Diagrams are where architecture goes to die. In my experience as a former head IT architect, the value of an architectural process is in management and communi

Diagrams are where architecture goes to die. In my experience as a former head IT architect, the value of an architectural process is in management and communications. For example, finding out and documenting where your thought leaders are going (a technology acquisition plan) and how they plan to get there (a technology implementation plan). Those are from COBIT 4 BTW.