Why the ‘why’ matters
In any real-world practice, why do we need to explain the ‘why’ as much as the ‘how’ and ‘with-what’? Here’s a first-hand answer to that question… Way back when (almost half a century ago: yikes…), I took a school-vacation job…
Enterprise Architecture
‘Trying’ may be ‘Doing’: so take care.
An athlete, in developing their skills will repeatedly ‘try’ various manoeuvres or activities until such time as either they master them, in which case they are ‘done’, or acknowledge that they are beyond their capacity to succeed. A diver will … Continue reading →
From product to service
What’s the relationship between product and service? How does that relationship work in practice, within a service-oriented enterprise-architecture? What started this one off was this much-referenced comparison: (My apologies, I don’t know who to credit for this image – perhaps…
EA as a tool to manage and reduce enterprise Complexity and Chaos
Rather than approaching the subject from a scholastic viewpoint, I looked into the meanings we confer the terms in every day business talk which would reflect more closely out concerns.
Complexity, is the Latin denoting “entwined”, “t…
Mass-customisation, mass-uniqueness and big-data
(I was originally going to title this post ‘Storm in a bra-cup’, but realised it would again lead certain people to miss the point…) What’s the difference between mass-customisation and mass-uniqueness? And how much of data – or, these days,…
On ‘Why Smart People Get Depressed’
Why do smart people get depressed? And what can we do about it? That was the theme, and title, for a brilliant recent article by Henrik Mårtensson (@Kallokain). In the subsequent Twitter-conversation, Henrik asked us for our opinions and experiences…
Now is the Time for Third Generation Enterprise Architecture Methods
By Erwin Oord, Principal Consultant Enterprise Architecture and Managing Partner at Netherlands-based ArchiXL Consultancy Common methods for Enterprise Architecture used at present have been around for ages already. Although these methods have made a strong contribution to the development of … Continue reading →
ArchiMate 2.1 Specifiction
I have to declare my position. It will probably come as no surprise to those who read this site that I’m not exactly a fan of TOGAF. But, I have to say one of the best things they have ever done is support ArchiMate. I am a big fan of ArchiMate and use […]
Our First IT Core Service Catalogue
I am very proud to announce that we have published the first version of our IT Core Service Catalogue for our university. We started this process in November 2012 and I described the approach in a post called : Introducing IT Service Management Using a Core Service Catalogue. This post described our approach to building […]
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Pointless paperwork
The train was full, of course – standing-room only. I made my way down to the onboard cafe-bar, not in the hope of finding a seat, but more of finding some place to stand that wouldn’t result in jostling someone…
Using The Open Group Standards – O-ISM3 with TOGAF®
By Jose Salamanca, UST Global, and Vicente Aceituno, Inovement In order to prevent duplication of work and maximize the value provided by the Enterprise Architecture and Information Security discipline, it is necessary to find ways to communicate and take advantage … Continue reading →
Developing Enterprise Strategies
A strategy provides a way to describe how the business is going to get things done. It is much less specific than a plan, which describes who will do what and when. Instead, its purpose is to broadly answer the … Continue reading →