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Mike Walker For the second post in the TOGAF Demystification series, let’s tackle the common topic of TOGAF to other frameworks. Over the years I’ve heard the debates between passionate EA’s and seen the seemingly endless posts on LinkedIn and blogs on…
Dave Gray posted on his blog that he has created a tool to help understand corporate cultures. This looks very interesting… I could see lots of uses for this tool as an Enterprise Architect. The typical stakeholder management only gets…
Do I have your attention now? Given this is the first post of the series about the myths, misconceptions, fiction and even some facts behind TOGAF I want to be open and honest about my affiliation with the Open Group….
Dell has just become one of the latest members to join The Open Group here in 2013. Dell joins as a Gold member along side many other high tech companies such as Apple, HP, IBM, Oracle and Microsoft to advance…
A few weeks back I sat in on a TOGAF 9.1 training course that I had my team ramp up on. This training was two fold, up-level the knowledge of enterprise architecture team on EA methods and it also served…
Sharon Evans shared a new webcast series called, "Enterprise Architecture soft skills". I thought I would share with all of you as it looks like it could be a good resource for EA’s looking to strengthen their soft skills. Below…
Van Haren Publishing recently published their 2012 – 2013 Global Standards and Publications book free online for all to use. I look at this book as a quick guide or a primer to the landscape of standards globally. The purpose…
Another another big Enterprise Architecture conference has now wrapped up. Now you have been updated on all the new buzzwords, -isms and great new visuals. I know it’s exciting to take advantage of these cool new expressions and fancy words,…
I want to continue to build on the theme of Information Architecture which is being talked about a great deal at the Open Group Conference in Newport Beach. In my post, "A Quick Look At The Importance Of Information Architecture"…
Manuel Di Toma has created a great resource for Enterprise Architects looking for TOGAF 9 certification. He built a set of TOGAF 9 simulation tests to help prepare you for the big test. Manuel ensures that all the resources in…
Keynote: Big Data and the Cloud – We Better Get it Right Wow, what a great way to kick off the second day! I found that this presentation had so much useful information for enterprise architects who want to build…
Continuing on the theme of Big Data, the Open Group held a panel on that topic with some of the keynote speakers along with other industry experts on this complex topic. The topics included: Big Data and the EA Perspective…