On funds received
Just a brief note that’s specific to a small number of readers here – those that have been kind enough to send in donations via the ‘Donate with PayPal’ button to the right (or further below, if you’re using a…
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At IASA Ireland 2017
I’ve spent the past week in Ireland, first in Dublin at the IASA Ireland 2017 conference (co-hosted by ICS, the Irish Computer Society), and also at a follow-on event organised by Gar Mac Críosta. Paddy Baxter‘s theme for the conference…
The Present and Future of the ArchiMate® Language – Part 2
Welcome to the second in a series of blog posts on The Present and Future of the ArchiMate® Language. With the release of the ArchiMate 3.0 Specification last year, we now have a complete enterprise description language that has been adopted by architects worldwide in a wide range of organizations. It is now time for The Open Group ArchiMate Forum to reach out to users and better understand how the language is being used and how it should evolve. Therefore, the following post, like all others in this series, reflects the views of its authors, and will benefit from comments and discussion. You may refine, expand upon, or even disagree with elements of the post. Regardless, you will be shaping the future of the ArchiMate language.
So please, enjoy and engage!
What’s This Blog About?
Hi, this blog is an unBook: a Creative Commons space for conversations about designing change and solving complicated problems with simple thinking frameworks & communication tools. All you have to do to join the #FiDtribe is post a meaningful ‘Com…
Pattern: Invisible Requirements
ContextHeadline: User Requirements & Models Don’t Tell the Full StoryKicker: Important dimensions of the problem domain, left undocumented can lead to expensive mistakes and undelivered business outcomes.Exploring user/stakeholder stories thr…
A Story of Values and Trust in Criminal Justice
London, Summer, 2006Two consultants, Carl and Nigel, had been asked to look at replacing an IT application shared between the Police and the Crown Prosecution Services (the CPS; government sponsored prosecution lawyers). Initially, they went back…
How I use Evernote, Part 2 – Kanban Boards
This is the second part of the sequel on my way of using Evernote. The first one was about the creation of notes and the third will be about notebooks and tags and my overall approach for organising the content inside Evernote. In this part, I’ll describe how I use Evernote for task management. My tool of choice for […]
A Q&A with Thomas Magedanz – 5G Technologies and Smart Cities
Digitalization is forcing the convergence of networks and platforms that have traditionally remained separate. Mobile networks have previously been the domain of telecommunications providers, but as new mobile generations emerge the reach of the network is also becoming an enterprise domain.
We spoke with Thomas Magedanz, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the Technische Universität Berlin and Director of the software-based networks competence center at Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS, about the expectations for 5G networks, why 5G technologies are being tested with Smart Cities applications and how standards can drive the global network interoperability that 5G will require. Thomas was a keynote speaker at The Open Group Berlin 2017 in April.
BPMN Board Game Prototype
I have recently found a BPMN2 board game prototype that I made many years ago with the intention to include it in my BPM courses. For some reason, I didn’t finish it and completely forgot about it. Now when I found it and shared a screenshot on LinkedIn, I was surprised by the enthusiastic response. So […]
Architecture Corner: No Money – Lights Out! – Seven Deadly Sins of IT
Episode 5 of this season of Architecture Corner is out (I made a guest appearance in episode 1, “Good at Innovation”). In this installment, Chris the CEO falls victim to yet another temptation. The CEO has decided that no more time and money will be “wasted” on old systems. Can Joakim Lindbom convince him that […]
The vital problem of a problem domain
When I talk about a domain I do not mean the mathematical domain definition where the parameters defining the boundaries of the domain and sufficient mappings into a set of ranges including itself are not well enough understood to provide a systematic description of the domain. Instead I use the domain definition as a minimal … Continue reading The vital problem of a problem domain →
How I use Evernote, Part 1 – Note Creation
I’ve been using Evernote a lot in the past few years. My membership started in January 2010. I had been using Zim for note-taking before that and I kept using both in parallel for a while. It was the synchronisation capability that made me move entirely to Evernote. After using Evernote for a few years […]