Architecture Theory

3 months, 2 days ago

Motivation Layer Modelling

I Wanted to share how I approach motivation modelling, as there are many approaches, and I often see important things missing in this area. . Continue reading →
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11 months, 9 days ago

Architecture Principles

by Owen Richardson

This blog quickly runs though some basics on architecture principles & how I use them. The company I work for, has a specific set of architecture principles. Within our hybrid Infra team, we limited it to 5 principles so it … Continue reading…

1 year, 8 days ago

Just Enough Architecture

by Owen Richardson

How much architecture is just enough? Is a common question I get which I will try to address in this blog. Continue reading →
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1 year, 4 months ago

7 Biggest Frustrations I Have Faced As A Lead Architect.

by Owen Richardson

This blog lists the 7 biggest frustrations I have experienced in 20+ years of working with architecture and my approach to them. Continue reading →
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1 year, 5 months ago

ArchiMate – Looking Beyond Diagrams

by Owen Richardson

When looking at ArchiMate diagrams its easy to miss the fact they are part of a model, and not just pictures. This blog addresses the difference and demonstrates some basics around models. Continue reading →
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1 year, 5 months ago

7 Reasons I like ArchiMate.

by Owen Richardson

Anyone who knows me, knows I use ArchiMate a lot. I know its not perfect, but here are 7 Reasons why its my modelling language of preference. Continue reading →
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1 year, 5 months ago

ISO Compliance – An Architect’s Perspective

by Owen Richardson

ISO Compliance gets a bad wrap. People roll their eyes, are bored by it, and often don’t see the relevance of it. I wanted to share my perspective on this. Continue reading →
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1 year, 5 months ago

Scoring Documentation Completion

by Owen Richardson

This blog demonstrates a quick and easy way to score documentation completeness and improving quality which is more accurate than guesstimating, The Goal To be able to with a reasonable degree of accuracy estimate how complete documentation is, and to …

1 year, 6 months ago

Creating High Level Designs

by Owen Richardson

High level design is a subject of much discussion in pretty much every organization I have worked with. The question “How Much Is Enough?” is often put to me. This blog addresses this question. Continue reading →
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1 year, 6 months ago

Requirements Realization Views

by Owen Richardson

One of the most essential but often overlooked views to have on architecture is requirements realization. This blog explores this subject and one way we can work with them. Continue reading →
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1 year, 6 months ago

Services in ArchiMate

by Owen Richardson

Services are very important parts of the ArchiMate modelling language. This blog shows some ways we can represent and utilize services. Continue reading →
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1 year, 6 months ago

IT Architecture Aspects

by Owen Richardson

Often when we are validating IT Architecture we talk about the need to cover the aspects of architecture. This blog Briefly introduces them, and their usage. Continue reading →
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