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Owen Richardson

Scoring Documentation Completion

August 6, 2019 by Owen Richardson

This blog demonstrates a quick and easy way to score documentation completeness and improving quality which is more accurate than guesstimating, The Goal To be able to with a reasonable degree of accuracy estimate how complete documentation is, and to …

Categories #eavoices, Architecture Theory, documentation, Information Governance Tags #eavoices

Modelling Information Flow In ArchiMate

July 26, 2019 by Owen Richardson

With regulation such as GDPR being in force to protect our users, properly understanding information flow becomes essential. This blog shows some of the ways we can model information flow. Using Flow Relationships I will start with a layered view &#823…

Categories #eavoices, Application Cooperation View, Flow Relationship, GDPR, Information Governance, Layered View, Practical Architecture Tags #eavoices

Creating High Level Designs

July 24, 2019 by Owen Richardson

High level design is a subject of much discussion in pretty much every organization I have worked with. The question “How Much Is Enough?” is often put to me. This blog addresses this question. Continue reading →
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Categories #eavoices, Architecture Theory, High Level Design (HLD), HLD, Practical Architecture Tags #eavoices

Requirements Realization Views

July 24, 2019 by Owen Richardson

One of the most essential but often overlooked views to have on architecture is requirements realization. This blog explores this subject and one way we can work with them. Continue reading →
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Categories #eavoices, Archimate, Architecture Theory, BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio (BES), Practical Architecture, requirements, Requirements Realization View Tags #eavoices

Services in ArchiMate

July 22, 2019 by Owen Richardson

Services are very important parts of the ArchiMate modelling language. This blog shows some ways we can represent and utilize services. Continue reading →
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Categories #eavoices, Abstract Services, Application Service, Architecture Theory, Business Product, business service, Layered View, Practical Architecture, Technology Service Tags #eavoices

Using TELOS For Validation & Feasibility Checking

July 21, 2019 by Owen Richardson

TELOS is one of those handy acronyms we use for validation and checking we haven’t missed anything in architecture. This blog introduces TELOS. Continue reading →
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Categories #eavoices, Miscellaneous, TELOS Tags #eavoices

IT Architecture Aspects

July 21, 2019 by Owen Richardson

Often when we are validating IT Architecture we talk about the need to cover the aspects of architecture. This blog Briefly introduces them, and their usage. Continue reading →
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Categories #eavoices, Architecture Theory, aspects, Information Governance, people, Processes & Roles, Tools & Technology Tags #eavoices

Architecture Concerns

July 15, 2019 by Owen Richardson

Architecture concerns are often misunderstood, partly because of the use of the word “concern”. This blog aims to provide some clarity around concerns and their use. Continue reading →
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Categories #eavoices, Architecture Theory, requirements, risk Tags #eavoices, concern

BPMN Basics – A Quick Start

July 8, 2019 by Owen Richardson

This blog is a basic getting started for people that need to quickly produce BPMN diagrams with a minimum for fuss and time commitment. Continue reading →
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Categories #eavoices, Architecture Theory Tags #eavoices, bpmn

Documenting An Architecture Model

July 4, 2019 by Owen Richardson

There are many considerations to make when documenting an architecture model. This blog speaks of some things to think about when documenting elements and relationships. Continue reading →
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Categories #eavoices, Archimate, Architecture Theory, documentation Tags #eavoices

Designing Architecture through Document Templates

July 1, 2019 by Owen Richardson

Document templates have some fantastic benefits – but I tend to avoid relying on them heavily. This blog discusses why. Continue reading →
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Categories #eavoices, Architecture Theory, documentation, ISO 42010 Tags #eavoices

Competing With Small Organisations (Using DevOps & Agile Thinking)

June 27, 2019 by Owen Richardson

The advent of public cloud services has enabled smaller companies to compete more effectively against larger enterprises. This article discusses phenomenon and using DevOps and agile thinking to help large companies compete with small organizations. Co…

Categories #eavoices, Agile, Architecture Theory, Dev Ops, KPI Tags #eavoices, automation
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