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Real Enterprise Architecture or IT Architecture?

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Organisations always have an implicit architecture, but not always an explicit architecture. If they do have an explicit architecture, the chances are that it is an IT Architecture that has evolved over the course of hundreds of little decisions made by developers and project managers over the years. Perhaps these decisions have been made by […]

Want Successful Enterprise Architecture? Define “Enterprise” First.

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A couple of recent conversations have really caused this theme to spike in my head. In my experience, I’ve seen successful enterprise architecture and I’ve seen unsuccessful enterprise architecture. While many may put the blame on a failure to define what architecture is, I think that’s wrong. I think a recipe of failure is a […]