Architecting the enterprise backbone

Software-architect extraordinaire Simon Brown kindly pointed me to the InfoQ article ‘Agile and Architecture Conflict‘, which summarised the views of various folks on the ‘agile vs architecture’ debate, including myself, Simon and another of my regular co-creators (co-conspirators? ), Jan van Til, all of us looking at different aspects of the idea that […]

A week in Tweets: 29 May – 04 June 2011

Yep, it’s that time again – when I try once more to catch up on the backlog of Tweets and links. Another week’s worth, only slightly out-of-date; usual categories, usual ‘Read more…’ link:

Enterprise-architecture and all that ‘business big-picture’ stuff:

vernaallee: The success of an enterprise depends on how efficiently it can convert one form of value […]

The perils of prior-art (Five Elements)

I’m sitting in a friend’s office, talking about book-production and enterprise-architecture. Whilst he’s struggling with his recalcitrant computer, my eyes drift to a Wikipedia page pinned on the wall just beyond his head. ‘Galbright_star_model.png‘, says the label. A five-pointed star, apparently describing some kind of business-related concepts. Interested. Look at it again, notice the word […]

Innovation in an Enterprise Architecture Context: Innovating the Business Processes, Technological Services and Corporate Strategies.

Innovation This blog post deals with innovation in regards to the Enterprise Architecture program. I’ve been able to identify two different approaches to innovation. The first approach to innovation is what I define as incremental innovation. The second approach to … Continue reading

A week in Tweets: 22-28 May 2011

The delay. The list. The Tweets. The links. That set of categories. All as usual. All preceded by the possibly-exciting ‘Read more…’ link. ‘Nuff said, probably?

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, strategy and suchlike stuff:

joemckendrick: RT @raesmaa Enterprise app stores arrive; IT departments nonplussed | ZDNet http://zd.net/jRI7aX /by @dhinchcliffe >v.useful analysis by Dion Hinchcliffe – impact especially on IT […]

Demand and Supply

Further to my last post, it occurred to me that another major difference between a Business Architect and a Business Analyst is that the Business Architect is a role on the demand side and the Business Analyst is on the supply side. The Business Architect identifies the future demand for changes to the enterprise business model and associated business […]

Respect as an architectural issue (IRM-EAC 2011)

I had an excellent time at the IRM-EAC 2011 conference in London this past week. Part of that was because Sally Bean and Roger Burlton had had the courage to bring their previously-separate EA (architecture) and BPM (process) conferences together, creating an immensely valuable mix across the whole business-change space. For me, the conference started […]

Week 22 Enterprise Architecture Summer Camp (Day 2)

This blog post deals with the second and final day of the summer school dealing with Enterprise Architecture. The tagline for the summer school is “Scandinavian Design and Oblique Angles”. The day was characterized as a setup that was dominated … Continue reading

Week 22 Enterprise Architecture Summer Camp

This blog post deals with first day at the summer camp for Enterprise Architecture in Week 22 that was held in Denmark at the IT University of Copenhagen. The participants were mostly students. The tagline for this event is “Scandinavian … Continue reading