Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Normally, we don’t pay much attention to Microsoft when it comes to the areas of strategy and planning, but this is just too interesting to pass up. Gabriel Morgan of Microsoft posted his lessons learned from a year of leading Enterprise Arc…
Normally, we don’t pay much attention to Microsoft when it comes to the areas of strategy and planning, but this is just too interesting to pass up. Gabriel Morgan of Microsoft posted his lessons learned from a year of leading Enterprise Arc…
I took a tour of The Pearl Brewery last week, led by REAL ARCHITECTS. Although I’m not associated with such building architects normally, I was pleased to see how ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE is applicable in the work associated with the development of this former brewery, originally built in 1883, as it transforms itself it 1.2 million square feet […]
Todd Biske posted a summary of a conversation he had with Mike Rollings, Brenda Michelson, Chris Bird and others. They were discussing the future of Enterprise Architecture. A theme that emerged from their talks focused on whether your practice is de…
Yesterday afternoon, I was involved with a discussion around EA 201x. The conversation began at a lunch meeting I had with Mike Rollings (@mikerollings) of Burton Group/Gartner, and continued on with Brenda Michelson (@bmichelson) of Elemental Links and fellow EA Chris Bird (@seabird20), among others. Near the end of the conversation, Chris asked the question, […]
The Basics of the Review The review is dealing with Integrated Integrated Governance. Integrated Governance is defined as how corporate strategy, IT strategy, IT governance and Enterprise Architecture are aligned and dealt with. I have chosen to limit the amount of topics to cope with my limited resources. Therefor I selected what I assumed were […]
Jeff Scott recently posted a blog listing 14 challenges faced by business architects. They really apply to any enterprise architecture practice, and I wanted to call out and comment on a few of them. Lack of business skills in the EA team. I commented directly on Jeff’s post on this one. I am sure there […]
This is Part II of my collection of enterprise architecture definitions. Part I can be viewed here. It’s interesting, at least to me, to get a sense for all the different definitions of enterprise architecture out there. So, over time,…
This is Part II of my collection of enterprise architecture definitions. Part I can be viewed here. It’s interesting, at least to me, to get a sense for all the different definitions of enterprise architecture out there. So, over time,…
Recently Gartner released the 2010 Hype Cycle for Enterprise Architecture (EA). It’s an interesting report. I’m not sure if there are really any surprises here but it worth looking at the macro themes of the report. You can find additional…
Since I completed both the UBC Sauder School of Business – Certificate in Management Excellence and the Carnegie Mellon Institute of Software Research International – Certified Enterprise Architect program, I have been looking to take the n…
In the Wired magazine article on the relationship between AT&T and Apple (see: Bad Connection: Inside the iPhone Network Meltdown), the author, Fred Vogelstein, presents a classic service management problem. In the early days of the iPhone, when data usage was coming in at levels 50% higher than what AT&T projected, AT&T Senior VP Kris […]