A better solution for many enterprises is products designed for granular management of specific applications. Don't act too hastily, however. It wouldn't be practical to abandon frameworks during implementation. However, just because a framework is in place, and possibly even working, should not dictate that all future management requirements be met within its confines. They work more easily with third-party products via extranets and the Internet.
Frameworks require close adherence to their proprietary standards across systems.
They are more accommodating of the enormous software and hardware diversity at most companies. Both data points underscore the maddening exercise in trial and error that a framework can be. The data comes from a survey by the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The driving principles in picking management products must be speed, simplicity and rich features. For most companies, frameworks by themselves are simply not the answer.