Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Two weeks ago, Ruth Malan (@ruthmalan) of Bredemeyer Consulting and contributing author to the Cutter Consortium commented in her online journal (being maintained since 2006 and recommended!) that between the metaphor used by Tom Graves (@tetradian) in Agility Needs a … Continue reading →
This is in part a follow-on to ‘The Really Big Picture for enterprise-architecture‘.
As a discipline, enterprise-architecture is still in the throes of a multi-year struggle against IT-centrism – in our context, the dangerous delusion that enterprise-scope IT-architecture somehow ‘is’ enterprise-architecture. There are signs now that that struggle is at last beginning to be won: a […]
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 […]
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 […]
I have been writing about the concept of Reference Architecture, it’s purpose, benefits on this blog. I have also posted illustrative examples of how leading IT industry vendors are shaping their portfolio based on this construct. Specifically I shar…
I have been writing about the concept of Reference Architecture, it’s purpose, benefits on this blog. I have also posted illustrative examples of how leading IT industry vendors are shaping their portfolio based on this construct. Specifically I shar…
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Recently launched at the Open Group meeting in London last week a venture between The Open Group and the TM Forum produced a 110 page report on how their two frameworks (TOGAF and Frameworx) align and where they extend each…
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 →
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 […]