Indranil Bhattacharya

Architecture Styles

This article is also available as a PDF document. Could businesses benefit from applying different architectural styles to design systems in different areas of the enterprise, just as cities apply different architectural styles for designing Cathedrals, Town Halls, and Bazaars? Applying different…

July 16, 2012
Indranil Bhattacharya

The project-related concerns of Enterprise Architecture

The project-related concerns of Enterprise Architecture Using the analogy of the popular game of Tetris, this diagram explains the dynamic and ever-changing challenges of Enterprise Architecture through the use of a static picture. This diagram was originally created to explain the need…

July 13, 2012
Indranil Bhattacharya

What Squash can teach us about learning environments (Part 3)

Continued from Part 2 (This blog post does not read very well if you haven’t already read Part 1 and Part 2). The full article is also available as a PDF document. Developing skills requires keeping the game alive Stefan Edberg does an overhead tennis smash.…

June 26, 2011
Indranil Bhattacharya

What Squash can teach us about learning environments (Part 2)

Continued from Part 1 (This blog post does not read very well if you haven’t already read Part 1). The full article is also available as a PDF document. Closed and forgiving environments breed bad habits The American automotive industry operated in a closed and forgiving…

June 26, 2011
Indranil Bhattacharya

What Squash can teach us about learning environments (Part 1)

Tennis courts tend to have open environments, while Squash courts tend to have relatively closed environments. Could the sport of Squash also teach us some useful organizational lessons? While the analogies between learning Squash and developing professional skills aren’t exact, both involve…

June 26, 2011
Indranil Bhattacharya

When effort estimations feel like buying showroom kitchens

A showroom kitchen sans sales staff Purchasing a showroom kitchen can be an unpleasant experience, especially if you’re not sure of the value of what you are buying. Kitchen showrooms tend to have the atmosphere of a prestigious car dealership, perhaps because…

February 19, 2011
Indranil Bhattacharya

Perfect Arch :: Our journey and inspirations so far

Together with my colleagues Andre Kampert and Sergej van Middendorp, I am part of a new consulting practice named PerfectArch. All three of us are independent consultants, and having worked and collaborated with each other on assignments in the past, we wanted…

December 24, 2010
Indranil Bhattacharya

IT Wastelands :: How many icebergs have you melted?

IT waste melts icebergs. High performance servers, cheap network storage, faster network connections, and improved peripheral performance have become subtle contributors for a culture of IT waste. System designers are increasingly relieved of the burden of designing efficient systems that utilize resources…

December 24, 2010
Indranil Bhattacharya

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