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March 31, 2006

Preventing the Death of the IA

The one thing that we IAs need to remember is the long and painful death of the Data Architect. Very few will argue that with the advent of SOA, that Data Architecture is the last effort to get started and one of the first to get cut. Agreement of the validity of that decision would be another conversation. IAs need to be 100% sure they don’t get caught in the same egotistical trap that engulfed the DA’s. We must, repeat must not limit our definition or scope of IA to the obvious taxonomies and web content structures. Search, Collaboration, Ontologies, Intra and Internet, the left over remains of DA, Metadata, etc. Only by expanding and controlling the scope of IA will we be able to expand the role of the IA. The value-add and ROI of IA is everywhere once you begin to see it…

Posted by Todd at March 31, 2006 9:20 PM