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Why? Identifying the purpose of business systems
Posted on February 27th, 2009 1 commentThose familiar with the Zachman framework will recognise the need for identifying the ‘Why?’, and certainly I’ve come across many projects where without a clear indicator of the business reasoning behind development of new systems, those systems have, not surprisingly, failed to fully meet the business needs. Read the rest of this entry »
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One man’s goal is another man’s objective
Posted on February 25th, 2009 1 commentIn my travels in recent weeks, talking to clients about the business motivation model, I’ve been struck by the number of folks who have welcomed the BMM simply because it provides a definition and context for business planning terms like goal and objective. While many have tried to communicate their business plan to a wider internal audience, it seems that too much time is often spent simply agreeing the meaning of the vocabulary in use. The application of a defined meta-model for business strategy should allow them to move more quickly beyond the semantics and into the plan itself. Read the rest of this entry »
