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How can we use Business Model Canvas beyond its initial intended context of commercial startups? In particular, how best can we use it to explore the ‘front-end’ of the business-models – the customer-facing parts – for non-profit organisations and government, and existing commercial businesses…
Before delving into the subject of core capabilities, a definition of what that is would be welcome. A few questions must be first asked to clear the field. I wouldn’t go into what the capability is since that was discussed too many times. I will analy…
This post describes our journey to building standardized IT career paths. When I joined the American University of Sharjah in September 2012, I booked one to one meetings with all my staff. One of the predominant themes from our talks was the lack of clarity on what their respective career paths looked like. In […]
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How can we make sure that our definitions actually link up properly with the context they purport to describe? How can we test our definitions for validity and meaningfulness in the respective context? Perhaps rather too often, amidst those endless…
Eric’s analogy about interface and application (see comments for the previous post, Business services versus capabilities) maybe of wider interest and hence, this post.Application may not be the best example though because it would reduce the scop…
The post wraps up the Road Map series by publishing the results to share with all interested stakeholders impacted by the program as planned. This completes a description of a time tested methods to develop, refine, and deliver a professional roadmap to produce consistent repeatable results.
So, how many times have we heard this, or had the urge to do this – “Lets document every process, every integration, every data element, every server, every patch, every everything – so we have a clear view of the current state. After all, don’t we nee…
So, how many times have we heard this, or had the urge to do this – “Lets document every process, every integration, every data element, every server, every patch, every everything – so we have a clear view of the current state. After all, don’t we nee…
I’m reading a great new book called Intersection: How Enterprise Design Bridges the Gap Between Business, Technology, and People by Milan Guenther The book discusses modern Enterprise Architecture perspectives like the Outside In approach and provides a holistic design lead approach that is focus more on the customer than on the underlying applications, technology and infrastructure. […]
The importance of Enterprise Architecture principles can not be overstated. With the choice of appropriate principles and consensus within your company, these can lead to amazing benefits.Unfortunately, since these principles do not have complex diagra…
The importance of Enterprise Architecture principles can not be overstated. With the choice of appropriate principles and consensus within your company, these can lead to amazing benefits.Unfortunately, since these principles do not have complex diagra…
What does Excellent look like? I have been doing performance appraisals over the past few weeks for my IT team at the American University of Sharjah. In the past, there was no guidance or standards for how to evaluate our team members’ performance consistently. Previous appraisals were done more to make people feel […]
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