What’s New with the Zachman Framework?

What's New with the Zachman Framework

Someone asked me a philosophical, yet, appropriate question the other day. Why do I still continue to use a very simple framework in my coaching and consulting with Enterprise Architecture? I began using something called BAIT (business, application, information and technology), and turned to something else – BOAIT (business, organization, application, information and technology). I thought for quite a while, and went through what has changed since I started working…

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What is an IT Architecture Framework

What is an IT Architecture Framework

One of the most ambiguous words in the initial understanding of Information Architecture is that of the Framework. The Framework is a generic categorization method for architecture design artifacts. Any good categorization method achieves these EA goals: 1. Simplify information for understanding and communication 2. Clearly focus on independent components for analytical purposes 3. Provide and maintain a disciplined method of depicting relationships between the domains. A Framework is a…

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