Enterprise Architecture Yet Another Defintion
Enterprise Architecture is about having a structured way of finding the optimal configuration of resources and actions such that an expected value can be released. 
Enterprise Architecture
What is an EA vendor?
#entarch I just asked an innocent question about enterprise architecture vendors on Twitter, partly to find out which companies identified themselves as such.
Some industry analysts focus on vendors selling software tools for use by architects. For ex…
Why vision?
Why vision? Whose vision? What do we mean by ‘enterprise vision’, anyway? And who’s responsible for it? – who should create it?
This enquiry arose from a great multi-way Twitter-conversation following my previous post ‘Yes and No‘:
tetradian: [post] Yes and no: a question of commitment http://bit.ly/fJUqcA #entarch #culture #responsibility
MartinHowitt: @tetradian if an explicit vision does not […]
TOGAF™ to the Platform: Developing Dependability Cases, 2011 RTESF San Diego Meeting
At this Conference, the RTES Forum will start to examine the technologies and techniques in the industry surrounding the development of Dependability Cases. Continue reading →
Yes and no: a question of commitment
This one’s a return to the themes from that previous post on Power, people and responsibility in enterprise-architecture, and the dichotomy between power as ‘the ability to do work’ versus a supposed ‘power’ as ‘the ability to avoid work’.
We can also see this as the difference between yes and no; between for and against. In […]
Cynefin as place: a respectful enquiry
[A slightly risky post, this, given the unfortunate history between myself and Dave Snowden: but I want to emphasise that it is in good faith, as a genuine enquiry that I believe would be of real value to those of working in enterprise-architectures and to the broader Cynefin community.]
I’ve been delighted to see a useful […]
Microsoft Canadian Colleges Exec Briefing – Microsoft Integrated Virtualization
Jeff Johnson, Enterprise Strategist, Microsoft jejohn@microsoft.com Microsoft Integrated Virtualization With Less, Do More – looking at Business and IT – scale – enterprise to global, resources – fixed to elastic, governance &…
Microsoft Canadian Colleges Exec Briefing – Identity and Access Mgmt
Mark Wahl, Senior Program Manager/Architect, Microsoft Corporation Identity and Access Management – Business ready Security Solutions Business needs agility and flexibility and IT needs control – these needs are in competition Business Read…
Microsoft Canadian Colleges Exec Briefing – Dynamic IT in Education
Greg Milligan, National Technology Strategist, Microsoft Canada Dynamic IT in Education IT deliverables on campus today – supporting users, providing services and governance Higher Education IT Challenges – cost containment, security, relia…
Microsoft Canadian Colleges Exec Briefing – Windows Devices
Mark Linton, Senior Director, Windows Phone Business, OEM Division Jeff McKee, Senior Director, Windows Client Business, OEM Division Windows Phone and Windows 7 Vision – create seamless experiences that combine the magic of software with the pos…
Microsoft Canadian Colleges Exec Briefing – Institutional Effectiveness
David Raney MD, CEO Nuventive How do you achieve Institutional Effectiveness? What questions do you need to answer? are your core learning outcomes improving? how do you assess institutional performance? how do you measure strategic goals? … The…
Microsoft Canadian Colleges Exec Briefing – Collaboration with SharePoint
Rob Howard, Program Manager, SharePoint, Microsoft Corporation Collaboration Futures with SharePoint Looking at the work streams in SharePoint – deliver the best productivity experience, cut costs with a unified infrastructure, rapidly respond to…