Context-perspectives and enterprise-architecture maturity

In what ways does what we do within the enterprise require a different perspective on the enterprise itself? In what ways does our maturity-level – our skills, competence and experience – affect what we can and should do within the

Who is your Chief Architect?

If you work in a moderate to large organization there is a better than 50/50 chance someone there has the title of Chief Architect. That’s too bad, ’cause it’s probably wrong.

There are a number of descriptions for Enterprise Architecture. The one I…

Architecture Purity

What would you get if you put a drop of sewage in a barrel of wine? 

Pretty much the same thing you’d have if you put a drop of wine in a barrel of sewage. i.e.  sewage.  Personally, I wouldn’t drink from either barrel. There is something to…

Architecture Purity

What would you get if you put a drop of sewage in a barrel of wine? 

Pretty much the same thing you’d have if you put a drop of wine in a barrel of sewage. i.e.  sewage.  Personally, I wouldn’t drink from either barrel. There is something to…

Cynicism is Not a Skill

For six weeks and with about $10,000 I had toiled to create an additional bathroom in my previous home just in time to host some relatives during the holidays. I only had time to throw one of our better bath towels over the curtain rod as this element…

Cynicism is Not a Skill

For six weeks and with about $10,000 I had toiled to create an additional bathroom in my previous home just in time to host some relatives during the holidays. I only had time to throw one of our better bath towels over the curtain rod as this ele…

Beware Architecture Ghosts that go BOO!

As the Cowardly Lion once remarked, “I do believe in ghosts, I do, I do, I do believe in ghosts!” In the technology space, ghosts are fateful decisions, implicit or explicit, that are buried within a solution until the right set of circumstances raise them from the dead.

For instance, in January 1990, AT&T experienced a cascade of failures in their long distance network switches. It seems

Beware Architecture Ghosts that go BOO!

As the Cowardly Lion once remarked, “I do believe in ghosts, I do, I do, I do believe in ghosts!” In the technology space, ghosts are fateful decisions, implicit or explicit, that are buried within a solution until the right set of circumstances raise them from the dead.

For instance, in January 1990, AT&T experienced a cascade of failures in their long distance network switches. It seems