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Beware of becoming an Enterprise Architect, EA as police work (v)

January 2, 2017 by Enterprise Architecture Development Matters

continuing from
Beware of becoming an Enterprise Architect
Beware of becoming an Enterprise Architect (i)
Beware of becoming an Enterprise Architect (ii)

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Beware of becoming an Enterprise Architect as a selfless missionary role (iv)

January 1, 2017 by Enterprise Architecture Development Matters

In EA you trust but don’t seek to understnd it.

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Beware of becoming an Enterprise Architect, training and certification (iii)

December 19, 2016 by Enterprise Architecture Development Matters

continuing from
Beware of becoming an Enterprise Architect
Beware of becoming an Enterprise Architect (i)
Beware

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Beware of becoming an Enterprise Architect (ii)

December 17, 2016 by Enterprise Architecture Development Matters

continuing from
Beware of becoming an Enterprise Architect
Beware of becoming an Enterprise Architect (i)
 
The architect has to gently let the stakeholders know that there is really no enterprise wide blueprint today, there never was and that the

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Beware of becoming an Enterprise Architect (i)

December 15, 2016 by Enterprise Architecture Development Matters

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Beware of becoming an Enterprise Architect
 
Unfortunately, there is so much misunderstanding of EA in the enterprise and elsewhere. And misunderstanding comes indeed at the cost of false expectations. Various and bewildering deman…

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Beware of becoming an Enterprise Architect

December 14, 2016 by Enterprise Architecture Development Matters

An Enterprise Architect is neither the top role for an IT professional nor the best paid. And not everybody can or enjoys doing the job. In fact, the opposite is quite true.
The Enterprise Architect has to contend with lack of trust in the discipline, …

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