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stevex's review against another edition
4.0
Very conveniently summarises itself in the last couple of pages: "EA in many companies refers to a detailsed blueprint of systems, data and technology. It is now clear that EA is instead a business vision. EA begins at the top...".
And in a nutshell, that's what the book is about - it's the outcome of a serues of case studies and survey done by Harvard Business School, and their conclusions about what works and what doesn't in developing an enterprise architecture. They identify 4 stages of architecture maturity and discuss how transitions between each can help in each of 4 different models of business enterprise, with the aim of providing business leaders with an understanding of why they should care about EA, and that EA is about business capability not just some "IT stuff" they can ignore.
And in a nutshell, that's what the book is about - it's the outcome of a serues of case studies and survey done by Harvard Business School, and their conclusions about what works and what doesn't in developing an enterprise architecture. They identify 4 stages of architecture maturity and discuss how transitions between each can help in each of 4 different models of business enterprise, with the aim of providing business leaders with an understanding of why they should care about EA, and that EA is about business capability not just some "IT stuff" they can ignore.
bsweezy's review
1.0
Oh man. I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in the theory and practice of enterprise architecture and strategic information technology management. If you think that means I don't recommend this book, you might be right.
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