Is TOGAF incomplete, complex and sucks? Second installment
In any case, EA does not equal TOGAF and vice-versa.
Adrian Grigoriu
Enterprise architecture looks like an MRI scan
Architecture, in general, is about models and blueprints. Hence, enterprise architects have to devise models that describe the enterprise. Based on these models many people in the enterprise visualize, analyze and solve their own issues, in cont…
Is complexity a problem for the enterprise?
Richard Veryard states that “Complexity is not a problem”. Let me see. Complexity is growing rapidly today. And that is as it should be.Should we not control complexity, the management of our systems and enterprises, of their issues and their…
Is TOGAF incomplete, complex and sucks?
“TOGAF is not complex”. Its content is not, in fact it is rather bland, the form is though. It’s simply too large, consisting of sections that are not specific to architecture but overlap, unnecessarily, with other methodologies.
Enterprise Architecture is not aimed at creating models. Is that so?
Architecture, in general, is about models. Hence, enterprise architects are to devise architecture, that is to model the enterprise. If you don’t do that, then you are not doing architecture.
The Business Model Canvas is neither ontology nor business architecture, it is a value chain
Is Alex Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas, BMC, an ontology or a (business) architecture as it is sometimes claimed or… something else?To start with, BMC cannot be both a (business) architecture and an ontology. That is, assuming that an architect…
Zachman’s is neither a framework nor an ontology, it is a development process
The vertical dimension describes the system development process beginning with the objectives establishment and conceptual design and ending with the Implementation.
Zachman’s is a process rather than a framework or an ontology
I would like to launch a challenge with regard to Zachman’s table by saying that it is neither an ontology nor a framework, as it was often said, but a good old system development process. Whatis.com states that “an ontology…
Enterprise Architecture state and causes in ten points
People don’t even know how an Enterprise Architecture looks like.
Is the Enterprise Architect leading the enterprise development?
The EA architect does not replace though the strategist, the business process man, the quality team… The architect just provide the tool, the context, the principles…
Should there be one, none or more Enterprise Architecture frameworks?
In EA, we came to the rather original situation where everybody has his own EA approach and there are more frameworks than we can count. How many frameworks does one need though to design, document develop the same system and…
On starting a new EA group
Plan to fulfill the expectations of those who created or sponsored the EA group. After all, they pay the bill. So ask them what they expect.In my experience, they would want to know how to select technology, what are the…