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> My former Ph.D. supervisor who moonlights as a consultant on this topic uses a nice acronym to capture this: BAPO. Business, Architecture, Process, and Organization.

It's funny and not surprising that this came from an academic/consultant combo.

Business/mission/product should come first, absolutely.

But prematurely designing your system architecture and automations before your processes emerge is a sure-fire way to overengineer and waste everyone's time, except the consultant you are paying by the hour.



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