* Steps 3-6: procuring and allocating resources to complete it (economics, management, politics)
It is tempting to decouple the two phases, and as a technologist focusing solely on architecture while leaving the economics up to leadership. However, social factors (the real people involved with the project) are an integral part of actually getting anything done, so I agree with the author's premise that the whole process should be viewed holistically (and ideally run by one technologist).
* Steps 0-2: determining "what" the project "is" (design, architecture, ontology)
* Steps 3-6: procuring and allocating resources to complete it (economics, management, politics)
It is tempting to decouple the two phases, and as a technologist focusing solely on architecture while leaving the economics up to leadership. However, social factors (the real people involved with the project) are an integral part of actually getting anything done, so I agree with the author's premise that the whole process should be viewed holistically (and ideally run by one technologist).