Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Roger Evernden “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” (often attributed to Albert Einstein – probably erroneously – but it’s a grea…
I’ve watched a lot of great EA presentations, but I’ve also seen quite a few that didn’t say anything at all. If that sounds familiar, then you’ll love Will Stephen‘s funny send-up – How to sound smart in your TED ta…
Another extract from 101 Lessons from Enterprise Architecture – “success is 80% planning and thinking”. (If you want to know about the previous 80% claim mentioned here… it’s in Lesson #32 “success is 80% persistence…
Is this useful? I’ve done some research, but can’t find anything else to explain how an architecture evolves in an enterprise without an architect. I’d love some feedback. Every now and then I get a question asking about how enterpris…
Link: http://www.evernden.net/tedx-folkestone/ From Roger Evernden – Enterprise Architect 00
Lesson 13 from my book, 101 Lessons from Enterprise Architecture is about the use of arrangement to manage complexity. In an earlier post I asked for advice on whether I should publish a new edition of this book. Thank you to everyone for your valuable…
I’m thrilled to hear that I’ve been selected to speak at TEDxFolkestone 2018. The theme of this event is Courage to Step Beyond. This is an exciting opportunity. I started my career as an Enterprise Architect in part because I was inspired …
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What do you think I should do? When I wrote 101 Lessons from Enterprise Architecture I didn’t expect reviews that were so clearly positive or negative! Now I’m thinking of a rewrite, but I’m not sure whether to go ahead or not. I wrot…
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Thinking “architecturally” will improve your EA career. What is architectural thinking? Is it distinct from other types of thinking? Is it different from systems thinking? I recently wrote a post for LinkedIn about Architectural Thinking…
Is there a quick way to become an Enterprise Architect? Probably not! But if you know the best ways to become an Enterprise Architect, your chances of success will be much higher. And if you know what is involved in being an Enterprise Architect then y…