Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
I studied Art History a long time ago. One of the ways they test you is to show you two works of art side by side and ask you to discuss the similarities and differences. I am not sure of the pedagogical theory behind that. But we did it and it was taken as a […]
For years the failure of production IT to deliver fully on its own vision has been in large part due to constantly attempting to solve design problems with management thinking. These days, the abiding anxiety of large-scale production IT is expressed most often through the ‘alignment’ cliche. Forget the specifics for a minute. Suffice to […]
I can’t escape the feeling that today’s IT decision makers are passionately committed to building the best IT infrastructure the 1990′s have to offer. I have a very clear memory from the early eighties. I was standing on St Kilda Rd. It was a beautiful Melbourne weekday. Sun shining through the plane trees. A soft […]
If you are an Enterprise Architect and want to be successful, you will need to escape the straight jacket of technology. It is imperative that you get out of IT, establish relationships with the business leaders in your organisation, and start to apply your energies and skills where the real decisions are made. To do […]