In a recent article on Forbes.com with the provocative title “Is Enterprise Architecture Completely Broken?”, Jason Bloomberg gives a scathing critique of the state of practice in EA. His main point is that many enterprise architects overly focus on documentation and frameworks, instead of delivering real value and effecting business change. In short: architecture slows things down, rather than providing business value and agility. Although the article exaggerates the problem, it does touch on an important challenge for enterprise architects.
Read the entire article by Marc Lankhorst at BIZZdesign at http://www.bizzdesign.com/blog/enterprise-architecture-key-to-successful-business-transformations/.