For the successful implementation of Enterprise Architecture solution, it is important to understand the need and effort analysis for the solution. Multiple EA maturity analysis try to depict the need and effort for EA and how effectively EA can be scaled up to meet the growing need for the service.


Business Architecture when depicted as a need and effort analysis graph shall be depicted as a hockey stick function only. As the need is less, the effort is less and they try to match up each othe… Continue

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After explaining how to create and use business capabilities in my previous posts I'm proud to share with you a poster that takes all the main steps, and their sequence, to create and use business capabilities for different needs.

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As those who have communicated and worked with me in the past know, I tend to take a broader view of what is enterprise, what is architecture, what is enterprise architecture, and what use can be made of enterprise architecture.

I'll post my thoughts on the utility of enterprise architecture in this blog. This will include what may be needed to extend an enterprise architecture effort and practice, such as for OMB FEA, DoDAF, TOGAF, MODAF, NAF, and ArchiMate EA efforts.

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In my last post about using enterprise architecture to create long term IT planning, I argue that business capabilities are crucial for this work but I didn't explain in details what are
business capabilities and what need to be done to collect and model them. As I
promised this post is dedicated to business capabilities.

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