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Are traditional enterprise architecture metaphors valid?

May 31, 2010 by Alex Matthews

Forrester’s Jeff Scott wrote and excellent blog post recently challenging the veracity of the two common metaphors for EA: The enterprise architect as building architect and the enterprise architect as city planner.

The former is the classic metapho…

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Are traditional enterprise architecture metaphors valid?

September 10, 2010May 31, 2010 by Alexander Matthews

Forrester’s Jeff Scott wrote and excellent blog post recently challenging the veracity of the two common metaphors for EA: The enterprise architect as building architect and the enterprise architect as city planner.

The former is the classic metapho…

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Are traditional enterprise architecture metaphors valid?

September 10, 2010May 31, 2010 by Alex Matthews

Forrester’s Jeff Scott wrote and excellent blog post recently challenging the veracity of the two common metaphors for EA: The enterprise architect as building architect and the enterprise architect as city planner.

The former is the classic metapho…

Categories Enterprise Architecture - What

Are traditional enterprise architecture metaphors valid?

September 10, 2010May 31, 2010 by Alex Matthews

Forrester’s Jeff Scott wrote and excellent blog post recently challenging the veracity of the two common metaphors for EA: The enterprise architect as building architect and the enterprise architect as city planner.

The former is the classic metapho…

Categories Enterprise Architecture - What

Enterprise arcitecture to execute strategy

May 20, 2010 by Alex Matthews

Last week (11 May 2010) Nick Malik posted the best summary of EA that I have ever seen. (http://is.gd/cgXXv)

He correctly identifies that all of the problems that EA attempt to address have a root in ‘communication’ with a particularly interesting…

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