This paper presents a case for the development of an Enterprise Architecture (EA) in a private bank. Architectural Blueprints are generated on-the-fly based on information collected from information sources. Such blueprints are integrated in the bank ́s intranet and are the entry point not only for the technical documentation of the bank ́s IT, but also for a knowledge database supported by wikis...

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