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This post is a summary of a presentation I gave to a group of lawyers on ICT fundamentals. It represents my own opinion, and not that of my employers or anyone else! I apologies for it being so wordy – but a lot of material was covered. My presentation walked through some fundamental concepts in […]
This week’s episode of Tom Cagley’s Software Process and Measurement (SPaMCast) podcast, number 365, features Tom’s essay on Agile Project Charters, Kim Pries on improvisation in software development, and a Form Follows Function installment on customer-driven development. Customer-driven development refers to my post “Maybe It’s Time for Customer Driven Development”, where I discussed the need […]
Analogies are never perfect, but reading Erik Dietrich’s “Do Programmers Practice Computer Science?” brought one to mind. Software development has much in common with the practice of medicine. Software development, like medicine, involves the application of knowledge. Also like medicine, this application is made complex by considerations of context. Yet another commonality is that in […]
When you work as an architect in an enterprise there are some general unrealistic thought pattern present in any enterprise. The first thought pattern is that of being the chosen one. Often companies survive a downtime in the markets (or survive their start up phase with many similar companies failing)with no real explanation or when … Continue reading Enterprise Thinking →
In the old days I would have liked to have an idiot’s manual to guide me through the steps of modelling the Architecture of the Enterprise I was working for. I am not talking about the practices of organization, risks, requirements… which fram…
While doing our jobs as architects we often need to compare various options with each other. The standard comparisons we do are on different tools, structure or techniques. This kind of comparison is part of our job, however it is important that architects do not use the same kind of comparing in comparing themselves to … Continue reading The crux of comparing →
More and more QualiWare users consider a consensus-driven management philosophy and enterprise collaboration to be a key driver for business agility and innovation. This has always been essential for QualiWare when we design our products and services. For several years, we have been surprised and disappointed that Gartner sticks to a rather traditional view on EA […]
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By The Open Group 1 Title/Current Version IT4IT™ Reference Architecture Version 2.0, an Open Group Standard 2 The Basics The Open Group IT4IT Reference Architecture standard comprises a reference architecture and a value chain-based operating model for managing the business … Continue reading →
Enterprise Architecture is facing several challenges as a discipline and a practice. In this blog post, John Gøtze outlines four central challenges, and discusses what should be done. He suggests that enterprise architecture management must focus on enterprise collaboration. The Challenges The discipline Enterprise Architecture (EA) is at a crossroads, facing four challenges: The first […]
The team is in full swing now, very much aware of the fact that ‘the pressure is on’. The reference models are in a “good enough” form at the moment, and some of the grumbling from management seems to be fading away. Through informal channels, the team has learned that part of the frustration seems to come from the fact that an audit (“quick scan”) by an external party has resulted in advise to management to “speed things up a notch”. So much for careful planning!
By The Open Group This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first version of TOGAF®, an Open Group standard, and the publication of “The Boundaryless Organization,” a book that defined how companies should think about creating more open, flexible … Continue reading →