Governance

#InfoArch – Post 1. Information Architecture – Our definition

Introduction Within all major industries — including automotive, banking, healthcare, energy, telecommunications, insurance, and government— organizations from around the world are beginning to understand the importance and tremendous value associated with ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of their own information. To…

Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men?

Being 107 years old, you would think I have vivid memories of Radio Dramas. Unfortunately I have never heard the original radio broadcasts of the show “The Shadow”, but I understand its opening introduction used to say, “Who knows what evil lurks…

Application Management Pricing – Not Easy Ground

The challenge of pricing – for an IT service provider While an end-to-end management approach provides a competitive service advantage, it can carry a substantial additional – and often unforeseen – cost and risk. The challenge is that it’s difficult … Continue…

Reflecting on IT service management issues for 2012

Reblogged from COMMUNICATIONS & MANAGEMENT BLOG: Well as we almost enter the festive season it is perhaps time for reflection regarding the challenges you faced as IT professionals in 2012.  I was reminded by a colleague of an article at … Continue…

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.

Selling Federal Enterprise Architecture (EA)

Selling Federal Enterprise Architecture A taxonomy of subject areas, from which to develop a prioritized marketing and communications plan to evangelize EA activities within and among US Federal Government organizations and constituents. Any and all feedback is appreciated, particularly in developing and…

When is Bike not a Business Rule.

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…

Build Upon SOA Governance to Realize Cloud Governance

When it comes to Cloud Governance, it is more than just getting the word out. We must make progress in the following areas for Cloud Governance to become real. Once these progressions are made, Cloud Governance will be positioned like SOA Governance—and…

The Rise and Rise of BYOD

Amazon Kindle V Apple iPad As the festive and gift season approaches, our favourite consumer technology vendors are gearing up to release a range of new gadgets and consumer devices such as laptops, smartphones and tablets. Apple's iPad, iPhone and iPod for…
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