Enterprise architecture management, a theory of constraints, formal trade-off analysis methods and game theory
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The Future Enterprise Architect
Before describing the future Enterprise Architect, we will reflect on the current Enterprise Architect, one of their customers – a current line of business leader – and the strained relationship between them. For the sake of personalization, we will call the current Enterprise Architect ‘Archie’, and current line of business leader ‘Loretta’.
In the future state of Enterprise Architecture, the relationship between the two evolves towards one that is more productive and trusted. We describe what a future Enterprise Architect might look like and summarize the salient differences.
The Value of Architecture Models for Agile Organizations
In the past, I have written extensively on the combination of enterprise architecture and agile development, most recently about the notion of intentional architecture. It is clear that for any organization or system of some size, a solid architecture …
An Alternative to the DIKW Pyramid
My 2012 post on the Co-Production of Data and Knowledge offered a critique of the #DIKW pyramid. When challenged recently to propose an alternative schema, I drew something quickly on the wall, against a past-present-future timeline. Here is a cleaned-…
The Threat of Cyber Terrorism & Security in Intelligent Transportation Systems Architecture
Cyber Terrorism Threats & Security in ITS Architecture By…
Architecture Principles
This blog quickly runs though some basics on architecture principles & how I use them. The company I work for, has a specific set of architecture principles. Within our hybrid Infra team, we limited it to 5 principles so it … Continue reading…
The Dashboard Never Lies
The lie detector (aka #polygraph) is back in the news. The name polygraph is based on the fact that the device can record and display several things at once. Like a dashboard.In the 1920s, a young American physiologist named John Larson devised a vers…
Dark Data
At @imperialcollege this week to hear Professor David Hand talk about his new book on Dark Data.Some people define dark data as unanalysed data, data you have but are not able to use, and this is the definition that can be found on Wikipedia. The earli…
A tipping point in the information revolution
Digital enterprise, digital transformation, Agile and DevOps as a means to keep IT change going, these are all illustrations of a tipping pont in the information revolution.
Belief #7 Best architectures keep together what is common and separate what is not
Have you ever wondered, what the grand old principle of separating concerns really means? There are many concerns! Yet in our mind separating concerns is imperative for creating simple and flexible architectures. Let’s have a look at the following example: Someone in my organisation suggest that we solve our data sourcing problems by having all…
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Belief #7 Best architectures keep together what is common and separate what is not
Have you ever wondered, what the grand old principle of separating concerns really means? There are many concerns! Yet in our mind separating concerns is imperative for creating simple and flexible architectures. Let’s have a look at the following example: Someone in my organisation suggest that we solve our data sourcing problems by having all…
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5 Questions CEOs Should Ask Themselves in 2020 – Part 2
Welcome back to our ‘5 Questions CEOs Should Ask Themselves in 2020’ series. Last time we discussed what the decade ahead will likely mean for the marketplace and went over the first two questions that leaders need to address in order to ensure they ar…