Monthly Archives: January 2009

Does the enterprise architecture really ‘contain’ the organisation?

Posted on January 29, 2009 by admin

Is the enterprise architecture a town plan?  I’m not sure I agree with the idea that the enterprise architecture is analogous to a town plan.  For example, under the work-in-progress ‘Coherent Enterprise Archiecture’ (CEA) e-book maintained here, the follow definition … Continue reading →

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Update to Enterprise Architecture Worksheet

Posted on January 28, 2009 by admin

I have updated the MWT/TEBT Enterprise Architecture Worksheet (pdf).  The major change is that I have included a better template diagram.  I have also included some references to the Enterprise Architecture As Strategy book which make it clear that a different … Continue reading →

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Traceability in enterprise architecture

Posted on January 27, 2009 by admin

Whenever I read about enterprise architecture I’m always struck by how technical the conversation seems. I’m not anti-technical; but in my mind architecture is more important than what we generally call management.  This is also implicit in the principles of … Continue reading →

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