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Summary and Outlook

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What’s next? Experiences from practitioners show that the application of EA methods and tools are still evolving. This chapter tries to provide an outlook on (potential) future developments in the EA discipline.

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Jung, J., Fraunholz, B. (2021). Summary and Outlook. In: Masterclass Enterprise Architecture Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78495-9_7

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