| ACCLAIM FOR BUILDING AN ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE | 6 |
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| CONTENTS | 8 |
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| FOREWORD | 12 |
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| PREFACE | 15 |
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| 1 INTRODUCTION | 17 |
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| 1.1 Goal | 18 |
| 1.2 Target Audience | 18 |
| 1.3 Structure | 18 |
| Figure 1.1 Success factors for architecture | 19 |
| 2 SUCCESS WITH ARCHITECTURE IS NOT AUTOMATIC | 21 |
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| 2.1 Getting Lost in Content | 21 |
| 2.2 The Pitfalls | 22 |
| 2.3 The Dilemma | 23 |
| 2.4 Architectural Practice with DYA | 25 |
| Figure 2.1 DYA model | 26 |
| 3 VISION OF ARCHITECTURE | 28 |
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| 3.1 Architecture? Yes, But Why? | 28 |
| 3.2 An Architectural Vision Provides Steady Footing | 29 |
| 3.3 The Why, What and How of Architecture | 30 |
| Figure 3.1 Elements of an architectural vision | 31 |
| 3.4 Producing an Architectural Vision | 36 |
| Figure 3.2 Basis of benefit logic | 38 |
| Figure 3.3 Full benefit logic | 38 |
| 3.5 B-Sure Bank’s Architectural Vision | 39 |
| Figure 3.4 Organizational structure of B- Sure Bank | 40 |
| 4 EFFECTIVE ARCHITECTURE | 45 |
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| 4.1 A Veritable Hodgepodge | 45 |
| Figure 4.1 Future architecture at B- Sure Bank | 46 |
| Figure 4.2 Technical architecture for B- Sure Bank property and casu-alty insurance | 46 |
| Figure 4.3 System architecture for Personality | 47 |
| Figure 4.4 Data modeling policies at B- Sure Bank 4.2 When to Develop Which Architecture | 48 |
| 4.3 From Inside Out: Variety in Architecture | 49 |
| Figure 4.5 DYA architectural framework | 49 |
| 4.4 From Outside In: The Organizational Need | 50 |
| 4.5 Architecture: A Question of Perspective | 53 |
| Figure 4.7 DYA model | 53 |
| Figure 4.8 Different architectural perspectives | 55 |
| 4.6 Producing Effective Architecture | 56 |
| 4.7 An Architectural Framework Encompasses All Architectures | 61 |
| Figure 4.10 Hierarchy of frameworks | 61 |
| 4.8 An Enterprise Architecture for B-Sure Bank | 64 |
| 5 A SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE PROCESS | 71 |
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| 5.1 Things Are Not All Right at B-Sure Bank | 71 |
| 5.2 Architectural Practice: A Question of Thought and Action | 72 |
| 5.3 The Quadrant Model: A Quick Scan of Thought and Action | 72 |
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