RBPEA: On power and gender
What is power? Where does it come from? Where does it go? Who has it? Who doesn’t have it? Who should have it? Who shouldn’t have it? And why? – or why not, for that matter – to any of…
Enterprise Architecture
Return to RBPEA
Okay, this is where it gets scary – for me, anyway… – because it’s time for me to return to RBPEA: Really-Big-Picture Enterprise-Architecture. (The reasons why it’s definitely scary for me – and for anyone doing any of this work, frankly…
Spot the difference
“How do I loathe thee, TOGAF? Let me count the ways…” In case anyone thinks that I’m just ‘TOGAF-bashing’ for the sake of it, I do believe that TOGAF has genuine value for what it was originally designed to do, namely architecture…
Spot the difference (short version)
“How do I loathe thee, TOGAF? Let me count the ways…” Okay, maybe not quite that bad – and, to be fair, TOGAF does have definite valid uses. But an enterprise-architecture framework, in the literal sense of ‘the architecture of the…
Pre-emptive defence
I’m about to embark on a shift in direction or emphasis, to much more of what I’ve previously described as Really-Big-Picture Enterprise-Architecture (RBPEA), applying enterprise-architecture/systems-thinking principles and practices to concerns at much larger scopes and scales – all the way…
Services and Enterprise Canvas review – worked-example
What is a service-oriented architecture – particularly at a whole-of-enterprise scope? How best could we describe that architecture? We’ve explored those questions in some depth in the preceding series of posts. It’s left us with a set of visual-checklists, including…
New Enterprise Architecture Column: On Slippery Ice
Principles and guidelines are not architecture, and if your main product is principles and guidelines, you’re not an architect. Continue reading →
New Enterprise Architecture Column: On Slippery Ice
Principles and guidelines are not architecture, and if your main product is principles and guidelines, you’re not an architect. Continue reading →
EA/ST Meeting Report October 2014
Perspectives on Enterprise Architecture and Systems Thinking
Unfortunately, I missed this month’s EA/ST group meeting on Tuesday 21st October. But the presentations by @KlausØstergaard, @kvistgaard, @PhilipHellyer and @tetradian are now available.
- Klaus Østergaard, Value in Utilizing Systemic Thinking in the Field of Enterprise Architecture and Vice Versa (DropBox link)
- Ivo Velitchkov, Language & Metalanguage for Enterprise Architecture http://www.slideshare.net/kvistgaard/language-and-metalanguage-for-enterprise-architecture
- Philip Hellyer, Navigating Barriers (DropBox link)
- Tom Graves, Bridging Enterprise Architecture and Systems Thinking: http://www.slideshare.net/tetradian/bridging-enterprisearchitecture-and-systemsthinking
EA/ST Meeting Report October 2014
Perspectives on Enterprise Architecture and Systems Thinking
Unfortunately, I missed this month’s EA/ST group meeting on Tuesday 21st October. But the presentations by @KlausØstergaard, @kvistgaard, @PhilipHellyer and @tetradian are now available.
- Klaus Østergaard, Value in Utilizing Systemic Thinking in the Field of Enterprise Architecture and Vice Versa (DropBox link)
- Ivo Velitchkov, Language & Metalanguage for Enterprise Architecture http://www.slideshare.net/kvistgaard/language-and-metalanguage-for-enterprise-architecture
- Philip Hellyer, Navigating Barriers (DropBox link)
- Tom Graves, Bridging Enterprise Architecture and Systems Thinking: http://www.slideshare.net/tetradian/bridging-enterprisearchitecture-and-systemsthinking
Call for Papers: EA in Practice — Shifting Roles and Organizational Considerations
There are many theories about what Enterprise Architecture is, and there should be. But ultimately, it is not the theory that matters. The make-up of the people, the organizational structure and the circumstances of the enterprise drive what people end up doing, and what architecture looks and feels like. Prefixes are free: The “x” Architect …
Call for Papers: EA in Practice — Shifting Roles and Organizational Considerations
There are many theories about what Enterprise Architecture is, and there should be. But ultimately, it is not the theory that matters. The make-up of the people, the organizational structure and the circumstances of the enterprise drive what people end up doing, and what architecture looks and feels like. Prefixes are free: The “x” Architect Read more