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Current State Analysis

Enterprise Architect or Enterprise Archaeologist?

July 6, 2014 by Rajeev Bhardwaj

Do you sometimes feel like an Enterprise Archaeologist instead of Enterprise Architect? :-)Please indulge me as I talk IT for a second. Age old legacy systems, thousands of shadow applications, complex dependencies and inability to respond to changing …

Categories Current State Analysis, Enterprise Archaeologist vs Enterprise Architect, IT Digging

Enterprise Architect or Enterprise Archaeologist?

July 6, 2014 by Rajeev Bhardwaj

Do you sometimes feel like an Enterprise Archaeologist instead of Enterprise Architect? :-)Please indulge me as I talk IT for a second. Age old legacy systems, thousands of shadow applications, complex dependencies and inability to respond to changing …

Categories #eavoices, Current State Analysis, Enterprise Archaeologist vs Enterprise Architect, IT Digging Tags #eavoices

The ‘Bottomless Pit’ of Current State Analysis in Enterprise Architecture!

August 11, 2013 by Rajeev Bhardwaj

So, how many times have we heard this, or had the urge to do this – “Lets document every process, every integration, every data element, every server, every patch, every everything – so we have a clear view of the current state. After all, don’t we nee…

Categories Current State, Current State Analysis, EA Worst Practice, Enterprise Architecture

The ‘Bottomless Pit’ of Current State Analysis in Enterprise Architecture!

August 11, 2013 by Rajeev Bhardwaj

So, how many times have we heard this, or had the urge to do this – “Lets document every process, every integration, every data element, every server, every patch, every everything – so we have a clear view of the current state. After all, don’t we nee…

Categories #eavoices, Current State, Current State Analysis, EA Worst Practice, Enterprise Architecture Tags #eavoices

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