Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Software-architect extraordinaire Simon Brown kindly pointed me to the InfoQ article ‘Agile and Architecture Conflict‘, which summarised the views of various folks on the ‘agile vs architecture’ debate, including myself, Simon and another of my regular co-creators (co-conspirators? ), Jan van Til, all of us looking at different aspects of the idea that […]
Enterprise Architecture (EA) projects are often thought to be initiated solely by the IT department. Depending on the situation, this isn’t always the case. In the past two posts of this series we have discussed how EA initiatives can be driven by enterprise architects or IT, but these two groups aren’t the only people who […]
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Yep, it’s that time again – when I try once more to catch up on the backlog of Tweets and links. Another week’s worth, only slightly out-of-date; usual categories, usual ‘Read more…’ link:
Enterprise-architecture and all that ‘business big-picture’ stuff:
vernaallee: The success of an enterprise depends on how efficiently it can convert one form of value […]
I’m sitting in a friend’s office, talking about book-production and enterprise-architecture. Whilst he’s struggling with his recalcitrant computer, my eyes drift to a Wikipedia page pinned on the wall just beyond his head. ‘Galbright_star_model.png‘, says the label. A five-pointed star, apparently describing some kind of business-related concepts. Interested. Look at it again, notice the word […]
Definition of a RequirementA Requirement is a measurable expression of what a customer wants and for which the customer is willing to pay. Therefore, a requirement has three attributes:It has a description of what the customer wants or …
Just a simple idea that came up whilst I was pondering why the mix of EA (enterprise architecture) and BPM (business-process management) worked so well at the combined IRM-EAC / IRM-BPM conference last week.
I’ve long said that enterprise architecture is about structure and purpose, but I realised a few days ago that we can also […]
I would normally just ignore stuff like Adam Deane’s blog on last week’s IRM conferences, but couldn’t help tweeting a reaction, and then another. I don’t really want to start a flame war, but just got offended by his personal attacks.
Having said that, I would like some comments on my “BPM = […]
Innovation This blog post deals with innovation in regards to the Enterprise Architecture program. I’ve been able to identify two different approaches to innovation. The first approach to innovation is what I define as incremental innovation. The second approach to … Continue reading →
The organization of businesses is nothing like the organization of the other wealth distributing organization type. Where some highly successful governments relinquish more and more of the control the further down the hierarchy it gets, businesses usually tend to do the opposite. If we look to Sweden and most other western countries as examples we […]
The delay. The list. The Tweets. The links. That set of categories. All as usual. All preceded by the possibly-exciting ‘Read more…’ link. ‘Nuff said, probably?
Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, strategy and suchlike stuff:
joemckendrick: RT @raesmaa Enterprise app stores arrive; IT departments nonplussed | ZDNet http://zd.net/jRI7aX /by @dhinchcliffe >v.useful analysis by Dion Hinchcliffe – impact especially on IT […]
Further to my last post, it occurred to me that another major difference between a Business Architect and a Business Analyst is that the Business Architect is a role on the demand side and the Business Analyst is on the supply side. The Business Architect identifies the future demand for changes to the enterprise business model and associated business […]
I had an excellent time at the IRM-EAC 2011 conference in London this past week. Part of that was because Sally Bean and Roger Burlton had had the courage to bring their previously-separate EA (architecture) and BPM (process) conferences together, creating an immensely valuable mix across the whole business-change space. For me, the conference started […]