Getting Lost and Found with Enterprise Architecture

Achieving perspective is hard. While "knowing the business" is the mantra, in reality having a complete picture is rare. One CIO said, "When business lacks a full view, how can we get one? Where IT has credibility, it might lead out of the wilderness, but it's rare for IT leadership to be taken that seriously and not be seen as a threat."

The complexities of IT creating business perspective is echoed by another CIO: "IT should never take the lead. By design we are enablers-we can only create a