Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Eric Meredith Could you end a debate that has raged on for 25 years with five words? Steve Wilhite did. In 1987, while working for Compuserve (you do remember Compuserve, right?), Wilhite developed a graphics format that enables us to create short animations, i.e. m…
Could you end a debate that has raged on for 25 years with five words? Steve Wilhite did. In 1987, while working for Compuserve (you do remember Compuserve, right?), Wilhite developed a graphics format that enables us to create short animations, i.e. m…
Since the age of 9 when I looked through my grandfather’s telescope and saw the rings of Saturn, I have been an astronomy geek. It makes perfect sense that I would become an architect.
Our solar system is resilient, having been around for several bill…
Since the age of 9 when I looked through my grandfather’s telescope and saw the rings of Saturn, I have been an astronomy geek. It makes perfect sense that I would become an architect.
Our solar system is resilient, having been around for several bill…
“Nobody plans to fail, they only fail to plan.” These tend to be the first words you hear after missing some obvious element in an otherwise brilliant solution. A good friend of mine once had to call the police to open the locked trunk of his car. Se…
"Nobody plans to fail, they only fail to plan." These tend to be the first words you hear after missing some obvious element in an otherwise brilliant solution. A good friend of mine once had to call the police to open the locked trunk of his car. Seems the last thing he did before shutting the lid was to place his keys on his coat, which was in the trunk. He had a back-up key, which was in
I love beer commercials. A couple of years ago, Miller Light created an ad campaign (later regarded as one of the ten best campaigns ever) in which consumers of the frothy brew disagreed over their motivations for choosing Miller Light. “Tastes Great”,…
I love beer commercials. A couple of years ago, Miller Light created an ad campaign (later regarded as one of the ten best campaigns ever) in which consumers of the frothy brew disagreed over their motivations for choosing Miller Light. "Tastes Great", one faction would yell, "Less Filling" says the others. Between 1973 and 1978, Miller sales exploded from just under 7 million barrels to over
I’ve tried explaining my job as an Enterprise Architect to a number of people, including my parents, and after I’m done I get that “sure, whatever you say” kind of a look.
I’ll not delve into my job description here, except to say that a s…
More than a few years ago, my son and I were watching one of the Harry Potter movies when Professor Snape came on the screen. My son said, "Oh I’ve seen that actor before, what’s he been in?" I replied, "That’s Hans Gruber from Die Hard, played by Alan Rickman."
My son looked at me with the awe that a father dreams of, and said, "How did you pull that out?" I’m sure this was his nice way of
More than a few years ago, my son and I were watching one of the Harry Potter movies when Professor Snape came on the screen. My son said, "Oh I’ve seen that actor before, what’s he been in?" I replied, "That’s Hans Gruber from Die Hard, played by Alan Rickman."
My son looked at me with the awe that a father dreams of, and said, "How did you pull that out?" I’m sure this was his nice way of
If you work in a moderate to large organization there is a better than 50/50 chance someone there has the title of Chief Architect. That’s too bad, ’cause it’s probably wrong.
There are a number of descriptions for Enterprise Architecture. The one I…