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Order the book now!

John Gøtze — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:48:06 +0000

We are pleased to announce that the book is now available for ordering from Aurhorhouse. In Europe, Authorhouse UK has the book here.

We have intentionally kept the price as low as possible, and not having a greedy publisher, the book is actually very cheap. The paperback version (ISBN 9781438996066) is $20.99 (US) and £14.50 (UK) . The $29.99 hardcover version (ISBN 9781438996073) should be available for ordering in about a week.

The book should also become available through Amazon etc. very soon now, although at a slightly higher price (listprice paperback $23.99 and hardcover $34.99).So order your copy from Authorhouse!

Book Launch Countdown

John Gøtze — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:47:32 +0000

Coherency Management, the book, is now entering the actual publication phase; we have today handed over the manuscript to AuthorHouse. In a few days, we will know the publication timeline (it’s on a Rapid Release Plan).

We launched Coherency Management, the website, last year as a simple informational site about the book. Today, we relaunch the website, now as a richer community with exclusive content, discussion areas, and group workspaces. Everyone can register as a community member.

Over the coming weeks and months we will also publish more about Coherency Management, the concept, as well as invite the book readers and the community at large to contribute.

Welcome to the Coherency Management Blog

John Gøtze — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:58:51 +0000

The forthcoming book Coherency Management: Architecting the Enterprise for Alignment, Agility and Assurance (early 2009) will introduce the idea of Coherency Management, and assert that this is the primary outcome goal of an enterprise’s architecture.

In the book, we propose that existing and new EA practices in the foundation, extended, and embedded areas, or modes, of enterprise architecture, should be used synergistically to achieve coherence in complex organizations. The focus on coherence requires that an EA extend beyond technology solutions and business requirements, to include the strategic goals that drive the enterprise.

Like Occam’s Razor, the value proposition of coherence management is that it is helpful to stakeholders when complex entities are made simpler and therefore are more understandable. Managing coherence through EA promotes alignment, agility, and assurance which make the enterprise more capable and competitive.

We foresee the evolution of Coherency Management into a critical function of corporate and public sector management. There will be clear, measurable, and obtainable targets. There will be a program of continuous improvement for coherency and Enterprise Architecture will be the cornerstone of the Coherent Enterprise.

We have introduced the basic ideas in our article Coherency Management: Using Enterprise Architecture for Alignment, Agility, and Assurance, published in the Journal of Enterprise Architecture in May 2008.