Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Jörgen Dahlberg The mistake of the many Raising a host of all employees and marching them great distances entails heavy loss on the people and a drain on the resources of the Enterprise. The daily expenditure will easily surmount that which can ever be gained. There will be commotion in the organization and the network, and men […]
The six ways There are six ways of investigating by process. The first is to go by strategic intent; the second is to follow the business models; the third is to go by information need; the fourth is to trace through application usage; the fifth is to trace through the organizations; the sixth is to […]
The art of architecture recognizes nine varieties of situations: When an architect is fighting within his own profession, it is a dispersive situation. When an architect has investigated a problem, but to no great depth, it is a facile situation. When an architect find no alignment on the nature of things, it is a contentious situation. […]
Going back to Bohms discussions on problem versus paradox, could it be that the same apply to the diciplines of architecture versus strategic planning? Page 72-73 Could à paradox be in existens that all concerned (business and IT) seem to understand their common Enterprise and mutual dependence, which imply the need to be open to […]
I’ve observed what could be a trend in how people go about doing architecture for the enterprise. I’m not certain that this is an established trend, but I’ve asked around and apparently other people have noticed the same movement in their community. The trend would be doing domain architecture and relinquishing the effort of creating […]
This post has been updated, and all updated text should be highlighted blue. I was asked the question I love to get the other day, “what do you mean by capability?”. I usually try to be brief when I explain my point of view and so I was this time to. However in this post […]
In an article at The Scottish Intellectual Assets Centre http://www.ia-centre.org.uk/iam_explained/ they explained what could be used to shape a basic classification of Intellectual Assets.
Intellectual Assets
Registered
Patents
Trademarks
Design Righ…
Secure the entire management commitment Secure scope(s) (partition) Customize methodologies to fit your intentions Use tools to support implementation Use training and coaching to secure knowledge and commitment is within specified limits. Use metrics to monitor the effects of Enterprise Architecture Create a set oriented fractal meta-model (yeah I know this sound weird) Use as few languages as possible Manage materials, methods and resource Use […]
1. Envision
From ideation through environmental analysis to concrete vision and business case
2. Enable
From business case through architecture to proposed solution
3. Engage
From solution through construction to operations
4. Enforce
From policy throu…
I’ve been diving into some fascinating work by Bohm on making people understand each other. I did some pen sketches during my reading that I later transfered into a tool to visualize. Use this to unpack any meeting or use them in pow-wows it’s extremely helpful.
Nothing new, just a reminder of how-to… There is perhaps nothing new in this post, still it may remind us of the fact that continuous improvement cycles should not stop. Five basic codes of conduct when doing consolidation Be inclusive – As you take inventory gather as much data as possible. Don’t be hampered by […]
In most architecture related works there is a framework. The framework is most often a tool to enable the architects in creating plans and drawings. Another use of the framework albeit mostly from the viewpoint of the authors is to hold the majority of ideas within a reasonable sized knowledge domain.The third and perhaps most […]