Do not Stop-Start your EA
By stopping EA deliberately, we disrupt EA at our own enterprise risk. EA is like a city map where we have to continually update the plans because of new constructions and roads, demolitions,expansion, repairs…
EA, SOA and other technologies
Should we Stop-Start our EA every two years or so? (ii)
EA is a full time and permanent job exactly because of enterprise change.
The EA should not be modelled during a transformation but before any transformation.
Should we stop-start our EA every two years or so?
To start and stop the EA function every so often reminds me of Windows we used to turn on and off to make it work.
The Enterprise Architecture manager role
As with any activity in the enterprise, there must somebody in charge of the
– work definition and planning
– work repartition, delegation and coordination
– decision making
– general team and financial management
– budget planning and spending
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The owner of Enterprise Architecture
Can anybody really own a part of the enterprise? What does ownership really mean? The business employs the term because there is a need for some body to be in charge of all issues related to an activity or aspect of the enterprise.
In…
The Modelling of the Enterprise (ii)
cnt’d.
Anyway, EA was buried in commercial interests much too early, before even having a chance to get a proper and stable body of knowledge and begin to deliver. There are few EAs in the industry, if any, EAs that we can navigate but …
The Modelling of the Enterprise (i)
Enterprise Architecture (EA) has great potential, no doubt about it.
Because it can describe the enterprise in a structured manner as never before.
Think of the Enterprise as a virtual body consisting of parts, processes, systems, peo…
Agile versus Architecture
Agile and Architecture seemed to be, rightly or wrongly, often discussed together today. Should Enterprise Architecture be Agile? This is the question we all ask in fact.
Let’s go back to basics.
Agile is the developer’s way to do more work with…
Do we need an Enterprise Architecture Theory? We do.
Without a Theory, EA cannot be a discipline.
Does Enterprise Architecture really enable the enterprise transformation?
In theory, EA does enable the enterprise transformation, the same way the blueprint of your house or town enables change. Without a blueprint, laying cables in the wall or under the pavement is a risky endeavour because you may break the existing elect…
The banking industry challenge today
How does the future digital banking looks like after all?
Enterprise modelling in three dimensions
A three dimensional representation can be rotated, sectioned, dis-assembled… so we can analyse it.