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Geschreven door Louis Dietvorst op 16-12-2007 19:12
I agree with the statement "It's not your definition of architecture that matters, but whay you do with it". An architecture perspective is thus "in the eye of the beholder". Many perspectives seem possible, for example prescriptive and descriptive architecture as a complementary mechanism. The descriptive architecture consists of expressions of as-is and to-be in both natural language constructs and models. The prescriptive architecture is used to guide the transition from as-is to to-be.
Another perspective on architecture is that of a set of overlapping, complementary continua with no clear demarcation points between the continua (see http://archi-works.blogspot.com/2007/07/business-innovation-framework.html) where an experimental framework is explained. In this architecture perspective, each continuum is supposedly supported by a more or less dedicated competence or set of competences.
Where these continua are overlapping or complementary, competences need to collaborate leading to the question: how do we solve our competence gap? In architecture contexts, this is often done with models since not everything can be expressed clearly enough in natural languages only.
Models thus support one way to bridge a competence gap and a new perspective on architecture is born: that of architecture as a competence gap bridge using models and transition rules as a means to add value from competence to competence (leading effectively to a "model value chain")
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