SEAS Inc. and OAGi in formal Collaboration Talks
SEAS has formally engaged with the Open Applications Gr […]
Business Architecture
Forrester’s ‘EA 2020′
Gettin’ there… the ‘big-name’ consultancies, yep, they are gettin’ there. Slowly… Nice example today was an auto-notification from Forrester about their new enterprise-architecture report, ‘EA 2020 – The Transformation Of EA In The Age Of The Customer‘. It’s written by a…
So Many Different Views, So Much Business Architecture Confusion
There certainly is no shortage of opinions in the industry around business architecture. This spans from what it is the definition of Business Architecture to how one would implement followed by the skills and competencies needed to successfully execute. It…
Business Architecture Ready For Prime Time
It’s probably no surprise to all of you that there has been a significant amount of talk about Business Architecture in recent years. Just coming back from the Open Group Conference in San Francisco it was one of the key…
EA toolsets – time to get on the cluetrain?
It was an interesting little insight – one of those things that just seem to arise spontaneously sometimes, out of the aether, at the right kind of conference. The first part was a panel-session: five different vendors, each with their…
The Open Group San Francisco 2014 – Day One Highlights
By Loren K. Baynes, Director, Global Marketing Communications The Open Group’s San Francisco conference, held at the Marriott Union Square, began today highlighting the theme of how the industry is moving “Toward Boundaryless Information Flow™.” The morning plenary began with … Continue reading →
Do You Really Want to be a Business Architect? Really?
I know many of my readers are not officially business architects and might not want to be. They simply want ideas to help them be better leaders and managers. However, I also know there is a large contingent of you who are business architects or are interested in becoming business architects as well as some […]
Business Architect’s Resource Survey – Last Chance
This survey is now closed. Information coming soon. How do you learn about business architecture? Our survey on business architecture education resources is closing on Feb 5th. All participants will receive the research report detailing our findings of what sources business architects find most valuable in learning more about their profession. For free copy […]
Some Lessons For Enterprise From Startup Culture
Extracted from Re/Code “Big Tech Is Going Down” with my comments in brackets. “The pace and nature of change in the core underlying technologies, product development, selling models and buying […]
Managers, leaders and hierarchies
Is ‘manager’ the same as ‘leader’? Are leaders always managers? And are hierarchies – and, in particular, classic management-hierarchies – always a natural, necessary and unavoidable fact of (larger) enterprises? These questions came up for me whilst reading three articles…
Top Intriguing Business & Enterprise Architecture Articles for 2013
Every year Cutter compile a list of the five most intriguing articles published by their Business & Enterprise Architecture practice. I think it’s a good indication of the topics that are grabbing the top decision makers. How do they come up with this list? They chose articles that garner the most feedback from Cutter Members and…
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Taking the right path
In 2013 we saw the rise, and in some cases the rebirth of analytics and were told of the importance of using data to get closer to our customers. The growth of social media and the birth of the omni channel has meant that understanding your channels and the related data is going to be Read More