Enterprise Architecture techniques

Useful web sites that provide details of practical techniques that are relevant to Enterprise Architecture. These sites offer some tips and ideas.

Boxes and Arrows

A good site for articles and advice. Boxes and Arrows, which describes itself as "the definitive source for the complex task of bringing architecture and design to the digital landscape", is a peer-written journal dedicated to discussing, improving and promoting the work of this community by sharing of technique, innovation and informed opinion.

Setting Up Business Stakeholder Interviews - Part 1 and Part 2

Interviewing is both art and science. Michael Beavers describes how to extract clear business requirements with four lessons learned on navigating company politics to set up and prepare for great stakeholder interviews.

Faceted Feature Analysis

Subjectivity during requirements gathering can throw a wrench in the best laid user experience plans. Adam Polansky describes “Faceted Feature Analysis” that takes the subjective needs of project stakeholders, listens to them, and blends them with the objective constraints of the project in a way that ensures all points of view are fairly considered.

Measuring the Success Of a Classification System

Iain Barker describes how to conduct an early-stage validation of a proposed classification system in a format that will be engaging for senior business stakeholders.

Card-Based Classification Evaluation

Donna Maurer presents a testing method that can be very effective in ensuring that your classification will help your users find what they need.