Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Todd Biske On the Forrester Enterprise Architecture Community site, Randy Heffner asked the question, “What should EA do for business agility?” In my two responses in the discussion, I emphasized that EA is all about decision support. Yes, you may create a future state roadmap, but what the organization winds up with is completely dependent on what […]
Every organization has one. For some, it can lead directly to a path of enlightenment. Others may use its rigid structure to create an impenetrable fortress of strength. For the unfortunate, it becomes an inescapable labyrinth of hopelessness. Yes, it’s the org chart. Okay, let’s be fair, it’s actually not the chart that’s the real […]
Amazon released their HTML5 Kindle reader this week, and I couldn’t keep myself from commenting on all of the talk of people saying/hoping/proclaiming that this was the beginning of the end for apps and Apple’s AppStore. Hogwash. I think it’s great that Amazon has released the HTML5 version of the Kindle reader, complete with integration […]
While I’m sure the last thing we need is another analogy for enterprise architecture, a colleague of mine came up with one that really resonated with me. We were discussing principles, which many believe should represent the shared, unchanging values of the organization, in the context of enterprise architecture and governance. That’s when he came […]
I’ve been doing some work recently on architecture principles and their associated implications. According to TOGAF 9′s documentation on architecture principles, implications “should highlight the requirements, both for the business and IT, for carrying out the principle – in terms of resources, costs, and activities/tasks. … The impact to the business and consequences of adopting […]
In her IT Business Edge blog titled Enterprise Architecture Paying off at Del Monte, Loraine Lawson writes: Enterprise architecture (EA) befuddles me. As far as I can ascertain, it began as an IT function, but at some point, it was decided that EA is bigger than IT and really needs to work with the business […]
Panel discussion. Panelists: Eric Christian, Director of Global Architecture Security at Cummins Sandy McCoy, Executive Director, Business Architecture, Kaiser Permanente Michael Balay, AVP, Technology & Operations, Enterprise Architecture, MetLife Moderator: George Paras Q: Inspiring an EA team is a challenging activity. If you had one bit of advice to an aspiring EA leader, what would […]
Speaker: Michael Pemberton, Enterprise Architect and USAA USAA has had an enterprise architecture practice on the technology side and is now establishing a business architecture practice. First point: Why did USAA take the journey? They realized that without a business-driven, integrated enterprise architecture, it would be like driving without a map. Their challenge was that […]
This was a continuation of the previous panel discussion. Speakers were: Sean Dwyer, Northwestern Mutual Jennifer Pfaff, Jacobs Engineering J-P Renaud, Jacobs Engineering Eivind Nilson, Liberty Mutual Moderator: Chuck Keffer, Troux Q: Where are you in rolling out your current effort? Sean: They are trying to roll out the ability to do assessments of infrastructure, […]
This was a panel discussion, consisting of: Sean Dwyer, Northwestern Mutual Jennifer Pfaff, Jacobs Engineering J-P Renaud, Jacobs Engineering Eivind Nilson, Liberty Mutual Moderator: Chuck Keffer, Troux Context: Today’s reality for the global 2000 CIO. The average tenure is 18 months. They need to get started fast and work fast. They face shrinking budgets, rising […]
This presentation was given by Richard J. Reese, VP of Enterprise Architecture for Discover Financial Services. He started by showing some of the Discover “Peggy” commercials (look them up on YouTube, they’re pretty funny) and emphasized that Discover is known for their cash back programs and their customer service. EA resource allocation at Discover is […]
This presentation was given by Angela Yochem, a Business Information Executive with Dell. Some trends: Reduction in size of IT. Move from centralized, global IT to a more decentralized model. Successful response to these trends require a strong, empowered EA team. Many companies are going through business transformations, yet we are still in a state […]