Archimate::Business actor <= Togaf::Organization unit

Yes, the Business actor concept in Archimate do make sense in conjunction with the organization unit concept in Togaf. At least the Archimate concept covers the Togaf concept good enough to make it usable. The match is to be found in how Archimate uses “departments” and “business units” as examples. Archimate TOGAF Business actor Organization […]

A week in Tweets: 24-30 April 2011

Oops. Careless. I’ve let it slip back again. Oh well. Another somewhat-delayed collection of Tweets and links, then: still useful, I hope. Usual categories, of course.

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, business-strategy, business-innovation and likewise themes:

SAlhir: RT @FasTake @Agotthelf: The Cultural Imperative For A Social Business http://om.ly/BSkbQ >business-culture at Yammer
SAlhir: RT @DavidHolzmer: Art of the Dumb Question | transformation […]

Great conversations on enterprise-architecture

A busy week this has been. The Gartner EA Summit and the Open Group Enterprise Architecture Practitioners conference were both on in London at the same time, little more than a few hundred yards apart. And a lot of other things starting to happen in the enterprise scene as well: more good news on the […]

Power of EA + BPM: Thoughts from Gartner EA Summit

The Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit in London came to a close yesterday.  After two days of insightful keynotes, analyst presentations, workshops and networking, it was clear that business processes and EA are inherently and necessarily linked to one another.  In a recent Gartner survey, improving and aligning business processes was cited as an EA priority […]

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Spending money intelligently

#entarch @MartinHowitt writes “I’m fed up of being told that our IT systems suck. Want better ones? Spend some blinking money. That is all.”

@dougnewdick replies “To get better IT you need to spend money, but it doesn’t follow that if you spend money …

The Zoom Factor

Typically the EA books I review are a summary of the author’s heuristic experiences; they provide viewpoints, models and tools for managing the challenges of EA. Fewer authors opt for an holistic approach; perhaps these books are best described as being about “approaches to EA” rather than methodological detail. Zoom Effect is unique in the […]

A week in Tweets: 17-23 April 2011

Still in catch-up, as seems to occur all too often – apologies. Another week’s-worth of Tweets and links, anyway. Usual categories, of course, after the usual ‘Read more…’ link.

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, business-strategy and suchlike:

jdevoo: RT @jpertusa: Fascinating! TED: Repository of open source hardware for development http://bit.ly/fywYGn #sustainability #entarch
JohnPolgreen: RT @pbmobi: real architecture=something where there was an […]