Enterprise Architecture

The Really Big Picture for enterprise-architecture

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The ‘Really Big Picture’ for enterprise-architecture is a sustainable world that works well for everyone.
Okay, that’s a bit of a bald statement. Let’s step back a bit.
To me, every enterprise-architecture is anchored in a vision of some kind – a descriptor for the aims of the overall enterprise. (One classic example of an enterprise-vision is […]

Notes on architecture versus design

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Several people, including Nigel Green, Doug Newdick and Kris Meukens, picked up on my comments about architecture versus design in my earlier post ‘Great conversations on enterprise-architecture‘. Nigel kindly wrote a follow-up post on his Posterous blog, and Kris pointed to an earlier blog-post of his own, whilst Doug also added useful comments to both of those […]

A week in Tweets: 08-14 May 2011

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Almost catching up on the backlog: the last week’s collection of Tweets and links, only a few days late! Usual categories, of course, after the usual ‘Read more…’ link.

Enterprise-architecture and all manner of related ‘big-picture business-type stuff:

greefhorst: Elektronische versie boek “Architecture Principles – The Cornerstones of Enterprise Architecture” beschikbaar http://bit.ly/iVKnAK #entarch >also by […]

Strategy, tactics, operations and emotion

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This one’s been brewing for a while, but the final trigger to get it down in writing was a tweet from yesterday evening:
RT @vernaallee: RT @timkastelle: Good post & important point by @jorgebarba – It matters how you play the game. Not just being first http://bit.ly/lbAi6q
Will recommend Jorge’s post – it makes some very good […]

The Viable System Model is the missing theory behind Enterprise Architecture

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I am currently involved with the EAST group (an outreach group of SCiO http://www.scio.org.uk/ ) which is looking at the overlap between Enterprise Architecture and System Thinking, and in particular the Viable System Model (VSM). The Viable System Model has been around for many years, coming out of Stafford Beer’s work  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Stafford_Beer This diagram looks complex at […]

Holistic Management in a Context of Enterprise IT Management and Organizational Leadership

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An Approach to Sense Making and Intelligent Business There are probably many different ways to gain sense in each of the many different enterprises and organizations across the planet. This particular paper investigates one particular approach question the validity of … Continue reading →

Taking a turn on the BMCanvas

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The basic question I’m exploring visually here is “Is there another perspective to be found using the BMCanvas by Alexander Osterwalder at any orientation?” For the Architect (whatever prefix is used Business/Enterprise/IT) relating to the concept of different orientations may help in focusing the effort on the areas most important to the sponsor. The value […]

A week in Tweets: 01-07 May 2011

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Almost up to date: the previous week’s worth of links and Tweets – sorted into the usual categories, of course.

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, business-strategy, business-innovations and other themes at the larger business scope:

practicingEA: Unintended consequences of hyper-connected. Next #entarch challenge: predict these b4 disaster http://tinyurl.com/6zaegec >yes, exactly… strong recommend #itarch #entarch #bizarch #emergence
EABard: 11 Soft Skills For […]

Interview on enterprise-architecture at AE-Rio 2011

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I must admit I’m pleased with this brief interview, filmed by the AV crew at AE Rio 2011 (many thanks, guys!). It covers a lot of ground in barely four minutes: the importance of stories and culture in enterprise-architecture, key differences in the Latin America market compared to elsewhere, and much else besides.

(There’s supposed to […]