Many people and organisations find it difficult to make a start adopting EA practices and the creation and use of EA products.

In fact, starting anything tends to be the hardest step. As humans, we find it easier to continue down a path once that path has been chosen than to decide on a path to begin with. As humans doing stuff is quite easy. It's the starting and finishing we tend to have problems with

Of course, there are many paths to the adoption of EA practices and products, and while answering the question "Where do I start?" with the Answer "Anywhere you like" is a perfectly valid one (and equally valid if utilising PEAF) it is not particularly helpful for for people and organisations that require more guidance. For this need, there is the PEAF Start Button.

This obvious starting point utilises the processes in the Prepare phase and the Products in the Foundation Section.

The process is concerned with setting out the business case for starting an EA initiative and gaining the required remit, budget and resources.

The process diagram show below, lays out this process while the documents provide links to the associated process and product documents.

Process	Vision	Maturity	Risks	Metrics