Through many different consulting gigs and seeing different EA initiatives, these are my distilled EA Key Success Factors: Start with why Tell a story Know your stakeholders If in doubt, leave it out Use Visualizations WIIFT - What's in it for them? Always think about the Benefits of your Stakeholders Business and...
This is a list of things your EA Stakeholders do not care about. I always have to retell myself as well as tell clients: Business doesn't care how clean your IT architecture is. Your stakeholders don't care how long you spent on creating a report/diagram. Your stakeholders don't...
This is a guest blog from Wolfgang Frech (iteratec) – for more see iteraplan blog. Doris created the exact visualization the board needed with minimum effort. She is thrilled with the way the burden of reporting has eased. Charly is convinced too: the visualization looks just the...
This is a guest blog from Wolfgang Frech (iteratec) – for more see iteraplan blog. During his coffee break, Charly meets Metodi, who is responsible for the migration to iteraplan 3.1. Metodi has good news for Charly: from now on, iteraplan offers custom dashboards, and the migration...
This is a guest blog from Fabian Kainzinger (iteratec) – for more see iteraplan blog. The iteraplan release 3.1 (released in July 2013) features a revamped and extended master plan diagram. It is now available for all element types, can be configured to include related elements and...
This is a guest blog from Fabian Kainzinger (iteratec) – for more see iteraplan blog. Data maintenance of all hierarchical building block types is highly simplified in iteraplan release 3.1 (out since last week): The tree view now offers a reorder-mode with which elements can be repositioned...