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Selecting a Business Architecture Methodology (A Ratings and Evaluation Handbook)

This handbook provides an evaluation framework for selecting a business architecture methodology. It presents key questions along with rating scales to help you identify strengths and weaknesses in methodologies you may reviewing for your organization.

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June 24, 2020
Dana Baer
Selecting a Business Architecture Methodology (A Ratings and Evaluation Handbook)
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Selecting a Business Architecture Methodology (A Ratings and Evaluation Handbook)

This handbook provides an evaluation framework for selecting a business architecture methodology. It presents key questions and rating scales to help you identify strengths and weaknesses in methodologies you may review for your organization.

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The Accidental Business Architect Is Disappearing, and That Might Be a Problem

The Accidental Business Architect Is Disappearing, and That Might Be a Problem

Most senior business architects did not plan to become business architects. They arrived from strategy, operations, finance, process improvement, product management, or IT, and they collected breadth along the way because the work kept dragging them across the enterprise.

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September 29, 2026
The Dangerous Rise of Business Architecture Without Thinking, Especially in the AI Era

The Dangerous Rise of Business Architecture Without Thinking, Especially in the AI Era

The danger is not that business architects will run out of answers. It is that we will stop requiring them to demonstrate the thinking behind those answers.

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September 29, 2026
Architectural Amnesia: How the Hidden Failure Record Distorts Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture Investment Decisions

Architectural Amnesia: How the Hidden Failure Record Distorts Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture Investment Decisions

Architectural amnesia — the loss of the hidden failure record — means that every Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture roadmap built only from successful implementations is equivalent to Abraham Wald's military analysts reinforcing the parts of aircraft that were…

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August 19, 2026
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