Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Nick Malik The more time I spend as an Enterprise Architect, the more I realize just how important this role is. Yet, the stories that we tell fail to bring across that value. Our metaphors (framework, capability, roadmap) are woefully inadequate to c…
One thing that often occurs when a team sets out to create an EA tool is that they create a metamodel that will be supported within the tool. As I pointed out in my last post, I would like to openly challenge tool makers to allow multiple simulta…
One thing that I’ve come to appreciate is both the importance, and impermanence, of the Enterprise Architecture metamodel. If that last sentence didn’t piss you off, you weren’t listening. I’ve found two common groups of Enterprise Ar…
One challenge with long-running news stories is that it is often difficult to keep track of the “current” bits. Even important news can seem like “old” news because the problem is taking so long to be resolved, or even addressed. Wh…
I am an Enterprise Architect. It is my job to look at things the way they are, and envision the things that should be. It is my role to describe specific actions that specific people can take to change things (systems, processes, corporate …
I’ve been watching, with a mixture of dismay and mirth, a LinkedIn discussion between Adrian Grigoriu and a group of Enterprise Architects as he attempts to promote his new business architecture approach. Now, to be fair, Adrian has already wri…
I rarely do a personal rant on my blog… preferring to stick mostly to Architecture, but this time, I am incensed by the behavior of WikiLeaks, and I’ll share my opinion. If you are not interested, feel free to skip this entry. Today, WikiLea…
One thing that I’ve become fascinated with over the past few years is the difference between people who have good ideas, and people who use good ideas to bring about change. I’m not alone to notice that the folks who originate a concept are usuall…
One thing that I’ve become fascinated with over the past few years is the difference between people who have good ideas, and people who use good ideas to bring about change.
I’m not alone to notice that the folks who originate a concept are…
About a week ago, I blogged a short story about a fictional town that faced a problem, with two competing solutions. There are many observations about life in corporate IT that I included in that story: how different people can end up competing w…
Once upon a time, there was a little town called Busit in a valley, deep in the mountains. Through the middle of this valley ran the river Menatz. The valley was fertile and the farmers produced bountiful crops of grain, vegetables, and fruit.…
James McGovern blogged recently about his dislike of documentation as part of software development. While I disagree with his style and penchant for hyperbole, McGovern asks some good questions. Do we create documentation “because we shou…