Cay Hasselmann

You will often hear and read many articles on BYOD and I will not start in a rehearsal of those arguments. Usually most articles in this areas are lanced by professionals that make money with solutions in those areas.  The other real strange part on BYOD is that it only enters around ICT and that … Continue reading On Stupidity – BYOD →

We usually follow either a framework or the project methodology of our organisation when we start architecture. There are however some common elements that are usually missing from this and that is where I will try to use some legal methodology to help out. The first step that I like to take is that of … Continue reading Similarities of Lawyers and Architects in starting a case →

Bifurcation or Forking is used many areas outside of commercial ICT, EA or BA architecture. Example can be found in the law (litigation), engineering with liquids, mathematics, medicine and many more. Bifurcation is also something very popular in open source projects, as well as in software development and source control, such as with forks in … Continue reading Bifurcation →

When constructing any architecture that builds on product or services that go beyond a simple definition we entering the construct of a Bill of Material or a BOM. There are still many people that think of a BOM as a purely physical representation of materials, but this is mainly because they lack of the ability … Continue reading BOM Building →

Usually the conventional wisdom will always point out that patience wills always be better as it fosters the long terms goals and keeps us away from compromising designs based on short term gains. So for architects it appears that it is better to focus on patience as we are often those that keep the long … Continue reading Is impatience good or bad being an architect →

Most of us like to be ethical architects, however ethics is often practiced more by younger architects than by older. The problem behind this is often found in our definition of ethics, as we will focus our ethics on outcomes and on the judgement of others. As we are getting more experienced in architecture we … Continue reading The ethical architect →

Recently I was contacted by a CIO of a company in UAE who I know for many years. He asked me to review some system architecture, as they had some problems. It turned out to be a very standard architecture with a GUI layer for data entry and a message hub transporting the entry message … Continue reading The importance of open-mindness in architecture. →

If you have worked like me in architecture for some time you will know that not all is based on the good old deductive logic. Often many stakeholders will use guessing as their form of expression that often turns out to be plainly wrong and usually follows the pattern that if A is right B … Continue reading Abductive Reasoning →

There are many frameworks out there describing on how to architect an enterprise, but today I want to concentrate on what is really required for any enterprise or organisation at any level. So what is the the actual nucleus of how an organisation works? First we describe of what we do today, usually this is … Continue reading Basics on how an enterprise works →

Now there are many articles on patents. I in the 5 years when I did my podcast also did an episode on patents, which was the most downloaded episode with over 300K downloads for only one episode. Now there are some areas where it makes sense to protect intellectual property and it is not always … Continue reading On Stupidity – Patents →

I am today and in the past was often confronted by managers to explain the physical outcome of architecture. Usually in early days I tried to describe all the documents I was producing just to lose the argument as documents or models are not classified as outcomes in economic terms. The same also applies for … Continue reading Why we are not working on a measurable outcome as architects →

I do not know if you still remember 2011 and 2012 when the same analysts that are today preaching on Digitalisation, where going on about Outcome Driven Application Architecture. If it may has slipped your mind let me remind you on the key concept of deliverables in all fields of architecture that need to be … Continue reading On Stupidity – Outcome Driven Application Architecture →