Frameworks, models and meta-models, governance policies,…

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Frameworks, models and meta-models, governance policies, standards, boards, processes – these are the means to your architecture. Tools to help you get there.

They are the scaffolding that supports the building. 

To observe some enterprise architects, one would be forgiven for thinking they were in the business of building scaffolding.