Posts by: Todd Biske

Project Governance Tips

My latest article for SearchSOA has just went live. It gives a series of tips for making project governance more efficient. You can read it here.

Think Enterprise First

Think enterprise first. Such a simple statement, but yet it is so difficult to do. Admittedly, I am an enterprise architect, so it’s my job to think about the enterprise. In reality, it’s not just my job. If you are an employee,…

New Compilation Book and Possible EA Book

While I have not yet embarked on writing another book, I have been published in a second book. The publisher of my book on SOA Governance, Packt Publishing, has released their first compendium title called, “Do more with SOA Integration: Best of…

Clouds, Services, and the Path of Least Resistance

I saw a tweet today, and while I don’t remember it exactly, it went something like this: “You must be successful with SOA to be successful with the cloud.” My first thought was to write up a blog about the differences between…

Deciding “Yes” on EA

On the Forrester Enterprise Architecture Community site, Randy Heffner asked the question, “What should EA do for business agility?” In my two responses in the discussion, I emphasized that EA is all about decision support. Yes, you may create a future state…

Org Charts and Architecture Management

Every organization has one. For some, it can lead directly to a path of enlightenment. Others may use its rigid structure to create an impenetrable fortress of strength. For the unfortunate, it becomes an inescapable labyrinth of hopelessness. Yes, it’s the org…

The End of Apps? Not.

Amazon released their HTML5 Kindle reader this week, and I couldn’t keep myself from commenting on all of the talk of people saying/hoping/proclaiming that this was the beginning of the end for apps and Apple’s AppStore. Hogwash. I think it’s great that…

The Enterprise Family

While I’m sure the last thing we need is another analogy for enterprise architecture, a colleague of mine came up with one that really resonated with me. We were discussing principles, which many believe should represent the shared, unchanging values of the…

Principles and Implications

I’ve been doing some work recently on architecture principles and their associated implications. According to TOGAF 9′s documentation on architecture principles, implications “should highlight the requirements, both for the business and IT, for carrying out the principle – in terms of resources,…

EA and Portfolio Management

In her IT Business Edge blog titled Enterprise Architecture Paying off at Del Monte, Loraine Lawson writes: Enterprise architecture (EA) befuddles me. As far as I can ascertain, it began as an IT function, but at some point, it was decided that…

Troux 2011: Leaders Perspective: Great Conductors

Panel discussion. Panelists: Eric Christian, Director of Global Architecture Security at Cummins Sandy McCoy, Executive Director, Business Architecture, Kaiser Permanente Michael Balay, AVP, Technology & Operations, Enterprise Architecture, MetLife Moderator: George Paras Q: Inspiring an EA team is a challenging activity. If…
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