I happened to run into Lewis Curtis on a plane recently and we started a discussion on Perspective Based Architecture that he had been working on for a few years. Here is the mission statement from the main web site:

“At the end of the day, no matter what technologies, vendors or methodologies are utilized, all IT architects must address very difficult questions for a successful solution. Fifty years ago, today and fifty years from now, IT architects will still need to address these difficult questions. Therefore, The PBA Method focuses on capturing those questions from architects in a community model organized within a meta-model in an easy to use capability complimenting most methodologies and processes to promote more successful architectures.”

I thought this was a nifty way to communicate the questions we must answer in business which is supported by technology and software applications. I believe that many of the topic areas in the meta-model are useful not only to IT Architects as proposed but also to entire IT and software product delivery organizations. Take a look and I will post more ideas on this subject in the near future. I will be at Agile 2007 hosting a discovery session on “Architecture in an Agile Organization”. Please join me if you are heading to the conference. I am interested in meeting many new people in the technology and software development community.

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