Enterprise Architecture
Moving Forward in a Complex Hyper-connected New World
Moving Forward in a Complex Hyper-connected New World.
Generative Transformation :- System is the Method
Simple View – Cognition Multi-Lateral View – Cognition System is the Method:- Cognition – result of social observation Where each social unit employs relevant symbols to capture the knowledge and each of these knowledge could be a different level of abstraction. Enterprise or System Architecture as a architecture is sum of several architecture abstractions (various […]
Flying in the Cloud by the Seat of Our Pants
In the early days of aviation, when instruments were unreliable or non-existent, pilots often had to make judgments by instinct. This was known as “flying by the seat of your pants.” It was exciting, but error prone, and accidents were frequent. Today, enterprises are in that position with Cloud Computing. Continue reading →
Core values of a good enterprise architect
Note: This is an old post from my previous blog, Thinking Enterprise, which I have moved over to this blog. The original blog post is dated July 7 2012. What are the values of a good enterprise architect? Being in a consulting practice where I spend the most of my working life collaborating with CIO’s, …read more
Open Group 2013 Predictions Part 2
Continuing on from the Open Group 2013 Predictions Part 1 the Open group continues to explore additional aspects of Enterprise Architecture and related areas. In this Part 2 of the series the predictions are broken up in major areas: Global…
2013 Open Group Predictions, Vol. 2
Continuing on the theme of predictions, here are a few more, which focus on global IT trends, business architecture, OTTF and Open Group events in 2013. Continue reading →
Reframing entropy in business
What is entropy? What – if anything – is its relevance to business? And how does chaos come into the picture? The physics definition of entropy is straightforward enough: it’s a corollary of the second law of thermodynamics, the way in which energy flows…
Gartner on New Skills Required For Enterprise Architects
I haven’t seen this video in awhile but I was refreshed with it in the Elevating Enterprise Architecture course and thought I would share with all of you. The predictions from Gartner were in my opinion, absolutely spot on. I…
The unique contribution of enterprise-architecture
What do enterprise-architects actually do? What unique contribution do they bring to the enterprise? What triggered this was one paragraph in Len Fehskens’ item on current and future enterprise-architecture, in the Open Group blog ‘2013 Open Group Predictions, Vol.1‘. Here’s the…
Open Group 2013 Predictions Part 1
Below are the predictions and comments on what architecture all-up holds for all of us in 2013. It’s a good read from some very insightful architects at the Open Group. I haven’t added any commentary here, I may put together…
Review: Elevating Enterprise Architecture
I had the pleasure over the holiday break to take the Elevating Enterprise Architecture course from Architecting the Enterprise. This was a truly refreshing course. I found many of the same themes I have talking about lately are reflected in…