Zachman
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CORE DEFINITION
A 6x6 matrix: rows (perspectives): planner, owner, designer, builder, implementer, user; columns (questions): What, How, Where, Who, When, Why. Scaffold role: a taxonomy for enterprise architecture, ensuring a complete description of the enterprise architecture from different stakeholder perspectives and question dimensions.
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Reduce cognitive load
A taxonomy for enterprise architecture, ensuring a complete description of the enterprise architecture from different stakeholder perspectives and question dimensions.
Anchor fast decisions
A matrix of 6 perspectives (planner/owner/designer/builder/implementer/user) × 6 questions (What/How/Where/Who/When/Why), providing a complete description of the enterprise architecture from multiple stakeholder perspectives, avoiding blind spots of a single perspective. It is a 'taxonomy' for architecture description, not a methodology.
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