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Building Networks with Business Models: Two approaches that will help you to understand and improve your value network

In an earlier posting we addressed 7 applications of the Business Model Canvas. Sure, we can agree that the Business Model Canvas is very useful for establishing, evaluating and reinventing businesses. But we should not only highlight the countless possibilities of it…

• April 15, 2013
• BizzDesign

From Business Design to Business Change (#2) – Be John Malkovich!

What interests me is that in many cases success in our work is not about the content per se (see post #1 of this series). Let me start this blog by recommending a somewhat strange, but brilliant and award winning movie ‘Being…

• April 2, 2013
• BizzDesign

EA Roadmap for success: Architecture Principles and models

In this 10th posting we will cover the topic of using architecture principles and architecture models in tandem. Both focus on different aspects of Enterprise Architecture work / documentation and complement each other as we will see shortly. The 10th posting in…

• March 28, 2013
• BizzDesign

What impacts should Enterprise Architecture have?

Footprints on fresh snow(photo credit: dru!)Walking on fresh snow is one of my favorite activities, as I enjoy leaving the first footprints in the soft, fluffy snow.  My impact on the snow is evident to those that come after me.  What impacts…

• June 20, 2012
• Ming Fai

6 Rules of Thumb for Enterprise Architecting

What rules of thumb guide your EA efforts?(photo credit: Sanna R) This is the second half of my 12 heuristics for Enterprise Architecting.  I have already started using some of them to guide me in EA exercises, for example heuristic #7.  And…

• June 13, 2012
• Ming Fai

How to avoid common mistakes with your EA program – Part I

by: Bill Cason – Troux CTO – June 12th, 2012 Part I: Overcome inexperience when initiating a program I frequently see Enterprise Architecture (EA) practices make a common mistake when initiating a program. They think: We know what we are doing, even…

• June 12, 2012
• Troux Staff

Architecture of my life: continued

Continuing down the life architecture path (photo credit: .:Adry:.)My earlier post Architecture of my life generated a lot of interest, which was encouraging, but it also stressed me to follow up with updates as many readers asked for that.  Moreover, I too am…

• May 30, 2012
• Ming Fai

Penn State University Center for EA and FEAPO Presentation Available

This week I invited Dr. Brian Cameron to an internal Microsoft Architecture Summit for internal Microsoft IT Enterprise Architects and our Microsoft Services Enterprise Strategy and Architecture organizations. He was our featured keynote speaker about his efforts in the Enterprise Architecture community.…

• May 23, 2012
• Mike Walker

EA Heuristic #6: Examine if the metrics are frequent and granular enough to be actionable

Metrics guide our actions (photo credit: stefan)(this article is part of the series "12 Heuristics for Enterprise Architecting")How can an organization recognize progress without appropriate metrics?  Metrics are helpful in assessing if the organization is doing well or not, and if not,…

• May 23, 2012
• Ming Fai

Business Architecture Vs. Goals and Strategy: What the Difference Means To You

by: Bill Cason, CTO, Troux IT organizations must speak the language of the business in order to play a more strategic role within the enterprise. Our experience has shown that IT can begin this journey by defining and understanding six portfolios within the enterprise. These…

• May 22, 2012
• Troux Staff

EA Heuristic #5: Address the concern of “you are echoing back what I told you”

(this article is part of the series "12 Heuristics for Enterprise Architecting")Stop parroting me! (photo credit: Ferran Pestaña) In some ways, the “as-is” phase of enterprise architecting exercises do not generate new content. It brings together observations from different parts of the organization…

• May 21, 2012
• Ming Fai