Cay Hasselmann

Most architecture aims to enforce standards to achieve synergies. So instead of diversity we try to use the same tool over and over again. Usually this leads us to use tools for areas that they were never designed for. The other point is that over time an organisation is drained of knowledge of different methodologies. … Continue reading The tool trap →

I trust you are all familiar with UML use cases as they are used by virtually all architects where you connect an actor with use cases. Well, you will find that same concept in many many other methodologies, but the strange thing is that very few people have ever followed through systems build on an … Continue reading The failure of actor lead system thinking →

Analytical Architecture is usually used to explain things long after they happened on the assumption that it helps us to do things more efficient in the future. Now the main failure of many analytical projects was not really down to the architecture, but more down to the resistance of business owners to try to learn … Continue reading Analytical versus Big Data Architecture →

For a long time we have seen that a new set of technology is announced and when we are lucky we may actually see it in action decade later. Usually there are a lot of people talking of the potential and some that focus on prototyping it, but what is really always missing is not … Continue reading Why new technology requires non technical orientated architects, but not Business Architects. →

Many architect miss the fact that architecture is not only done as source of income, but also as voluntary unpaid work. There are various architects in areas such as open source developments that often are superior in their core skills to the paid ones. Some of them are also architects that do architecture as a … Continue reading Architecture for fun →

Finally the majority of CIOs have understood that it is not possible to drive market innovation with all their assets and instead concentrate on a two speed and often even on more speeds in their IT departments. Since this means that there are parts of the business that will get what want very fast and … Continue reading Architecture in a two speed IT department →

At present we are told that that we will need to build more postmodern ERP systems consisting of a small core any many discrete services, an environment where we outsource as many discrete functions to specialised providers, but still retain all the data for data analysis. When you look at this many will instantly think … Continue reading The need for more data integration architects →

We are told over and over that it is time for digitalisation of all areas of business, ideally also of all the private areas. Often this is sold in just having only benefits. We already know that for privacy reasons in the private area it may not be the best idea, however in business we … Continue reading Why digitalisation fails! →

When I think of diversity usually I think of HR and long awareness meetings and a realisation that a heterogenous environment helps everyone, however diversity goes beyond this. Now before I talk about the new hype that is built on diversity I want to focus a bit on the ever existing tension between diversity and … Continue reading The hype to end all hypes 🙂 →