Governance

Generics on governance and maintenance

There are of course as many different ways of organizing the governance and maintenance of anything as there are organizations. Here is however a pattern that can be used to start the process of creating the overall GoM structures. I’d like to…

An extended principles template

Most of the time principles is viewed as the highest form of governance. From random principles to actual governance entities there is sometimes a long road to travel. I use various templates to ease the pain of crafting the principles such that…
Video Podcast: How Microsoft Does Enterprise Architecture

Video Podcast: How Microsoft Does Enterprise Architecture

It is amazing how often I need to share the very basic concept of Enterprise Architecture with my peers, customers, stakeholders, and associates.  Microsoft’s customers often ask about Enterprise Architecture, and when our customers come to visit us in the Microsoft Executive…

Architecting the enterprise backbone

Software-architect extraordinaire Simon Brown kindly pointed me to the InfoQ article ‘Agile and Architecture Conflict‘, which summarised the views of various folks on the ‘agile vs architecture’ debate, including myself, Simon and another of my regular co-creators (co-conspirators? ), Jan van Til,…

Beware gurus promoting their new book on SOA Governance

SearchSOA.com interviewed co-authors Thomas Erl and Anne Thomas Manes to discuss their recently published book, SOA Governance: Governing Shared Services On-Premise and in the Cloud (Prentice Hall, April 2011). The Q&A didn’t encourage me to buy their book. Question: How you define…

Beware gurus promoting their new book on SOA Governance

SearchSOA.com interviewed co-authors Thomas Erl and Anne Thomas Manes to discuss their recently published book, SOA Governance: Governing Shared Services On-Premise and in the Cloud (Prentice Hall, April 2011). The Q&A didn’t encourage me to buy their book. Question: How you define…

How to Love your Outsourcing Partner

In the latest sign of an economic recovery and a pickup in government spending, Hewlett-Packard has been awarded a multi-year contract worth up to $2.5 billion to provide technology services to NASA. In another strategic outsourcing deal Nokia will outsource its Symbian…

How to Love your Outsourcing Partner

In the latest sign of an economic recovery and a pickup in government spending, Hewlett-Packard has been awarded a multi-year contract worth up to $2.5 billion to provide technology services to NASA. In another strategic outsourcing deal Nokia will outsource its Symbian…

Segment Architecture in a Commercial Setting

The notion of an Enterprise Architect in a Segment (aka “Segment Architect”) has been fairly well described in for the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework.  (FSAM reference).  It is not always well understood, and there are a small number of blog posts that…

Parallel Universe Syndrome?

I have become increasingly concerned that in the typical enterprise the major business improvement disciplines operate to some extent as silos. EA is often disconnected from Business Architecture. BPM is frequently not well connected with EA and Application Modernization. Governance is commonly…

Parallel Universe Syndrome?

I have become increasingly concerned that in the typical enterprise the major business improvement disciplines operate to some extent as silos. EA is often disconnected from Business Architecture. BPM is frequently not well connected with EA and Application Modernization. Governance is commonly…
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