Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
As we wrap up 2012, we couldn’t help but look towards what is to come in 2013 for The Open Group and the industries we‘re a part of. Without further ado, here they are… Continue reading →
[amazon_image id=”3642055664″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Handbook on Enterprise Architecture (International Handbooks on Information Systems)[/amazon_image] Some time ago I read this book on Enterprise Architecture, which is a compilation of various chapters about the GERAM framework for Enterprise Architecture. Now, while very extensive it seems that GERAM is dead. The last publications on the standard date […]
Het bericht Togaf and GERAM verscheen eerst op Rob Vens.
This is the third and final blog posting of a three-part series discussing how to implement Service-Oriented Architecture through TOGAF® 9.1. Continue reading →
(A brief note on enterprise-architecture and the like that came up over the Christmas break.) Emotions are facts. Feelings are facts. (Subjective facts, it’s true, yet facts nonetheless.) Assertions about emotions and feelings – in particular, about what Self or…
This is the second blog posting of a three-part series discussing how to implement Services-Oriented Architecture through TOGAF® 9.1. Continue reading →
This is the first blog in a three-part series discussing the implementation of a Service-Oriented Architecture initiative through TOGAF(R) 9.1 Continue reading →
Einstein is quoted as having said that if he had one hour to save the world he would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution. This quote does illustrate an important point: before jumping right into solving a problem, we should step back and invest time and effort to […]