Enterprise Architecture

Building Blocks in Enterprise Architecture

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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?

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Managing Complexity with Enterprise Architecture

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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…

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Enterprise Architecture, Dynamic and Distinctive Capabilities – by Ian Glossop

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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 […]

The Internet Is Not The Answer

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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…

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An Interview with John Zachman

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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…

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Cybersecurity Standards: The Open Group Explores Security and Ways to Assure Safer Supply Chains

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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 →

Elevator Speech for Enterprise Architecture

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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 […]