People, Power, and Politics
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Navigating the Tension between Agile and Enterprise Architecture

Back in the early 2000s, I’m with my team in Texas when my phone rings. It’s my boss, and he’s not happy. An all-day planning session for a new, major program in one of our largest organizations is supposed to be starting. But, instead, they’re waiting for me. I wrap up quickly and head to… Continue reading
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When Architecture Requirements Meet Organizational Politics

We started with asset management and have now worked our way through principles and policies. All of this puts us on a trajectory that leads directly to establishing architecture requirements. I prefer to structure architecture requirements as rules and measures, which we will cover in the next few articles. But there are, of course, other… Continue reading