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Frameworks: Why have them?

Frameworks have been established that cover many disciplines including architecture, process, governance, change, skills,and maturity. Having frequently been asked when working , perhaps not overtly,  “why bother using  a framework?”:- the implication being that they only add unnecessary overheads.  When confronted with this it has been worthwhile … Continue reading

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Sometimes the answer should be no.

Not all activity undertaken under the guise of developing architecture models provides value to the business. I would hate to count up the number of times I have been asked to undertake some task which would identify the interdependencies between … Continue reading

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Corporate Maturity

For a business to fully realise its potential to deliver whatever may be its primary mission it must reach an overall level of maturity such that it operates as a single ‘organism’. So often a business will recognise that work … Continue reading

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Behavioural Maturity

Establishing an effective Enterprise or Business Architecture within an organisation is in much need having achieved behavioural maturity as it is in achieving process maturity. As, when progressing through the various CMMI maturity levels to achieve optimised business processes, there … Continue reading

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Holistic Architecture: A new term replacing current confusion

Within a business it is crucial that all participants operate from a shared understanding.  Consistent misuse of the terms ‘IT Architecture’ and ‘Enterprise Architecture’ as synonyms limits the scope of Enterprise Architecture reducing its value to the business. As the … Continue reading

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