Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
One need to ask if what is depicted in the view below is architecture or if it is solution design. The picture is taken from the ArchiSurance Case Study by the Open Group which has released it under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ license. The ArchiSurance Case Study can be downloaded here.
The essential problem with enterprise architecture is that it is an exercise that rewards a dull, methodical approach. The margins are so tight that doing it with passion will certainly end in a mess.
In any major change you deliberately want to challenge positions and point of views. There is no use in attempting a shift from high risk hero driven development to low risk method driven development ala Model driven Enterprise Architecture if you don…
The key issue with Archimate and most other frameworks is that the Z factor is uncontrolled. What this means is that you will have architects creating views that are unaligned and unintegratable on any wider scale. So on the surface it looks good but underneath the rot has set in and in short amount of […]
The mistake of the many Raising a host of all employees and marching them great distances entails heavy loss on the people and a drain on the resources of the Enterprise. The daily expenditure will easily surmount that which can ever be gained. There will be commotion in the organization and the network, and men […]
The six ways There are six ways of investigating by process. The first is to go by strategic intent; the second is to follow the business models; the third is to go by information need; the fourth is to trace through application usage; the fifth is to trace through the organizations; the sixth is to […]
The art of architecture recognizes nine varieties of situations: When an architect is fighting within his own profession, it is a dispersive situation. When an architect has investigated a problem, but to no great depth, it is a facile situation. When an architect find no alignment on the nature of things, it is a contentious situation. […]
Going back to Bohms discussions on problem versus paradox, could it be that the same apply to the diciplines of architecture versus strategic planning? Page 72-73 Could à paradox be in existens that all concerned (business and IT) seem to understand their common Enterprise and mutual dependence, which imply the need to be open to […]
I’ve observed what could be a trend in how people go about doing architecture for the enterprise. I’m not certain that this is an established trend, but I’ve asked around and apparently other people have noticed the same movement in their community. The trend would be doing domain architecture and relinquishing the effort of creating […]
This post has been updated, and all updated text should be highlighted blue. I was asked the question I love to get the other day, “what do you mean by capability?”. I usually try to be brief when I explain my point of view and so I was this time to. However in this post […]
In an article at The Scottish Intellectual Assets Centre http://www.ia-centre.org.uk/iam_explained/ they explained what could be used to shape a basic classification of Intellectual Assets.
Intellectual Assets
Registered
Patents
Trademarks
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Secure the entire management commitment Secure scope(s) (partition) Customize methodologies to fit your intentions Use tools to support implementation Use training and coaching to secure knowledge and commitment is within specified limits. Use metrics to monitor the effects of Enterprise Architecture Create a set oriented fractal meta-model (yeah I know this sound weird) Use as few languages as possible Manage materials, methods and resource Use […]