The dreadfully sounding acronym CCPPOLDAT initially puts people off but this surprisingly simple approach, when explained and trained properly, is nearly always one of the most popular tools and techniques of delegates on our business architecture training courses.
Again at last weeks delivery of the course in Salisbury the method of cross functional slicing that CCPPOLDAT provides was one of the most popular techniques of the trainees. Its simple approach, that is clearly understood by business stakeholders, gains much more ground and enthusiasm than EITA frameworks like TOGAF 9.0 which seems to send delegates off the opposite direction creating not much excitement from the floor!
It is clear in business architecture that we need tools that speak to business stakeholders in language that they can relate to rather than alienate them; CCPPOLDAT as an approach clearly does this, as many analysts and business change people on my courses tell me. It is a shame that the acronym,when first presented, doesn't pave the way well but when the substance is explained then all is OK.
One point that gets made on the course is if you use CCPPOLDAT to inform TOGAF, and therefore support the underlying "Enterprise I.T. Architecture" (EITA), then this is a successful partnership. Our technology friends need TOGAF for I.S. planning and by using CCPPOLDAT, as a business facing front end, the best of both worlds can be achieved. With this "methodology marriage" true enterprise architecture can be achieved.
Acknowledgement is made to Computer Science Corporation (CSC) who originally developed the predecessor POLDAT many years ago.
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