Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Rethinking the enterprise from a customer-centric perspective was another theme that came up in that conversation with Robert Phipps last week, in this case with a bit of virtual help from Chris Potts.
The ‘conventional’ way of viewing an enterprise is that of the stock-market – and, apparently, US commercial law – which seems to regard the […]
One of the things I like about The Open Group is that it’s open to change – and always working on it. So the combination of The Open Group and TOGAF® and the awareness of important things coming from other directions provides me with an environmen…
Below is my session, I take a future look at where I see the Enterprise Architecture industry going. The New World of Enterprise Architecture, from IT Architecture to Enterprise Architecture Mike Walker Principal Architect, Enterprise Strategy & Architecture, Microsoft Enterprise…
@tetradian and @robert_phipps have recently floated the idea of Enterprise Architecture as Vectors.
Clearly the word “vector” is just a metaphor. But I agree that EA needs a more robust way of talking about change than simply assuming that change invo…
In my earlier post I argue that to provide value quickly, architecture needs to be thought of in the context of local needs more than enterprise needs. Here are five implications of architecting locally: Solve a local problem, not the … Continue reading →
Here’s one of my favorite pictures of bad architecture that I use frequently in my presentations to non-architects. These pictures are from an elevator at Terminal 3 at JFK. Clearly there are at least three departments at JFK, each with … Continue reading →
This one started from a Tweet from Vince Outlaw, one of the attendees at the recent Gartner EA conference in San Diego:
SMOutlaw: Hot IT job No. 1: Business architect http://ow.ly/5p44R Very timely as Enterprise Business Architecture is a HUGE subject at #GartnerEA
If you know me, you won’t be surprised that to me that was like […]
The Essentials While working with the concept of Enterprise Architecture it usually becomes a necessity to chose and implement a framework. As such the chief architect can either implement a standard framework, and as such commence the project of documenting … Continue reading →
Yep, another somewhat-delayed collection of Tweets and links. Usual categories, of course, after the inevitable (and necessary) ‘Read more…’ link.
Enterprise-architecture and all that business-ish big-picture stuff:
CreatvEmergence: RT @sheriherndon: “Complicated” is essentially mechanical. “Complex” is essentially relational. Complicated is about acting on. “Complex” is about acting with.
DavidGurteen: TheAWL: Wikipedia And The Death Of The Expert http://bit.ly/mvhnxD […]
A great conversation yesterday evening with a former colleague from Sydney, Robert Phipps. Rambling over a range of enterprise-architecture themes: about the distinctions between organisation and enterprise, about the role of values in the defining vision (or ‘venture’, as he put it – a useful term), about the flow of value around the shared-enterprise, and […]
As an Enterprise Architect, I’m first and foremost a problem solver. I don’t like to ignore problems. Yet, it appears that EA as a field has a problem and I’m finding it tough to ignore it. What is the problem? If you judg…
Last week, Gartner’s US Enterprise Architecture Summit in San Diego attracted several hundred attendees. More than 500 IT and business professionals attended the conference, which indicates to us that EA is gaining momentum as a strategic business priority. The conference served to reinforce what we are seeing and what many of you who are involved […]
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