Day: May 30, 2011

I was impressed with Cathay Pacific Airways have created a set of metrics for measuring Enterprise Debt and was struck by the fact they’d omitted the word ‘technical’ from the description. I think the debt metaphor is very powerful for explaining why businesses should pay attention to architecture but I do feel we should not only consider the technical debt, we should also understand the ‘debt’ created by ill-considered processes and hard-to-grasp strategies (all part of EA IMO). Some questions I’m pondering:

What would a 360 degree set of metrics for Enterprise Debt look like? Would VPEC-T analysis help? How can we create a board level visualisation of ED and make a a key tool for a ‘Managing Complexity’ agenda and guide decision-making when designing business change?

All thoughts for my long flight home at the end of the week.

Here’s a link to a piece from my friend Charles Edwards on Enterprise Technical Debt that added to my thoughts:

http://www.agileea.com/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110:what-is-enterprise-technical-debt&catid=51:enterprise-architecture-&Itemid=54

Nigel Green
5Di Ltd.
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