Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Adrian Grigoriu Can anybody really own a part of the enterprise? What does ownership really mean? The business employs the term because there is a need for some body to be in charge of all issues related to an activity or aspect of the enterprise.
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Imagine an Enterprise Model (EM) we can rotate, section in various ways, zoom in and out, as with this tool that helps us inspect and understand the human body.
We can examine certain systems, functions and flows as if they exist in isolation. For…
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Anyway, EA was buried in commercial interests much too early, before even having a chance to get a proper and stable body of knowledge and begin to deliver. There are few EAs in the industry, if any, EAs that we can navigate but …
Enterprise Architecture (EA) has great potential, no doubt about it.
Because it can describe the enterprise in a structured manner as never before.
Think of the Enterprise as a virtual body consisting of parts, processes, systems, peo…
Agile and Architecture seemed to be, rightly or wrongly, often discussed together today. Should Enterprise Architecture be Agile? This is the question we all ask in fact.
Let’s go back to basics.
Agile is the developer’s way to do more work with…
Without a Theory, EA cannot be a discipline.
In theory, EA does enable the enterprise transformation, the same way the blueprint of your house or town enables change. Without a blueprint, laying cables in the wall or under the pavement is a risky endeavour because you may break the existing elect…
How does the future digital banking looks like after all?
A three dimensional representation can be rotated, sectioned, dis-assembled… so we can analyse it.
We often talk about strategy but, how do we know if strategy does what it should?
Strategy is taken, usually, as both what we are aiming for and how are we getting there.
What we are aiming for, i.e. the goals have to be assessed first fo…
Design Thinking and Enterprise Architecture are different disciplines that are performed by different teams. While one focuses on streamlining the human experience in the enterprise, the other on optimising the enterprise by discovering, documenting an…
Porter’s value chain outlines the key activities of an enterprise.
Today though, the question arises, does the rapid progress of the technology in the enterprise render the Value Chain insignificant?
The question came at least …