Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
For some time now I have been promoting the idea that the practice of business architecture is not about creating blueprints and models but applying a set of tools and techniques to form broader perspectives, create deeper insight, and solve business problems. If business architecture is a practice then what is its portfolio of services? […]
The next Open Group Conference will be held in Newport Beach California taking place January 28 through 31st. Looks to be a lot of great speakers. The conference theme is “Big Data – The Transformation We Need to Embrace Today”…
The Open Group is busy gearing up for the Newport Beach Conference. Taking place January 28-31, 2013, the conference theme is “Big Data – The Transformation We Need to Embrace Today” and Early Bird registration is now open! Continue reading →
People don’t even know how an Enterprise Architecture looks like.
A number of bloggers have talked about the central importance of story-telling
and sense-making in the architect’s craft. So I wanted to highlight an
interesting piece about Rowan Williams in the Guardian recently, with
possible relevance to the pra…
When is Bike not a Business Rule.:
It’s an unexceptional and foundational principle that governance is about behaviour.
But behaviour is about intentions.
Governance machinery that focuses on behaviour to the exclusion of intentions destroys value.
A…
When is Bike not a Business Rule.:
It’s an unexceptional and foundational principle that governance is about behaviour.
But behaviour is about intentions.
Governance machinery that focuses on behaviour to the exclusion of intentions destroys value.
As this great story of the little bike that wasn’t, from Tom Graves illustrates so well.
Late last month Gartner published their annual Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2013. Based on the view that Gartner paints it looks to me as a evelotuionary year ahead rather than revelotionary. This is no way is a bad…
You can’t go wrong if you follow the rules, right? But what happens when you come across something where the ‘rules’ don’t make sense – and yet you still try to hold on to the certainty of ‘the rules’? Or,…
Gartner has released yet another great resource for Enterprise Architects with their EA Tools Magic Quadrant. The full report can be found here: http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-1CVXD3X&ct=121119&utm_content=c26292b9-8692-4afe-9fec-28e9315d6a34 For those that have already selected an EA tool and are looking to find out how…
Whilst I spent most of my working hours in Windows 7 and Outlook, I still return to my favourite operating system OpenBSD when I need to do serious technical work. It is simple, elegant, and secure.Installing OpenBSD/i386 5.2 in VirtualBox under Window…
Zig Ziglar died today. The title may make instant sense to his followers or to those of you that have heard me tell his story about baked ham. It’s about his wife sawing the end off of a roast before baking because she thinks it creates a better roast. But when they call the originator […]
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