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BUILDING AN ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE
THE ENTERPRISE SERIES
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Building an Enterprise
Architecture Practice
Tools, Tips, Best Practices,
Ready-to-Use Insights
by
MARTIN VAN DEN BERG
and
MARLIES VAN STEENBERGEN
A . Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN-10 1-4020-5605-2 (HB)
ISBN-13 978-1-4020-5605-5 (HB)
ISBN-10 1-4020-5606-0 (e-book)
ISBN-13 978-1-4020-5606-2 (e-book)
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ACCLAIM FOR BUILDING AN ENTERPRISE
ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE
“Enterprise Architecture has been an ‘emerging’ discipline for quite some time now,
with a plethora of literature repeatedly providing mostly theoretical speculations.
This book fills the urgent need of providing a pragmatic approach to converting
those theories into a meaningful, viable, and useful architecture practice within an
enterprise. In addition to addressing the key aspects of an architecture practice, the book
also offers several valuable tools, such as the DYA Model and the Architecture Maturity
Matrix, helping tailor and develop the most suitable architecture strategy for a given
enterprise.”
Atul Bhatt, .
Enterprise Architect in the financial services industry
“DYA is THE practical framework for architects. It focuses on the process and
deliverables of the architectural services. DYA gives suggestions how EA can be
structured, but it’