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The story behind this company and the individuals who designed this product and the enterprise that stands behind it is truly a story worth reading. P.S. Seriously, I’d like to own one of these designs. 
This may seem like an odd blog coming from a company that is so deliverable focused, but it isn’t. A design document is not just a document, but a powerful tool for figuring out an architecture. However, it is easy to get caught up in the “task” of completing the design document and lose focus […]
Todd Biske on why scope is where project management and enterprise architecture come into conflict.
Heal the Eternal Disconnect Between Project Managers and Enterprise Architects!:
Excellent rumination on the relationship between project management and enterprise architecture. From,
@elbanoitca
Design is scope.
The budget is a fence that will make good neighbours of project management and architecture.
The more design (scoping) you do before the budget the better.
The less design (changing scope) you do after the budget the better.
What drives scientists to venture unflinchingly into the unknown without any guarantee of discovering the next big breakthrough that will generate headlines? Ignorance, according to Stuart Firestein, author of a compelling book, Ignorance: How It Drives Science. Firestein reveals that “ignorance propels scientific discovery” and asks the provocative question: “What if we cultivated ignorance instead of fearing it?” Even more stunning is that he says the most predictable thing about predictions is how often they […]
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Disruptive technology take two.
Enterprise architecture is about the design of useful systems. Usefulness is first, second, and lastly a function of human intentions.
75% of NMIT students use exactly none of their institution-provided file storage:
They use consumer cloud service instead.
The service designers did not bother to discover and understand the technical subjectivity of their intended users.
So, have you asked these two questions lately:
If you haven’t asked yourself some version of these questions then you have not yet understood, social identity, consumerisation, BYOD, mobile, and a whole host of so-called disruptive technologies – because you don’t understand how they disrupt your system.
Never fear, these two discussions of cell-phone subjectivity should help fire up your imagination.
If Churchill had been an Enterprise Architect then maybe the speech below had been a reality… The problems raged on. The Architect told the leaders, “I have, myself, full confidence that if we all do our duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall […]
I studied Art History a long time ago. One of the ways they test you is to show you two works of art side by side and ask you to discuss the similarities and differences. I am not sure of the pedagogical theory behind that. But we did it and it was taken as a […]
How should we innovate? Business and technology leaders ask me this question a lot these days. I often respond with another question. Why do you want to innovate? Nothing kills innovation faster than a lack of focus. A financial services CTO established a technology innovation team to explore. “Explore what?” I asked. “Emerging technologies that might help us” was his answer. Not convinced enough focus was there, we refined the scope of his efforts using […]
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For years the failure of production IT to deliver fully on its own vision has been in large part due to constantly attempting to solve design problems with management thinking. These days, the abiding anxiety of large-scale production IT is expressed most often through the ‘alignment’ cliche. Forget the specifics for a minute. Suffice to […]
