AT#2: Demystifying Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Architecture is still a mystical discipline, ruled by vague frameworks, surrounded by the fog of bloated concepts providing only little practical advice.

Let’s hand over to our friend, Nemanja Kostic who provides a humorous overview about the state of the practice. He makes suggestions that discuss how to demystify Enterprise Architecture,. This suggestions are quite compatible with our vision of Architectural Thinking.

http://www.entarchs.com/blog/demystifying-enterprise-architecture.html

What you should do:

• heavily downsize the architecture meta-model. Focus your models and maps on value streams, capabilities, business objects, applications, technology components. It is enough to build a great! enterprise architecture practice.
• build a lean but strict governance that welcomes the architecture work of many members of solution teams.
• get out of the ivory tower. Sell the idea and significance of architecture to your agile teams and to business people.