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The 21st century business will be data-driven or it won’t succeed. The importance of data usage for business performance and innovation is, and will remain, decisive for companies that understand its importance and power. Indeed, the complexity of com…
The 21st century business will be data-driven or it won’t succeed. The importance of data usage for business performance and innovation is, and will remain, decisive for companies that understand its importance and power. Indeed, the complexity of com…
A Labnaf White Paperby Alain De Preter Why do you…
Decisions made within the Enterprise are best made when adequately informed. The ability to access knowledge in a timely manner, to categorise, analyse and prioritise its importance is essential. Capturing knowledge both explicit and tacit can be an endeavour in … Continue reading →
Software platforms such as BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio are powerful tools that can support transformation activities if used in the right way. Otherwise there is a risk it becomes shelf-ware. As the saying goes: “With great power comes great responsibility”
Throughout this blog series we talked about using ArchiMate, and approaches for setting up ArchiMate models. We first discussed a top-down, and then a bottom-up approach, and presented examples from our consulting practice for both. Now here i…
The Architecture Repository is where architects store work outputs. This poster provides an overview of how TOGAF defines the architecture repository. Download this free poster from Good e-Learning.
What 20 years in enterprise architecture taught me about models, dialogue, decision-making, and using EA to understand dependencies and manage change.
What control, dependencies, jurisdiction, and exitability mean for enterprise architects
If you spend enough time in Enterprise Architecture, you will eventually encounter a curious phenomenon. Almost everyone supports the idea of Enterprise Architecture. Almost nobody agrees on what it actually is. Some executives believe Enterprise Architecture is primarily about technology standards. Others expect it to deliver target architectures within weeks. Some see it as an exercise in governance and compliance. Others imagine a group of architects who somehow possess a master plan that immediately solves organizational complexity. Interestingly, all of these perceptions contain fragments of truth, yet none of them fully captures what Enterprise Architecture actually represents.
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EA becomes more useful when its meanings and boundaries are clear: what it describes, how architects support change, and what belongs to other disciplines.
There was a time when the Enterprise Architect was easy to identify. They were the ones with the largest diagrams. The most boxes and arrows. The most opinions about standards. They could quote frameworks like scripture and had a sixth sense for spotting an unauthorized integration. If something wasn’t aligned to the target architecture, they knew. And they would tell you. Probably in a steering committee. The modern Enterprise Architect looks very different from the one many organizations designed their structures around.
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