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Kim Parker
Enterprise Architecture – Size does not matter.
An Enterprise Architecture is able to contribute significant value no matter the size or the nature of the business. A business can be anything from a single person operation through to a multinational conglomerate or a government. All have missions … Continue reading →
Enterprise Architecture – Size does not matter.
An Enterprise Architecture is able to contribute significant value no matter the size or the nature of the business. A business can be anything from a single person operation through to a multinational conglomerate or a government. All have missions … Continue reading →
Enterprise Architecture: Exposing procrastination
The ability to make accurate, informed and timely decisions is critical if a business is to perform at its best. The decision making process however is affected in some individuals by behavioural characteristics that is manifest in serial procrastination. Procrastinators … Continue reading →
Enterprise Architecture: Addressing business complacency.
Complacency is a significant barrier to realising on-going business success. Coasting along on the back of past success does not position a business for the future. Not actively and continually engaging with the market is akin to putting your head … Continue reading →
Enterprise Architecture: A structured approach to its development
Establishing an Enterprise Architecture to support change and decision making within a business should not be undertaken in an ad-hoc manner. Many businesses will already have significant information that they can feed into an Enterprise Architecture. They should however step … Continue reading →
Enterprise Architecture: Measuring its success.
The effectiveness of an operational Enterprise Architecture should be measured just like any other business initiative that has been put into production. Unless there is a demonstrable benefit to the business it will always be regarded as an overhead and … Continue reading →
Enterprise Architecture: Managing the impact of risk on business decisions.
Risk that is not understood can present as much or more danger to a business than one which has not been foreseen. All decisions will have some element of risk associated with them and how the risk is to be … Continue reading →
Enterprise Architecture: Guiding Principles.
An Enterprise Architecture, supporting a business, is an extremely valuable asset. It is however very easy, when populating it with knowledge garnered from the business, to use it as a dumping ground for everything: ‘just in case it becomes useful’. … Continue reading →
Enterprise Architecture – Shaping business operations.
An Enterprise Architecture gives its user the opportunity of exploring the business from end-to-end. Instead of only having a ‘blinkered’ or ‘narrow’ view of only isolated parts of the business the user is able to gain a holistic perspective. The … Continue reading →
Enterprise Architecture – Enabling Business Maturity
An Enterprise Architecture supports the ability perceive the business holistically by providing an end-to-end view of its multiple dimensions. An Enterprise Architecture provides visibility of What the business does. Why is does it. How it does it. How well it … Continue reading →
Understanding business activity – a key to achieving success.
Business Activity is absolutely central to how a business operates: supporting what a business does by delivering on business capability. It is imperative that the business has a real understanding of how activities are structured; what information they require; what … Continue reading →