Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Two weeks ago, Ruth Malan (@ruthmalan) of Bredemeyer Consulting and contributing author to the Cutter Consortium commented in her online journal (being maintained since 2006 and recommended!) that between the metaphor used by Tom Graves (@tetradian) in Agility Needs a … Continue reading →
Something that’s been concerning me quite a bit over the past year or so in enterprise-architecture has been the over-obsession with agility: agility for its own sake, perhaps, without much thought behind it, much thought about why or how we need to be so agile.
No matter what it is, it seems – whether in IT-architectures, […]
Print PDF Guest post by Tim Mattix and Mike Mariani If the relationship between developers and business users is like a marriage, sometimes the CIO’s job is akin to a marriage counselor. In a marriage, one spouse often wants the other to change. In the market, business executives want change, too; changes in the way systems operate so they can capitalize on new opportunities. And often the complaints in both situations are the same. It’s […]
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I have just read the Cutter Report by Michael Rosen on the success or otherwise of enterprise architecture.
Here are some points that struck me as interesting:
“77% report that they have architectural models representing their current state. Some…
I have just read the Cutter Report by Michael Rosen on the success or otherwise of enterprise architecture.
Here are some points that struck me as interesting:
“77% report that they have architectural models representing their current state. Some…
Print PDF Written with contributions from Michael Mariani, Tim Mattix, Ryan Finnamore and many others. You might think the word “agile” is synonymous with “paralysis” to see some organizations react to the idea of introducing agile development principles to their traditional systems development lifecycle (SDLC). Concerns about introducing too much change to the organization can stop agility discussions with the business before they start. But if the organization’s goals include increasing the speed of development, […]
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My long-term readers know that I function as an enterprise architect and project manager (but not both simultaneously) and that I have taught (and continue to teach) project management courses at the university level for over 10 years. Over the…
My long-term readers know that I function as an enterprise architect and project manager (but not both simultaneously) and that I have taught (and continue to teach) project management courses at the university level for over 10 years. Over the…
Catching up with my posts… Here is the trigger of this post: an interesting twitter discussion with my #entarch fellow: @RSessions mcgoverntheory: Most #CIO dont know how to deal with issues in #Agile projects. Troubled projects lead to a backlash against #agile approaches. Endless loop 12:17pm, Nov 01 from Web RSessions: @mcgoverntheory Agile methodology methodology […]