Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
The Center for the Advocacy of the Enterprise Architecture Profession (CAEAP) published a collaborative work called the Enterprise Architecture Professional Practice Guide (EA PPG). This is the first draft abstract for the EA PPG. I joined the CAEAP …
I read this report from GigaOM and it got me thinking about the challenges of trying to create a successful Facebook-like environment in the enterprise. Challenge #1: Smaller community. Facebook has over 400 million active users. Your company will have thousands. You can assume that only a portion of those will be active contributors, and […]
There is a good summary of Eduardo Jezierski’s blog “Architecture, Mobiles, and Health: 10 Pitfalls” J.D. Meier’s Blog. The summary is excellent and stands alone if you don’t have more than a few seconds to spare. If you have a few minutes …
There is a good summary of Eduardo Jezierski’s blog “Architecture, Mobiles, and Health: 10 Pitfalls” J.D. Meier’s Blog. The summary is excellent and stands alone if you don’t have more than a few seconds to spare. If you have a few minutes …
I am pleased to announce to my readers that the Center for the Advancement of Enterprise Architecture as a Profession (CAEAP) has released the Abstract for the first edition of the CAEAP Professional Practice Guide (PPG). I have been a…
I am pleased to announce to my readers that the Center for the Advancement of Enterprise Architecture as a Profession (CAEAP) has released the Abstract for the first edition of the CAEAP Professional Practice Guide (PPG). I have been a…
Link: http://ingine.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/is-washington-bankrupting-america/ From Ingine – Enterprise Transformation 00
Yes, you need a LinkedIn Account. And yes, you have to be a member of Enterprise Architecture Network. But those two prerequisites are not very difficult to obtain. Meanwhile, there are a couple of very interesting discussions going o…
I just read Chris Lockhart’s interesting post “The Right Stuff“. In the post Chris wrote about his bias for selecting enterprise architects based on his career experience. The main topics in the post are: natural selection of IT a…
The Open Group committee made a conscious choice to encourage customization of TOGAF, since every organizational context is unique. After all, TOGAF is a framework, not something you swallow whole to get well. If you look at the first BPMN sub-pr…
Link: http://ingine.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/transcendent-purpose-mastery-of-skills-autonomy-main-motivators-to-be-among-the-best-enterprise-architect-not-money-research-proves-it/ From Ingine – Enterprise Transformation 00
The Journey
This initial posting is to set up the practice of Zen and the Art of Enterprise Architecture. I am often asked the question: “How did you become an Architect?” Although many in the IT industry have tak…