Gartner Group Swings for the Fences, Breaks Bat
September 5, 2009
ZDNet’s “Enterprise Architecture Pitfalls: The Obvious, and Beyond the Obvious” makes the posturing of azure chip consultant Gartner clear and somewhat painful to read. Yikes, the article stated, “Ho-hum.. You get the picture. Gartner’s suggestions are blindingly obvious.” The addled goose is startled. The best part of the write up, however, was not the umpire’s calling Gartner out. Readers provides some useful comments about the miserable track record some organizations have with “enterprise architecture.” My favorite was “Example EA pitfall – developers persuade stakeholders that EA guidelines are unnecessary red tape”. Almost right. Consultants also contribute to the persuasion.
Stephen Arnold, September 5, 2009