Business Architecture Management Architecting the Business for Consi
This book presents a comprehensive overview of enterprise architecture management with a specific focus on the business aspects. While recent approaches to enterprise architecture management have dealt mainly with aspects of information technology, this b
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Daniel Simon Christian Schmidt Editors
Business Architecture Management Architecting the Business for Consistency and Alignment
Management for Professionals
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Daniel Simon • Christian Schmidt Editors
Business Architecture Management Architecting the Business for Consistency and Alignment
Editors Daniel Simon Scape Consulting GmbH Cologne Germany
Christian Schmidt Scape Consulting GmbH Frankfurt/Main Germany
ISSN 2192-8096 ISSN 2192-810X (electronic) Management for Professionals ISBN 978-3-319-14570-9 ISBN 978-3-319-14571-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-14571-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015938181 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London # Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
The act of undertaking enterprise architecture has much in common with wine tasting. The critics of enterprise architecture would probably say: “I agree; both activities are expensive, overly analytical, and the participants get caught up in long-winded debates about definitions and subtleties that most people don’t care about!” As you can imagine, this is not my opinion and definitely not the point I’m trying to make here. Rather, the commonalties I see between both activities are that they mean different things to different people, that they are concerned with collective meaning-making, and that they are deeply social in nature. Deciding if a wine is good is greatly determined by personal preferences. Don’t get me wrong, wine connoisseurs may reach a consensus and affirm that a certain wine is well balanced. However, such a consensus says neither very much about the personal preferences of each wine connoisseur nor what wine they would enjoy during a supper with close friends. Similarly, the
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