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åkan Edvinsson

Five Types of Bad Chief Architect Characters – We Have The Whole List!

October 2, 2012 by Open Group

By Håkan Edvinsson and Peter Tallungs We have looked at some of the extreme personality types of chief architects to provide some hints on how to deal with them. Below is a list of five Enterprise Architecture characters we have unfortunately … Continue reading →

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