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Roland Woldt's avatar

I agree with your conclusions and there is another type: the artifact manager, who mostly works in an IT architecture tool. They think that the tool does everything for them and just "feed the beast" without any conceptual thinking (or modeling) ... "The report will tell us."

Eetu Niemi, Ph.D.'s avatar

Oh yes, that one definitely exists. The artifact manager: faithfully feeding the tool and waiting for insight—and ROI—to materialize automatically. You do sometimes encounter them in the wild, including LinkedIn comments.

Ben Stroup,PMP,LSSBB,CSM,TOGAF's avatar

Great article. It's definitely "both-and" in my book. I like to think of it as enrollment first and alignment second.

Eetu Niemi, Ph.D.'s avatar

Thanks! Very much a “both-and” for me as well.