IFW is described and compared with the original Zachman structure, showing the evolution, changes, and the rationale behind the changes based on experiences from within the financial services industry.
[4]In a 1996 paper Evernden showed "how the structure of IFW has been populated by industry-wide models and supported by a distinctive methodology.
[2] In 2017 he presented a case study at Vesta Corporation describing a combination of online training and webinars in a nine-month program to build the capabilities and confidence of their enterprise architecture team.
Roger and Elaine Evernden argue that in order to address that challenge, organizations must treat information as a business resource, much like capital or labor.
More than just data to be used in operative processes, information must be seen as the essence of all decision-making and knowledge-building efforts in the enterprise, something that must be adapted to the people using it and interacting with it.