TOGAF ADM Planner – An Interactive Resource | Good e-Learning

Here is another useful TOGAF resource from the Good e-Learning site: TOGAF ADM Planner – An Interactive Resource Getting to grips with the ADM can be daunting – there are so many steps within the complete set of Phases, and if you are new to TOGAF you may find it difficult to get an overall…

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Context-perspectives and enterprise-architecture maturity

In what ways does what we do within the enterprise require a different perspective on the enterprise itself? In what ways does our maturity-level – our skills, competence and experience – affect what we can and should do within the

More on IT Reporting Structure

I posted earlier on “Where should IT sit in the reporting structure?”  I did more research and found this very interesting paper:  CIO Reporting Structure, Strategic Positioning, and Firm Performance: To Whom Should the CIO Report? The authors state that the reporting structure for a CIO depends on the strategic positioning of the firm.  In […]

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Seven sins, sensemaking and OODA

Following from that recent series on sensemaking and ‘Seven sins of dubious discipline‘, it seems worthwhile to look at that whole context-space from a different direction, another example of a proven metaframework for much the same kind of metadiscipline – namely

The August Lull

There are so many pressures on the EA team, but it is well worth taking time out to harvest reusable models, patterns, and templates from the work that we’ve already done! August is often a good month to do this, if the holiday season gives your team some respite from daily pressures. This article explains…

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Seven sins – a worked example (‘Natural rights’)

Enterprise-architecture, strategy, and more: they all depend on discipline and rigour, in thinking, sensemaking, decision-making and action. But what happens when that discipline is lost? What are the ‘sins’ that can cause that discipline to be lost? How can we