Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
The word ‘value’ has too many meanings and sometimes it masks a real problem. I had a conversation with a very smart customer recently, where their IT division is going through a transformation to help their business compete. I asked …
Architecture Considerations around Fabric Computing
The fabric concept has been around since 1998, and computing fabrics using commodity hardware and software are now starting to come into fruition. The fabric system provides a set of interc…
Architecture Considerations around Fabric Computing
The fabric concept has been around since 1998, and computing fabrics using commodity hardware and software are now starting to come into fruition. The fabric system provides a set of interc…
A common challenge among architects and architecture organizations is the challenge of properly understanding the landscape of architecture assets within and external to the enterprise. With all the different definitions, hierarchy and levels of abstraction it can be difficult to…
If IT doesn’t believe in itself, how can we expect business to believe in us, to treat us like partners and not as order takers? Continue reading →
We are looking for more problem definitions and solutions to drive a collective global mindset forward to ensure that IT delivers benefits across the entire value chain. If we agree on what the problems are, prioritize and work on them in a wholly coll…
I was speaking with a software architect, yesterday, after Martin Sykes, Mark West, and myself presented our ideas around Visual Stories to about 150 consultants. He asked me about my role and when I explained that I am an Enterprise Architect, h…
In the business architect profession, mistakes can have severe consequences. As such, it is only reasonable for customers to demand some kind of impartial proof of our professional skills. Continue reading →
In order to solve a problem, you have to know the problem you are solving. In a growing number of organizations, Enterprise Architecture is responsible for insuring the alignment of business change programs (including but not limited to programs …
Print PDF A few years ago, a consumer products company I’m familiar with committed to outsourcing its infrastructure and as much of its application portfolio as possible. Its strategic application decisions were heavily influenced by outsourced and SaaS offering, placing its CRM and several customer community sites in the cloud. With a stable set of hosted, cloud and SaaS apps, they were shocked to find that they didn’t talk to one another to provide a […]
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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…