Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Richard Veryard #entarch people seem to spend a lot of time defining the building blocks of architecture, and insisting on the correct definition. Some of my friends have been doing it on Twitter recently, and I’ve certainly participated in this kind of debate myself …
@dougnewdick asks Why Bother With Concepts? In his answer, he quotes the Gang of Four song Why Theory. “Each day seems like a natural fact/but what we think changes how we act.”
I think there is a critical difference between two interpretations of the…
#entarch @Cybersal asked me to expand on my previous post on three dimensions of EA maturity.
Instrumentality
This is about regarding EA as a tool, a means to some ends. What outcomes are expected from EA?
For example, do we regard EA as a planning t…
Vaughan Merlyn explains Why the Notion of the IT Organization is Deeply Flawed!
“Having an IT organization that translates business requirements into IT specifications and solutions is always, at best, a flawed approach” [via Ross Jimenez]
Gartner’s de…
@alantlwilson the Anglican Bishop of Buckingham once went on telly suggesting Apple was “in some sociological respects” a religion. Following Steve Jobs’ death, he praises Jobs for having resurrected a corporation and for what he calls “genuine mora…
@alantlwilson the Anglican Bishop of Buckingham once went on telly suggesting Apple was “in some sociological respects” a religion. Following Steve Jobs’ death, he praises Jobs for having resurrected a corporation and for what he calls “genuine mora…
@gotze (John Gøtze) kindly sent me a copy of his 2010 paper Architecting the Firm (written with Pat Turner and Peter Bernus). My interest had been stimulated by Anders Jensen, who described the paper as follows in his blog on the Thinking Enterpri…
Why is it that attempts to decentralize often seem to result in an accumulation of power at the centre? There are several possible explanations.
1. In some instances, the decentralization agenda may be completely fraudulent. Popular leaders may spout …
Why is it that attempts to decentralize often seem to result in an accumulation of power at the centre? There are several possible explanations.
1. In some instances, the decentralization agenda may be completely fraudulent. Popular leaders may spout …
@jamesallworth and @claychristensen believe that Steve Jobs solved the innovator’s dilemma (HBR October 2011).
Allworth’s simplified version of the Innovator’s Dilemma (as explained with greater precision in Christensen’s book) is that successful inno…
@jamesallworth and @claychristensen believe that Steve Jobs solved the innovator’s dilemma (HBR October 2011).
Allworth’s simplified version of the Innovator’s Dilemma (as explained with greater precision in Christensen’s book) is that successful inno…
There are several characteristic features of so-called smart content.
Content enhanced to be fit-to-purpose … content that is organized and structured for customer tasks and needs, not just for the production, packaging and distribution of physic…