Friday, March 27, 2009
Enterprise Architecture and Sailing
Yesterday I blogged about how enterprise architecture aligns nicely with the principles of gardening. I am now thinking that enterprise architects should adopt the analogy of sailing as well...
More about sailing that might make it a useful metaphor:
When the wind shifts, you have to adapt your plans accordingly. There's no point arguing about it.
The crew is constantly monitoring and making little adjustments to the sails.
You can't always trust the map or the weather reports. You have to pay attention to what you see, not what you were told you were supposed to see.
You really have no idea exactly how long it is going to take to get anywhere. (But you'll have fun anyway.)
You can speed up by throwing big heavy things overboard.
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