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Yet more on ‘No jobs for generalists’ [2]
Why do enterprise-architects and other generalist disciplines find it so challenging to prove the value of their work? Why does it seem that there are ‘no jobs for generalists’? And what can we do in practice to resolve this challenge?…
Yet more on ‘No jobs for generalists’ [1]
Why is it so hard to prove the value of generalist disciplines such as enterprise-architecture? And what can we do in practice to resolve this challenge? As I see it at present, there are three distinct yet interrelated parts to…
The Open Group Barcelona Conference – Early Bird Registration ends September 21
Early Bird registration for The Open Group Conference in Barcelona ends September 21. Register now and save! The conference runs October 22-24, 2012. On Monday, October 22, the plenary theme is “Big Data – The Next Frontier in the Enterprise,” an…
Answering Some Questions on EA
Questions I’ve fielded at least several times in the past few years: a) “What is the ROI on enterprise architecture?”, and b) “Enterprise Architecture is overkill, isn’t it? You don’t really need it.” Here is my answer: Every organization already has an EA in place, whether you like it or not; whether you want it […]
More on ‘No jobs for generalists’
Wow… My previous post ‘There are no jobs for generalists‘ certainly touched a nerve: it’s been my most popular post for months, with so far (barely a day later) well over 1,000 reads, and some 35 ReTweets so far on…
Enterprise Architecture (EA) versus Enterprise IT Architecture debate
After all, it is still the case today that the “company is the people” as EA describes, rather than “the company is the IT” as in EITA. But EITA delivers now, while the EA still promises.
Challenges to Building a Global Identity Ecosystem
In this fifth video – Building a Global Identity Ecosystem – we highlight what we need to change and develop to build a viable identity ecosystem. The Internet is global, so any identity ecosystem similarly must be capable of being adopted and implemen…
Why enterprise-architecture must be broader than just IT
Yes, I admit it, I made that classic mistake again: I allowed myself to get engaged in an EA discussion on LinkedIn… This one started from the – to my mind – absurd and then insulting notion that EA is…
There are no jobs for generalists
“How do I get a job as an enterprise-architect? Where do I go for that kind of job?” This is an obvious necessary follow-up to the post ‘On learning enterprise-architecture‘, and it’s a kind of question I get asked all…
Beliefs and Capabilities
Beliefs are powerful. Sometimes, to achieve something, all we need is to hold on to our beliefs. Then there are times when we can’t get where we want to be, unless our beliefs are seriously shaken and eventually changed. Beliefs can influence our capabilities. And the evidence of our capabilities can change our beliefs. Let’s […]
More on boundary of identity versus control
Following on from ‘Boundary of identity, boundary of control‘ and ’inside-out versus outside-in‘, perhaps the quickest way to understand the difference: the boundary-of-control delimits what the lawyers think the organisation is the boundary-of-identity delimits what everyone else thinks the organisation is…