Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Richard Veryard In a previous post on Uber Mathematics, I asked how the magic of digital would allow a centralized company with international overheads (Uber or Lyft) to provide a service more cheaply and cost-effectively than local cab companies.Uber once promised it…
@tetradian spots a small, subtle yet very welcome sentence in the latest version of TOGAF. “An enterprise may include partners, suppliers, and customers as well as internal business units.”Although similar statements can be found in earlier versio…
@tetradian spots a small, subtle yet very welcome sentence in the latest version of TOGAF. “An enterprise may include partners, suppliers, and customers as well as internal business units.”Although similar statements can be found in earlier versio…
I’ve just been reading Harish Jose’s latest post A Constructivist’s View of POSIWID. POSIWID stands for the maxim (THE) Purpose Of (A) System Is What It Does, which was coined by Stafford Beer.Harish points out that there are many different systems wit…
I’ve just been reading Harish Jose’s latest post A Constructivist’s View of POSIWID. POSIWID stands for the maxim (THE) Purpose Of (A) System Is What It Does, which was coined by Stafford Beer.Harish points out that there are many different systems wit…
Following the data is all very well, but how should we decide which data to follow? Nate Silver argues that the total data are more important than the marginal data. There is more virus transmission in restaurants than in aeroplanes.The average Am…
Following the data is all very well, but how should we decide which data to follow? Nate Silver argues that the total data are more important than the marginal data. There is more virus transmission in restaurants than in aeroplanes.The average Am…
In my work on Data Strategy, I have drawn heavily on the concept of information superiority / information advantage, which was originally developed in a military / defence context. Like many other innovations, there is significant potential for peacefu…
In my work on Data Strategy, I have drawn heavily on the concept of information superiority / information advantage, which was originally developed in a military / defence context. Like many other innovations, there is significant potential for peacefu…
The architectural theorist Christopher Alexander, who has died at the age of 85, had a major influence on software architecture as well as buildings.His first book Notes on the Synthesis of Form (1964) was referenced by the structured methods gurus
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The architectural theorist Christopher Alexander, who has died at the age of 85, had a major influence on software architecture as well as buildings.His first book Notes on the Synthesis of Form (1964) was referenced by the structured methods gurus of …
In my post on the performativity of data (August 2021), I looked at some of the ways in which data and information can make something true. In this post, I want to go further. What if an an algorithm can make something final.I’ve just read a very inter…