On McKinsey’s Two Speed IT Architecture and Digital Business Models (i)
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On McKinsey’s Two Speed IT Architecture and Digital Business Models
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On McKinsey’s Two Speed IT Architecture and Digital Business Models
In a “A two-speed IT architecture for the digital enterprise”, McKinsey’s (McK) Oliver Bossert, Chris Ip, and Jürgen Laartz stated that “delivering an enriched customer experience requires a new digital architecture running alongsi…
What is True-EA?
True Enterprise Architecture (True-EA) is quite simply architecting the enterprise. “Isn’t this what Enterprise Architecture always has been?” you may be asking yourself. In actuality, the overwhelming majority of EA efforts that we have come in contact with over the…
What is True-EA?
True Enterprise Architecture (True-EA) is quite simply architecting the enterprise. “Isn’t this what Enterprise Architecture always has been?” you may be asking yourself. In actuality, the overwhelming majority of EA efforts that we have come in contac…
Engaging stakeholders in healthcare-IT
Back a couple years or so ago, I was at the conference of a well-known group in enterprise-architecture and the like. (They’d best remain nameless here, for reasons you’ll see in a moment.) They were just launching a new initiative…
Looking Back on Year 4
This post is part of a fond farewell to the University of Bristol as I have now finished a very enjoyable 4 years as Enterprise Architect there and I have just moved on to the role of Senior Enterprise Architect at the University down the road – UWE! UWE are building quite a significant EA […]
Looking Back on Year 4
I write this post as part of a fond farewell to the University of Bristol as I have now concluded my very enjoyable 4 years as Enterprise Architect there and I have just moved on to the role of Senior Enterprise Architect at the University down the road – UWE! UWE are building quite a […]
Enterprise Architecture Approach in an HE Institution: 10 Practical Steps
What’s particular about doing EA in a research-intensive HE Institution like the University of Bristol? For one thing the HE sector has some interesting dichotomies to grapple with such as the dual activities of a University like Bristol of both research and education. In a sense we are two businesses: the business of conducting research […]
Enterprise Architecture Approach in an HE Institution: 10 Practical Steps
What’s particular about doing EA in a research-intensive HE Institution like the University of Bristol? For one thing the HE sector has some interesting dichotomies to grapple with such as the dual activities of a University like Bristol of both research and education. In a sense we are two businesses: the business of conducting research […]
What Does Cloud Mean For Your Corporate Network?
If you are looking at a significant use of cloud computing, have you considered what this might mean for your network? Corporate networks are an often overlooked factor when thinking about cloud computing. The problem is that cloud computing increases the criticality of your network, because if your network isn’t available then your cloud services […]
What Are Architecture Documents For?
I recently had a discussion with a colleague about what the real purpose of architecture documentation is. The simple answer of “documenting the architecture” seems unsatisfactory to me – “what is the point in that?” I think. My response to him was that architecture documents are for recording (and communicating) architectural decisions. This is part […]
What Has Governance Ever Done for Me?
This is basically the question that many project managers ask me when we have a discussion about adhering to governance. They want to know what value their project gets from adhering to governance processes, from generating artefacts for governance gates. The short answer is “none – governance is not something we do for you!” If […]