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Towards a whole-enterprise architecture standard – 3: Method
For a viable enterprise architecture [EA], now and into the future, we need frameworks, methods and tools that can support the EA discipline’s needs. This is Part 3 of a six-part series on proposals towards an enterprise-architecture framework and standard for whole-of-enterprise architecture: Introduction…
The Value Chain of a Business Model
Porter’s Value Chain is a set of activities that an organization carries out to create value for its customers and return a margin of profit. Michael Porter created the concept in the 1980s. Also Porter defined the Margin as the dif…
The Constitution of the Enterprise
We all have values, principles, standards, policies… that guide the operation, behaviour and development of the enterprise that keep the enterprise effective and honest.Values are essentially a moral code that aims to render the enterprise a ha…
Enterprise Architecture – why do we need it?
Free previews of EA introduction courseEnterprise Architecture – why we need it – an introduction, is the title of my latest on-line course – which gives a straightforward, common-sense introduction to EA. If you are curious to find out why we really do need EA in the 21st century, check out some of the free preview lectures…
Are BA Guild’s Reference Models business architectures?
The Business Architecture Guild has provided a few reference models. The IRIS site is publishing them at The Business Architecture Guild Manufacturing Reference ModelThe Business Architecture Guild Finance Reference ModelThe Business Architecture …
Frankenframeworks
The thing I like most about sharing ideas through blogs and posts is the feedback that I get. My recent post (EA Frameworks or Ontologies) got a comment from Tom Graves, which included a reference to a blog from Chris Lockhart with the great title Frankenframeworks – which has some great comments about our use of frameworks in EA And…
The Flag Application Architecture torment
On computer architecture flags have always played a substantial role, as well in certain application development. Since most data and business architecture was done on a batch principle mainly driven by the limitation in technology, flag also got used in a lot of solution architecture. The problem in all areas is that despite of new … Continue reading The Flag Application Architecture torment →
Towards a whole-enterprise architecture standard – 2: Core
For a viable enterprise architecture [EA], now and into the future, we need frameworks, methods and tools that can support the EA discipline’s needs. This is Part 2 of a six-part series on proposals towards an enterprise-architecture framework and standard for whole-of-enterprise architecture:…
Volkswagen and the Cost of Culture
Thanks to Volkswagen, we now have an idea of the cost of failing to maintain an ethical culture, roughly $18 billion US (emphasis added in the quoted text below by me): Volkswagen’s financial disclosure on Friday, in a preliminary earnings report, came a day after the company agreed on the outlines of a plan to […]
The Government Digital Service principles should become part of the culture
The first 7 UK GDS digital principles
GDS = Government Digital Service
continuing
But how do you translate the GDS “principles” in practice though?
Are they to be stuck on the lobby wall or on a portal banner for wide communications?…
For the evolution to Digital you need the Enterprise Architecture and Emerging Technologies functions in place
Setting you up to understand the technology landscape is key to determine what technologies would affect you the most. Because you cannot adopt them all. And to implement them in concert, while replacing and evolving the existing landscape at the …