Posts Tagged "reference architecture"

How to build better systems – the specification

I’m going to take a little departure from building Road Maps to begin a new series How to build better systems.  Applied Enterprise Architecture means a little hands-on practical application is always a good way to keep our knives sharp and skills…

Open Group Publishes its First Cloud and International SOA Standards

Today, The Open Group announced three new industry standards to enable businesses to effectively integrate elements of SOA and Cloud Computing into a solution or enterprise architecture. The new standards are: SOA Reference Architecture Service-Oriented Cloud Computing Infrastructure Framework Open Group Service…

Building the Boat is Only Part of the Problem

NCIS is the name of a quasi-cop show on CBS that stars Mark Harmon as Special Agent Gibbs who leads a team of investigators that solve crimes involving military personnel.  Gibbs has a hobby of building boats in his basement; not little…

Building the Boat is Only Part of the Problem

NCIS is the name of a quasi-cop show on CBS that stars Mark Harmon as Special Agent Gibbs who leads a team of investigators that solve crimes involving military personnel.  Gibbs has a hobby of building boats in his basement; not little…

Design Goals

In my last post (Wide open spaces) we discussed the elegance of using space based architecture platforms based on their simplicity and power. Compared to other models for developing distributed applications, it offers simpler design, savings in development and debugging effort, and…

Announcing NEW Architect Resources "IT Strategies from Oracle"

Announcing the availability of free, new reference architecture assets from Oracle. IT Strategies from Oracle is an authorized library of guidelines and reference architectures that will help you better plan, execute, and manage your enterprise architecture and IT initiatives. The library offers…

Wide open spaces

Wide open spaces - Wyoming Okay, okay – know I should keep this blog more up to date, just have been a little busy with my day job… and now after a much needed rest in last weeks in August I can…

Modeling the MDM Blueprint – Part VI

In this series we have discussed developing the MDM blueprint by developing the Common Information (part II), Canonical (part III) , and Operating (part IV)  models in our work. In Part V  I introduced the Reference Architecture model into the mix to…

Modeling the MDM Blueprint – Part V

In this series we have discussed developing the MDM blueprint by creating Common Information (part II), Canonical (part III), and Operating (part IV) models in our work streams. We have introduced the Operating Model into the mix to communicate how the solution…

Modeling the MDM Blueprint – Part II

In part I of this series we discussed what essential elements should be included in a MDM blueprint. The important thing to remember is the MDM is a business project that requires establishing of a common set of models that can be referenced…