Enterprise Architect

Are you sure that ‘good’ is what you want?

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ArchiMate® is an open and independent graphical modeling language for enterprise architecture, but that’s only the start of the matter. It’s much more appropriate to see it as a stakeholder management tool. When used in conjunction with an EA framework like TOGAF™, ArchiMate takes on a new dimension and delivers an ability to communicate and collaborate with stakeholders through the creation of clear models, based on viewpoints that have a common foundation in both TOGAF and ArchiMate.
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Gaming, Visualization, Simulation and Optimization: A New Reality for Enterprise Architecture

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  I think that the push for considering an alternative means to engage in EA is, indeed, already underway. In organizations who treat “people as strategy” (e.g., SEMCO, Whole Foods, HCL, Topcoder), wherein people are give broad self-directed control of creating and executing strategy in real time, the notion that one will “translate business vision […]

Gaming, Visualization, Simulation and Optimization: A New Reality for Enterprise Architecture

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  I think that the push for considering an alternative means to engage in EA is, indeed, already underway. In organizations who treat “people as strategy” (e.g., SEMCO, Whole Foods, HCL, Topcoder), wherein people are give broad self-directed control of creating and executing strategy in real time, the notion that one will “translate business vision […]

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The Rhetoric of “EA is Dead” is Dead: EA has Arrived at the Leadership Table

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In Gartner’s recent report, IT Metrics: Office of the CIO Staffing Report, 2010 , we noted that: The top-ranked function employed or implemented within the OCIO (Office of the CIO) is enterprise architecture, with 76% of respondents reporting a full-time equivalent (FTE) response to this role So, why so much angst over whether EA is “dead”?  […]

The Rhetoric of “EA is Dead” is Dead: EA has Arrived at the Leadership Table

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In Gartner’s recent report, IT Metrics: Office of the CIO Staffing Report, 2010 , we noted that: The top-ranked function employed or implemented within the OCIO (Office of the CIO) is enterprise architecture, with 76% of respondents reporting a full-time equivalent (FTE) response to this role So, why so much angst over whether EA is “dead”?  […]

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John Zachman is Dead, Long Live John Zachman

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Typically, the world of EA is boring. In this last few weeks, all bets are off as John Zachman goes to court and questions are raised about the near term and long term effects to the commercialization of EA Frameworks and the EA certification marketplace. It’s still early days, but challenges from the “father of EA” require consideration.

John Zachman is Dead, Long Live John Zachman

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Typically, the world of EA is boring. In this last few weeks, all bets are off as John Zachman goes to court and questions are raised about the near term and long term effects to the commercialization of EA Frameworks and the EA certification marketplace. It’s still early days, but challenges from the “father of EA” require consideration.

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If You Are Only Talking “Architecture”, You Don’t Know Squat

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Sometimes it’s a just a little mental slip, but many times is purposeful obfuscation on the part of the person speaking.  And, there’s only one reason to do such a terrible thing, that’s because the person speaking isn’t certain about what they’re talking about.  The crowd-sourced definition of “architecture” on wikipedia gives a nod towards […]

If You Are Only Talking “Architecture”, You Don’t Know Squat

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Sometimes it’s a just a little mental slip, but many times is purposeful obfuscation on the part of the person speaking.  And, there’s only one reason to do such a terrible thing, that’s because the person speaking isn’t certain about what they’re talking about.  The crowd-sourced definition of “architecture” on wikipedia gives a nod towards […]

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Tour by Architects: Lessons for Enterprise Architecture

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I took a tour of The Pearl Brewery last week, led by REAL ARCHITECTS.  Although I’m not associated with such building architects normally, I was pleased to see how ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE is applicable in the work associated with the development of  this former brewery, originally built in 1883, as it transforms itself it 1.2 million square feet […]