposed to just doing it – then I say go for it. Just make sure they aren’t the ones determining if they do it well. Get a small beta governance group together of diverse backgrounds throughout your organization and let them make final decision.

Matt