ree letter acronyms." (Field and Stoddard, 2002, p.74) Despite this, it is still a problem in too many organisations today.
4.1 Strategy, Architecture, Infrastructure
Strategy can be seen as an abstract concept that serves as an all encompassing guide as to what a business stands for and intends to achieve. This is translated by management by into a blueprint of the manner into an implementation plan, the architecture of a company. The company's architecture is created by defining the specific goals implied by the strategy and then by fleshing these out further to define the business requirements that are associated with each goal. This architecture is then translated into practice by means of the company's infrastructure. Infrastructure refers to the internal and external organization of, and communication between, the variou
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