Monday, May 04, 2020

2020-05-04 Monday - A Metaphor for The Absence of Enterprise Architecture

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A beautiful inverse metaphor for the practical value of Enterprise Architecture and Governance.

Put another way, a perfect example of the __absence__ of Enterprise Architecture.

Today's analogy: Every user/department - deciding to have their own dedicated/different application. No reuse. No governance. Also, point-to-point integration strategies, tight coupling, and single points of failure.

A telephone tower in Stockholm, Sweden, 1890. The tower served 5,500 subscribers. Each subscriber had their own dedicated cable.

1 comment:

habanero said...

A favorite picture from my home town :-) I fully agree.

It could also be a good illustration of using point-to-point integrations without the use of an integration platform or such.

Regards,
Mats

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