ROI | Return on Investment

 wholy misses the point in fields were one needs to look further into the future for return.

This concept is consistent with the view of Gartner Group's analyst Jorge Lopez that enterprise architecture should not be evaluated based on Return on Investment, but rather based on Return on Assets. In the article Return on Enterprise Architecture: Measure It in Asset Productivity Companies Mr. Lopez points out the need to look to the future when he describes that the effects of enterprise architecture may not be readily apparent for perhaps another five years. He further argues that ROI misses the point in assessing the value of investments in enterprise architecture. Return on Assets is a strategic alternative.

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