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Enterprise Architecture is a young, immature discipline that produces models to guide the development of an enterprise. It is generally recognised to date back to the late 1980s or early 1990s and the work of Zachman, Spewak and others though it really took-off in the late 1990s and early years of the 21st Century. But methodological disciplines do not emerge complete […]
This article by Selvyn Wright provides a good explanation about the use of Building Blocks in EA: http://www.irmuk.co.uk/articles/Selvyn_Wright_%20Building_Blocks.pdf?
Mike Rosen has written an interesting article about complexity and EA. He says: “There are many different reasons that organizations do architecture, but if we distil them all down to the essentials, architecture is fundamentally about managing complexity and change through structure…. change is just one part of the complexity that we have to manage…
Time to get back on the toolsets trail… First, though, I’ll let Phil Beauvoir have his own rant about the current state of supposed ‘EA-toolsets’ – as per a series of Tweets he pushed out a few days ago: Better…
“Into every tidy scheme for arranging the pattern of human life, it is necessary to inject a certain dose of anarchism.” Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays
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Enterprise Architecture, as an activity in organisations and ‘discipline of praxis’, is about producing rigorous, explicit models of the enterprise to be used in the organisation’s decision-making processes. Its purpose is to enable the organisation to make better decisions about where to invest its precious resources to change the enterprise for the better. [Note: The “Enterprise” and […]
Of course – it helps to know the question first… but there are a number of recent books that have questioned the gadget-driven, Internet-centric world we live in. In “The Internet Is Not The Answer”, Andrew Keen argues that much of what the Internet has changed is for the worst. He says that “all we’ve…
In January 2015, the Open Group published an interview giving A Historical Look at Enterprise Architecture with John Zachman. It includes a fascinating account about how John got involved in enterprise architecture in the first place, and how he came to develop what is now known as the Zachman Framework. Importantly – although his work…
How do you feel about using the same toothbrush as a stranger (after it is cleaned)?How do you feel about using the same fork as a stranger (say, in a cafe, after it is cleaned)?Framing is important because it affects how we feel and how we feel affect…
How do you feel about using the same toothbrush as a stranger (after it is cleaned)?How do you feel about using the same fork as a stranger (say, in a cafe, after it is cleaned)?Framing is important because it affects how we feel and how we feel affect…
Following is a transcript of part of the proceedings from The Open Group San Diego 2015 in February. The following presentations and panel discussion, which together examine the need and outlook for Cybersecurity standards amid supply chains, are provided by … Continue reading →
What is a good elevator speech for Enterprise Architecture? I usually say something like the following: “Enterprise Architecture is a strategic business capability that provides benefits to a business for: Digital strategy exploitation Cloud strategy implementation Business and IT Consolidation Business Transformation Cost reduction Business Process Improvement and innovation Exploiting opportunities for value creation Facilitating […]