Enterprise Architecture — Adjusting to a Recessionary Period

As the global economy looks likely to enter a recessionary period, we can anticipate that companies will:

• reduce or eliminate employee hiring
• reduce contractors
• reduce corporate budgets and more carefully watch expenses

In previous prolonged recessions, we have also seen companies ‘manage out the bottom x%’ of employees.

Entering a recessionary period is typically a gradual process — a downward spiral that takes time. Some…