Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Alex Matthews "An A-Z Guide to Being an Architect" by Mark Bloodworth and Marc Holmes is a lighthearted article outlining a number of key attributes of architects. An extract is below. Is there any important attributes missing?
A is for Advocate
“I think you’ll find that you really don’t want to do it like that.”
See also: Abstraction, Agile, Acrobat, Availability, Analysis, Applications
B is for
This link [http://is.gd/g55wp] is a very interesting read about the scope and nature of enterprise architecture that helps to clarify a very widely misunderstood (because it is still embryonic) discipline.
It was written by the Open Group’s Len Fehsken and is called "Re-thinking Architecture."
Highlights for me were:
"This discipline is young enough that the idea that we already have all the
This link [http://is.gd/g55wp] is a very interesting read about the scope and nature of enterprise architecture that helps to clarify a very widely misunderstood (because it is still embryonic) discipline.
It was written by the Open Group’s Len Fehsken and is called "Re-thinking Architecture."
Highlights for me were:
"This discipline is young enough that the idea that we already have all the
This link [http://is.gd/g55wp] is a very interesting read about the scope and nature of enterprise architecture that helps to clarify a very widely misunderstood (because it is still embryonic) discipline.
It was written by the Open Group’s Len Fehsken and is called "Re-thinking Architecture."
Highlights for me were:
"This discipline is young enough that the idea that we already have all the
In a recent blog post, Philip Allega asked the following 4 questions. In the absence of a specific scenario to allow contextualized answers this is my 2 seconds worth.
How will you deliver business value?
By addressing specific business problems an…
In a recent blog post, Philip Allega asked the following 4 questions. In the absence of a specific scenario to allow contextualized answers this is my 2 seconds worth.
How will you deliver business value?
By addressing specific business problems an…
In a recent blog post, Philip Allega asked the following 4 questions. In the absence of a specific scenario to allow contextualized answers this is my 2 seconds worth.
How will you deliver business value?
By addressing specific business problems an…
To me, enterprise architecture is both a method and a thing. (i.e. a verb and a noun)
I have put together a summary of what this means to me and have applied some constraints. These are:
that it should fit on one presentation slide,
should be com…
To me, enterprise architecture is both a method and a thing. (i.e. a verb and a noun)
I have put together a summary of what this means to me and have applied some constraints. These are:
that it should fit on one presentation slide,
should be com…
To me, enterprise architecture is both a method and a thing. (i.e. a verb and a noun)
I have put together a summary of what this means to me and have applied some constraints. These are:
that it should fit on one presentation slide,
should be com…
I recently discovered the wonderful Jörgen Dahlberg (Twitter: @greblhad).
He posts his enterprise architecture motto as follows:
"In the end it comes down to ABC spelled out as “Achieving Business outCome".
I may have a new EA hero!!
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An excellent post on anecdote.com.au included 5 questions to help you assess whether your organisation has "strategic clarity". The question are:
Can the executive team simply and clearly describe the strategy without referring to notes (or powerpoint slides) aided only by simple sketches they make themselves?
Does the executive team all believe in and describe the same strategy?
Do the