Posts by: Steve Nimmons

CIO Agenda: Redefining the Real Time Enterprise

Figure 1: Forces and Trends affecting a Redefined Real Time Enterprise Wikipedia defines the Real Time Enterprise as: a concept in business systems design focused on ensuring organisational responsiveness that was popularised in the first decade of the 21st century. It is…

CIO Agenda: Big Data Ecosystems

Figure 1: A (simplified) Big Data Ecosystem [source: Steve Nimmons]   In terms of ‘forces’ affecting the CIO Agenda, Information Strategy and Enterprise Architecture, Big Data is increasingly important. This is due to explosive growth in number of data source types: applications,…

Exploring the fit between VPEC-T and Enterprise Architecture

VPEC-T Enterprise Architecture Mind Map (click to enlarge) [source: Steve Nimmons] VPEC-T is a Systems Thinking framework with 5 dimensions (Values, Policy, Events, Content and Trust). VPEC-T is useful in the context of Enterprise Architecture, particularly in terms of exploring the full…

Fooled by Representativeness

What ever became of Linda? The back story At university, Steve studied Computer Science and had a wide range of extra-curricular interests in cognition, economics, psychology, literature and philosophy. 20 years on, Steve is a successful Technologist. 20 years on, Steve is…

VPEC-T as a Kettle Logic Trap

“It was a sewing machine when I borrowed it.” Kettle Logic is a type of informal fallacy in which multiple arguments are used to defend a point, but the arguments themselves are inconsistent. Kettle Logic takes its name from a story related…

Anti Pattern: Process Fixation

The Process Fixation Anti Pattern   This is a common Anti Pattern, and in the world of Enterprise Architecture is a bedfellow of ‘Framework Abuse’. Certain Enterprise Architects become fixated with process, convincing themselves that meticulous implementation of every conceivable aspect and…
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