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Owen Richardson

Architecture Solutions Without Problems

December 2, 2019 by Owen Richardson

This blog discusses the impact of having solutions documented with no architecture behind it. Continue reading →
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It’s not architecture unless…

October 28, 2019 by Owen Richardson

This blog shows the absolute bare minimum for anything to be considered an IT architecture design from my own experience. Continue reading →
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Applying Information Classification To Systems

October 28, 2019 by Owen Richardson

I wanted to share a simple way I learned of practically applying information classification to IT systems. I’ve spoken already about Information Security Thinking – this blog is more about ways to practically apply information security to n…

Categories #eavoices, Control Goals, Control Measures, For Architects, Information Governance, SABSA, Security Principle Tags #eavoices

Control Services in ArchiMate

October 14, 2019 by Owen Richardson

Control Services are a mechanism we can use to implement security controls. I wrote this blog to demonstrate that controls are real things, which we should carefully consider; not just line items on a spreadsheet. Continue reading →
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Categories #eavoices, Archimate, BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio (BES), For Architects, SABSA Tags #eavoices

Risk And Security Elements In ArchiMate

October 13, 2019 by Owen Richardson

Those of you using BiZZdesign’s Enterprise Studio know we are lucky enough to have a collection of elements for security modelling. This view shows how we can map those to standard ArchiMate elements. Continue reading →
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Categories #eavoices, Archimate, BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio (BES), For Architects, risk, risk analysis, SABSA, Security Tags #eavoices

Keeping Promises To Customers

September 30, 2019 by Owen Richardson

Its the most natural thing in the world to want to promise things to customers to keep them happy. This blog discusses the dangers of that. Continue reading →
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10 Issues In Implementing Large Scale Organization Change

September 16, 2019 by Owen Richardson

This blog details 10 issues I have experienced in the past when organizations I have worked for, or with, have implemented large scale change Continue reading →
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Categories #eavoices, For Management, Strategy Tags #eavoices, change

7 Biggest Frustrations I Have Faced As A Lead Architect.

September 9, 2019 by Owen Richardson

This blog lists the 7 biggest frustrations I have experienced in 20+ years of working with architecture and my approach to them. Continue reading →
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8 reasons not to leave architecture to the end of a project

September 2, 2019 by Owen Richardson

Sometimes I see architecture left until the end of a project. These 8 reasons are the reasons I normally try to push for it earlier. Continue reading →
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ArchiMate – Looking Beyond Diagrams

August 26, 2019 by Owen Richardson

When looking at ArchiMate diagrams its easy to miss the fact they are part of a model, and not just pictures. This blog addresses the difference and demonstrates some basics around models. Continue reading →
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Categories #eavoices, Archimate, Architecture Theory, Basic, documentation, Organization View, View, viewpoint Tags #eavoices, Model

7 Reasons I like ArchiMate.

August 19, 2019 by Owen Richardson

Anyone who knows me, knows I use ArchiMate a lot. I know its not perfect, but here are 7 Reasons why its my modelling language of preference. Continue reading →
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ISO Compliance – An Architect’s Perspective

August 12, 2019 by Owen Richardson

ISO Compliance gets a bad wrap. People roll their eyes, are bored by it, and often don’t see the relevance of it. I wanted to share my perspective on this. Continue reading →
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