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By Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions Listen to the recorded podcast here: Hello, and welcome to a special BriefingsDirect Thought Leadership Interview series, coming to you in conjunction with The Open Group Conference on July 15, in Philadelphia. I’m Dana Gardner, … Continue reading →
The framework is the EA glue, it holds the EA together.
The framework helps conquer the enterprise complexity by enabling the business domains of the enterprise to deliver enterprise level outcomes while still focusing on their own fields.
This post explores the step where we discover the optimum sequence of actions recognizing predecessor – successor relationships. This is undertaken now that we have the initiatives and the prioritization is done. What things do we have to get accomplished first, before others? Are there dependencies we have identified that need to be satisfied before moving forward? What about the capacity for the organization to absorb change?
What is the proper – or most effective – relationship between the so-called ‘Human Resources’ department and the employees of an organisation? (Okay, I admit it, I’ve allowed myself to get somewhat distracted from finishing the promised assessment of use…
I recently had a discussion with a colleague about what the real purpose of architecture documentation is. The simple answer of “documenting the architecture” seems unsatisfactory to me – “what is the point in that?” I think. My response to him was that architecture documents are for recording (and communicating) architectural decisions. This is part […]
By Glenn Evans, Senior Consultant at Enterprise Architects I remember as a young child coming from a ‘non-sports obsessed’ family, I didn’t know what a yorker was, didn’t know what ‘LBW’ meant, or why Dennis Lillee or Geoffrey Boycott were … Continue reading →
By Andrew Josey, The Open Group The number of individuals certified in the TOGAF® 9 certification program as of July 1st 2013 was 23,800. This represents 9000 new certifications in the equivalent twelve month period. Today (22nd July 2013) the … Continue reading →
I got a great question from Bill Cooke about my Technology Governance in a Simple Model post. He brought up questions about how a CIO supports innovation and opportunistic activities. Here is my response to Bill: Bill, Thanks for taking time to read my…
Lets look at the fundamental aspect of creating an Enterprise Architecture brand within your company – Enablement OR Control?In some organizations, the “control” part of EA is given an unhealthy amount of attention. Not that control is not important, b…
Lets look at the fundamental aspect of creating an Enterprise Architecture brand within your company – Enablement OR Control?In some organizations, the “control” part of EA is given an unhealthy amount of attention. Not that control is not important, b…
…continued from previous post. This BP Trends advisor proposes a method to develop a business process architecture which…In fig. 4 and 5, the customer, interacting with various links of the value chain, is placed at the end of t…
By Loren K. Baynes, Director, Global Marketing Communications at The Open Group. We are winding down Day 3 and gearing up for the next two days of training and workshops. Today’s subject areas included TOGAF®, ArchiMate®, Risk Management, Innovation Management, … Continue reading →