Cutter Advisor

7 years, 1 month ago

Emergent or Directed

by

Do we need to manage architectural evolution?Do we need to consider different forms of EA practice to handle architectures that emerge, rather than ones that we directly control? Find out more in my latest post on the Cutter Blog: Emergent or Directed – do we need to manage Architectural Evolution? You might also find some of my…

Related posts:

  1. Upgrading the EA Role Why the EA role is changingLate last year I wrote…
  2. EA Voices Get to know what’s going on in the EA community….
  3. EA Myths Four myths that hide the true value from Enterprise Architecture!I…
7 years, 9 months ago

Capitalizing on Complexity and Uncertainty

by

Darren Dalcher, one of my colleagues at Cutter Consortium, has written an Advisor about “The Third Knowledge Revolution: Learning to Live with Uncertainty” (Cutter login required) that has a lot of relevance to enterprise architects. My experience, research and client work shows that knowledge is one of eight fundamental factors that we need to include in EA…

Related posts:

  1. Crystal Ball Time Each year, Anne Mullaney, sets a challenge to the Cutter consultants:…
  2. Managing Complexity with Enterprise Architecture Mike Rosen has written an interesting article about complexity and…
  3. EA Myths Four myths that hide the true value from Enterprise Architecture!I…
9 years, 1 month ago

The Gill Framework: Do We Need Another EA Framework?

by

We already have too many predefined frameworks for enterprise architecture, and that a better approach is to create the frameworks you need as and when you need them, starting from a small set of fundamental factors that are critical for effective EA. So why is this Cutter Advisor about yet another EA framework, and especially…

Related posts:

  1. Zachman Ontology, not Framework? Time to rename it?There is an interesting discussion on the…
  2. Multiple Integrated Architecture Frameworks (MIAF) Increasingly I’m hearing architects talking about their frustration with the…
  3. Architecture Frameworks – too complex and multi-dimensional? Following the recent The Open Group’s “Business Transformation in Finance,…