What do people mean by “EA tool”?
Usually: portfolio inventory, capability maps, application catalogues, roadmaps — strategic structure. Necessary, but often hollow when How/Why lives elsewhere (factsheets problem).
What is an Architecture Decision Workspace?
An ADW keeps metamodel structure and unstructured evidence, supports incremental modelling, and lets humans and agents decide from a living curated map — full definition.
How does DecisionPen solve this?
DecisionPen is an ADW with full EA modelling scope — see vs traditional EA and how to choose in 2026.
- Structure + evidence
- Incremental / NL modelling + curation
- Enterprise Ask with citations
- Docs and diagram images from living context
Compare in a trial against inventory-only tools.
When is DecisionPen not the right tool?
Visio/BPMN drawing or pure CMDB as the primary need.