Enterprise Architecture, dead or still alive?
EA is alive and well as concept but methods have not yielded expected results
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The State of Enterprise Information Architecture
In my opinion, the importance of Enterprise Information Architecture (EIA) cannot be overemphasized. We are in an information driven world, full stop. This becomes even more clear as we look into the future of technology. As you can see from the Gartner 2014 strategic technologies list (http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2603623), many if not most are all predicated on […]
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The State of Enterprise Information Architecture
In my opinion, the importance of Enterprise Information Architecture (EIA) cannot be overemphasized. We are in an information driven world, full stop. This becomes even more clear as we look into the future of technology. As you can see from the Gartner 2014 strategic technologies list (http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2603623), many if not most are all predicated on […]
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The Enterprise Architecture failure to deliver
Since it is hosted in IT, EA does not live to expectations about its role in managing complexity, change, business and operating models or enabling strategy at enterprise level. It fails.
Published: Acme Building Materials Case Study
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Mike Walker has joined Gartner
I’ve got some very exciting news to share with all of you. I have accepted the position of Research Director within the Enterprise Architecture practice at Gartner! As many of you know that read my blog I often comment on…
How to document the EA and the “data compilation” approach
“How to document your EA”, is the theme of a discussion thread in the LinkedIn “Enterprise Architecture Forum”. You have to request to be a member though to get access, if I am right.
There must be a good reason though why these kind of discussions for…
On reference architectures (ii)
Continued from previous post in response to the BIZZdesign’s reply.
See “The Value of Reference Architectures”.
I had to reply to this article because, I was surprised that, after decades of EA, the article somehow, succeeds to mix up such funda…
Going on a customer journey
I did what so many people have done before me, I went on a trip to find a master ski smith. Stopped in my tracks for a moment to reflect on my journey. It was a long journey with many fine moments, I knew I would not remember them all after a while. I decided I needed […]
CIOs to Leverage EA to Bolster their Presence in the C-Suite
by Naveed Rajput, Lead Enterprise Architect, Capco (Capital Markets) Changing CIO landscape: The gulf between the Business and IT has been recognised in the enterprises for many years. However this chronic organisational impairment has started causing landslides in the CIO … Continue reading →
Architecture principles, good or evil?
Why are principles constituting so often a bottleneck for the EA activities or, soon after inception, are laid aside as an irritant better forgotten?
First of all, principles are, in essence, guidlines for decision making. They g…
Why aren’t there Enterprise Architecture show cases? (i)
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We keep talking about EA without having in mind a common picture. A show case could be employed to this purpose, as a common reference.
What an EA show case should exhibit though?
An EA show case is an working EA made public th…