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Todd Biske on why scope is where project management and enterprise architecture come into conflict.
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Todd Biske on why scope is where project management and enterprise architecture come into conflict.
Heal the Eternal Disconnect Between Project Managers and Enterprise Architects!:
Excellent rumination on the relationship between project management and enterprise architecture. From,

Design is scope.
The budget is a fence that will make good neighbours of project management and architecture.
The more design (scoping) you do before the budget the better.
The less design (changing scope) you do after the budget the better.
@timharford’s article So Many Numbers, So Little Time yesterday prompted me to think about the causal relationship between regulation and complexity
There are at least three contrasting ideas about this relationship.
1. Red tape directly causes compl…
Typical exchanges between project managers and enterprise architects have historically, anecdotally, and sterotypically been predictable, unconstructive, and unsatisfactory affairs that juggle and irritate tensions across dimensions such as: enterprise context vs project scope change-friendly capability delivery2 vs project delivery methodological and framework differences open/collaborative vs closed/secret The nature of these exchanges has led to the creation of an […]![]()