Enterprise Architecture

What’s the Difference Between Scope and Partition?

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There are some things in TOGAF that confuse practitioners over and over. The difference between scope and partition is one of those confusions that comes up as a regular question. This article that I wrote for Good e-Learning explains the key differences, and explain why TOGAF can be confusing.

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Using the ArchiMate® Language to Model TOGAF® Architectures

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By William Estrem, President, Metaplexity Associates LLC, Serge Thorn, Associate, Metaplexity Associates LLC, and Sonia Gonzalez, Architecture and ArchiMate® Forums Director, The Open Group If you are using the TOGAF® standard in your organization to guide the process of developing … Continue reading →

“Lean” Enterprise Architecture powered by TOGAF® 9.1

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By Krish Ayyar, Managing Principal, Martin-McDougall Technologies Enterprise Architecture is there to solve Enterprise level problems. A typical problem scenario could be something like “A large Mining and Resources company uses many sensors to collect and feed engineering data back … Continue reading →

TOGAF Principles Template – An Interactive Guide

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Another free TOGAF resource from Good e-Learning. This time it’s a template for defining Principles. A good set of well-defined Principles are an excellent way to simplify EA decision making. This template covers all of the key things that you need to include to define a good Principle, and includes a great set of questions…

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2015 Strategy and Industry Perspectives

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Strategy& provide a very useful annual overview of trends, challenges, and opportunities for companies in different industry sectors. These expert views are based on industry discussions, market observation, and data analysis. The industry sectors covered are: Aerospace and Defense Trends; Auto Industry Trends; Aviation Trends; Chemicals Trends; Commercial Transportation Trends; Consumer Goods Trends; Healthcare Trends;…

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Informing the pursuit of digital era ambitions and challenges

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I never intend to halt my public writing. It just happens. A client invites me to work on interesting problem, which can lead to another interesting problem or client, and before long only the crickets remain here. During this latest, much prolonged, cricket chorus I’ve been helping clients pursue digital agenda items. It is critical to […]