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John Reilly of @RealTown explains the terms Assemblage and Plottage.Assemblage is the process of joining several parcels to form a larger parcel; the resulting increase in value is called plottage.If we apply these definitions to real estate, which app…
New books, new strategy, new location, for a new decade: that’s me. And with it, big changes coming up for me, all within the first half of the coming year. In late January, there’ll be the launch of the first…
In our ongoing series of book reviews for publications relevant…
Excessive complexity is something that most organizations over a certain size have to deal with. The more successful you are, the bigger the enterprise gets, and the farther removed it gradually becomes from the original core tenets that probably made …
Have you ever been told that you could save a lot of time and discussion if you adopted a standard and then safeguarded it with no customisations? The rationale behind the statement is typically that you should not invent it yourself when there is a well-recognized international standard. However, we have more than once experienced…
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Have you ever been told that you could save a lot of time and discussion if you adopted a standard and then safeguarded it with no customisations? The rationale behind the statement is typically that you should not invent it yourself when there is a well-recognized international standard. However, we have more than once experienced…
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Earlier this year, we published a blog about how enterprise architects can contribute to innovation. In this blog series, we want to further explore the different roles enterprise architects can play in innovation in their organization. In general, we …
Clinical trials are supposed to generate reliable data to support healthcare decisions and policies at several levels. Regulators use the data to control the marketing and use of medicines and healthcare products. Clinical practice guidelines are produ…
From cloud computing and big data, to the Internet of Things and digital product delivery, the nature of IT has changed dramatically. As a result, today’s IT departments are under enormous pressure to help organizations remain competitive throughout the digitalization process. Traditionally, IT departments have not been built to focus on development, and are not yet agile enough to handle a business environment that must constantly adapt to an ever-evolving marketplace.
As I discussed in my previous article self management is a key competency of a good project manager, and time management is a significant part of self management. Time management is important for everyone. As I have taken up more senior roles, I’ve found that I’ve needed it more and more – when I was […]
The concepts of net-centricity, information superiority and power to the edge emerged out of the US defence community about twenty years ago, thanks to some thought leadership from the Command and Control Research Program (CCRP). One of the routes of t…
This is one of a series of posts looking at the four key dimensions of data and information that must be addressed in a data strategy – reach, richness, agility and assurance.In previous posts, I looked at Reach (the range of data sources and destina…