Metastorm ProVision Used by Delta

Delta's IT professionals have adopted Metastorm ProVision for all of their Enterprise Architecture needs. An article at ITworld.com goes into the specific processes behind Delta's decision to go with Metastorm ProVision. A statement by a Delta professional properly relayed the reasoning behind going with something new and different with EA,

"Start modeling your environment and showing the impact of conflicting strategies before you’re engaged officially, using whatever published documentation you can. Once you gain the support of your most visible leaders, brag, brag, brag. Others will soon want to be on that same bandwagon of success, able to effectively plan and execute any strategy.”

What do you think of this quote? Do you see your company moving forward with EA technologies?

The IT and Business Divide

In this article the pIT stop panel was interviewed about the possibility of enterprise architecture in bridging a gap between the IT and business divide. Their answer was

“If I had a polo mint for every time I heard that a technology or approach would provide “alignment” between IT and the business I would walk around with permanently fresh breath.”

While they say there is no easy fix in bridging the divide, they did say that this did not negate the importance of “establishing formal ‘enterprise architecture’” They said that they have seen improvements in IT and business alignment especially in terms of SOA. One piece of advice they gave was to start small. In addition, they mentioned that instead of simply relying on technology or an approach, it is important for organizations to understand the importance of “human factors”.