Top 10 Tips for Data Warehouse Developers
I’ve been reading some excellent material lately about the perilous task of building data warehouse capability. It cause me to reflect on my own learning from running large enterprise data […]
Alex Matthews
Does Your Enterprise Culture Foster Innovation?
A very graphic representation of culture destroying innovation … Tags: enterprise architecture, Enterprise Architecture Jokes, joke, jokes, storytelling
The Future of Money
Alternative Forms of Currency Alternative forms of currency have existed for a long time. Frequent flyer miles are transformable forms of value, they can be exchanged for goods and services….
10 Unexpected Reasons Why Your Business Needs the Capability to Adapt
“To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.” – Oscar Wilde You’ve all heard the typical anecdotes about the speed of growth of the Internet and Twitter. Here is…
The Fun-damental Laws of Enterprise Architecture
This is largely an extract of Wikipedia’s Eponymous Lays page. I have added a few other items along the way. There are 3 sections: Fun Laws, General Laws & Technology…
The Purpose Of A System Is What It Does
This is some dot points from an excellent article by Richard Veryard discussing Stafford Beer’s maxim that the “Purpose Of a System Is What It Does” or “POSIWID“. Richard points…
What is Enterprise Architecture? – A presentation review of Erik Dörnenburg
This is some notes that I took whilst watching a presentation by Erik Dörnenburg (@erikdoe), Head of Technology Europe at ThoughtWorks. The presentation is titled “What is enterprise architecture?” and…
20 Key Concepts Every Enterprise Architects Should Know
This article written by Alex Matthews (@remembermytweet) OK, so here is a quick brainstorm of key concepts that every EA should know. It is literally a 5 minute brainstorm exercise…
2 Enterprise Architecture Jokes
1. How many enterprise architects does it take to define “enterprise architecture”?
Answer: Well, that depends on what you mean by “enterprise architecture”.
(credit: Matthew De George [comic genius] – http://www.managewithoutthem.com/kno…
2 Enterprise Architecture Jokes
1. How many enterprise architects does it take to define “enterprise architecture”?
Answer: Well, that depends on what you mean by “enterprise architecture”.
(credit: Matthew De George [comic genius] – http://www.managewithoutthem.com/kno…
Talking to customers of Enterprise Architecture services
Today, the wonderfully clever Kevin Smith of PEAF fame began a discussion in
the Australasian Architecture Network LinkedIn Group.
If I understood Kevin correctly, the general ideas of the discussion were
that EA practitioners should be looking at "taking the architecture
[conversation] up the food chain (out of project land and IT and into
management)." I broadly agree with the view that EA
Talking to customers of Enterprise Architecture services
Today, the wonderfully clever Kevin Smith of PEAF fame began a discussion in
the Australasian Architecture Network LinkedIn Group.
If I understood Kevin correctly, the general ideas of the discussion were
that EA practitioners should be looking at "taking the architecture
[conversation] up the food chain (out of project land and IT and into
management)." I broadly agree with the view that EA