Posts by: Alex Matthews

Types of Cost

When planning and measuring business benefits there are three basic contributing elements: revenues, costs and intangibles. If you look for guidance on “types of cost” most sources decompose cost types in accounting terms like those shown in the very good extract from…

Why it is so hard for leaders to manage change?

From the Washington Post “I don’t think people resist change per se, but they resist the stress that change causes”. “is about helping people get in a growth mindset, as opposed to a fixed mindset where people are trapped in the status…

Tom Graves – The Business of the Business

An article by Tom Graves defining the scope of “business” every organisation is also ‘a business’ the business of an organisation is whatever the organisation does, for whatever business-reasons and business-drivers every organisation has a business-architecture that describes the structure and story…

New Enterprise Architecture Blog – www.enterprise-advocate.com

Please note that this Enterprise Architecture Blog has been replaced by www.enterprise-advocate.com This page will remain online however all new Enterprise Architecture blog posts will be posted on The Enterprise Advocate web site www.enterprise-advocate.com We're hoping to make www.enterprise-advocate.com amongst the best…

Enterprise Architecture & Complexity Theory

Author: Alex Matthews – Twitter: @remembermytweet “Complexity theory predicts that we cannot rely on predictions.” This post is a series of excerpts from the following brilliant presentation on Complexity Theory. The presentation includes an intriguing discussion of abstractions and models, their role…

Enterprise Architecture Benefits

Author: Alex Matthews – Twitter: @remembermytweet Here is a free, un-formatted slide deck that describes some of the key benefits that can be gained from applying Enterprise Architecture. It can be freely distributed and used with or without attribution to Alex Matthews…

Enterprise Architecture & Systems Thinking

Author: Alex Matthews – Twitter: @remembermytweet (See also the Enterprise Advocate’s post on Enterprise Architecture & Complexity Theory) I just discovered this brilliant presentation by Dr Russ Ackoff. In it he discusses Systems Thinking as the key to successful quality improvement programs and…

Top 10 Tips for Data Warehouse Developers

I’ve been reading some excellent material lately about the perilous task of building data warehouse capability. It cause me to reflect on my own learning from running large enterprise data warehouse, business intelligence and advanced analytics projects. So I have thrown together…

The Future of Money

Alternative Forms of Currency Alternative forms of currency have existed for a long time. Frequent flyer miles are transformable forms of value, they can be exchanged for goods and services. Loyalty card points are also transformable forms of value, they can be…
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