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Business:Concepts:Principle

Business:Concepts:Principle

Summary

TODO: “Don't automate what still needs human oversight (TCO)”

A Principle is a objective abstract Business:Concepts:Norm that an Organisation abides by in order to operate (or a person runs their life) and deliver Values, expressed as Qualities.

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A Business:Concepts:Principle differs from a Business:Concepts:Pattern in that the Business:Concepts:Principle is abstract (“Be Transparent”) whereas a Business:Concepts:Pattern provides a means of accomplishing common tasks (which may satisfy a Business:Concepts:Principle).

Categorisation

IT:AD:TOGAF recommends that Principles be separated into the following Domains:

Business
ITC:
- Data
- Technology
- Development

That said, valuable Principles can – maybe should – be within one or more categories.

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Characteristics of Principles

Of lasting organisation value
Developed and Managed for iterative delivery and subsequent change
Solve by Bridged Federation before Monolithic solutions.
Plan to reach Targets via Transition
Succinctness removes Ambiguity.
Aim for Actions Achieved.

Primary Principles

If I had to focus on getting only some of the above right, I would focus on the following first:

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