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Last week I had the pleasure of delivering a webinar for the Project Management Bookstoreabout our book delivering EA with TOGAF and ArchiMate. In this webinar I gave a brief introduction to the field of Enterprise Architecture with an emphasis on TOG…

Many of you may be familiar with the problem. Especially if you use database applications in your everyday jobs. Sometimes the system stores things that are not entirely correct, or even blatantly untrue. Data pollution; that is what we call it. Somet…

In our previous two blogs in this series, we outlined the connections between Lean Management and Enterprise Architecture. The focus of Lean is on taking day-to-day small steps for improvement. The elimination of waste and focus on customer value are …

In this blog I will elaborate on how to scope an ERP implementation initiative on a high level. In my first blog regarding ERP implementation I presented an effective approach for ERP implementation. This encompassed a description of five steps from w…

In Lean Management a lot of effort is aimed at finding and eliminating waste. Our processes and organizations are full of waste. In the Lean philosophy these wastes should not be dealt with as problems, but as opportunities for improvement.The seven d…

What is it?The Brainstorm technique is focused on generating as many ideas as possible in a group of people. At this time quantity and diversity are more important then the quality of ideas. Participants achieve this by first coming up with ideas indi…

When Darwin wrote his opus magnum On the Origin of Species (Darwin, 1859) he most likely did not have businesses and other enterprises in mind. Yet, the adage survival of the fittest definitely applies to many modern day enterprises. Opportunities and…

Over the last two decades, Lean management has proved to be very powerful in improving an organizations business process performance. During the same time frame, Enterprise Architecture came up as a discipline for controlling the complexity of organiz…

What is it?The stakeholders analysis focuses on putting stakeholders on the map in a conscious way. Stakeholders are people or organizations that are (positively or negatively) influenced by or able to influence the project. By explicitly running a st…

In the previous recordings of this series we have presented our view on enterprise architecture (EA), TOGAF and ArchiMate. We see EA as a conceptual tool that adds business value with a model-based approach for getting to grips with the complexities o…

What is it?The project team is a group of people who are going to take up this improvement project. By choosing team participants wisely, you can create the right balance of fundamental knowledge. Besides, by involving users from the workfloor, you cr…

Architecture levels of abstraction and detail: How to make those work for youOne of the most popular topics to debate amongst architects is: what is the proper level of abstraction needed to be applied when creating architectures. Although always leng…