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Building on the Business Motivation Model
One of my favourite standards from the Object Management Group (OMG) is the Business Motivation Model (BMM). I believe that this standard is crucial to be incorporated into frameworks for extracting value from IT-enabled investments because it shows what and how a business goes about achieving its aims. Nick Malik, one of Microsoft’s Enterprise Architects, has provided some very interesting commentary on the shortfalls of the Business Motivation Model that he has identified while undertaking some projects for Microsoft.
Malik has made some good observations on the shortcomings of the BMM, which he admits he doesn’t have all the answers to remedy. Those concerns are:
- Bizzarre Assumptions
- The choice of SWOT as inappropriate
- Incompleteness for large enterprises
Malik’s analysis is available on his blog.
