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ARCHITECTURAL DEBT IS NOT JUST TECHNICAL DEBT

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Architectural debt extends beyond code to include business and strategy layers, impacting whole organizations. Enterprise Architects should focus on integration patterns, system overlaps, and vendor lock-in at the application/infrastructure layer, while at the business layer, they should concentrate on ownership, documentation, and cross-departmental processes. At the strategy layer, Enterprise Architects should ensure accurate capability definitions and frameworks to prevent flawed strategic decisions.