Yes, 2-speed IT is real, but not like you think
The idea of 2-speed IT has been doing the rounds for a while. It is now dying. But in a different way, it is actually a really important aspect of IT.
Metadata as a Process
Data sharing and collaboration between different specialist areas requires agreement and transparency about the structure and meaning of the data. This is one of the functions of metadata.I’ve been reading a paper (by Professor Paul Edwards and others)…
Right, Left, and the Singularity
Have you noticed that when you look for something on the
web, almost immediately, you are inundated with the advertising of like
products on YouTube or one of the weather websites? Sometimes when you are messaging a friend
about a pest control …
Right, Left, and the Singularity
Have you noticed that when you look for something on the web, almost immediately, you are inundated with the advertising of like products on YouTube or one of the weather websites? Sometimes when you are messaging a friend about a pest control s…
Mapping the BIZBOK® Metamodel to the ArchiMate® Language
Since the foundation of the Business Architecture Guild a little over a decade ago, its Business Architecture Body of Knowledge (BIZBOK®), as expressed in the BIZBOK® Guide, has become a popular set of guidelines and techniques for practicing business architects. More recently, it has also defined its own metamodel, which you can read about in this whitepaper (published August…
Does Google’s ‘Quantum Supremacy’ means QM Computing has arrived? Not so fast.
Follow-up to the earlier explanatory and critical post on Quantum Computing which addresses Google’s ‘quantum supremacy’ achievement.
Economic Left, Right, and Up
Currently, we have a political problem. The far-left liberals feel that the ideal
political/economic situation entitles everyone, including freeloaders and
freelance socialists, to a good life, free from monetary worries for food,
education, heal…
Economic Left, Right, and Up
Currently, we have a political problem. The far-left liberals feel that the ideal political/economic situation entitles everyone, including freeloaders and freelance socialists, to a good life, free from monetary worries for food, education, heal…
Review of The Myth of Artificial Intelligence & A conversation with Erik Larson
Last April, the book The Myth of Artificial Intelligence was published by Harvard University Press. The author is Erik J. Larson, a computer scientist and tech entrepreneur who is active in the field, especially in natural language processing. After re…
From Dark Scrum to Broken SAFe — some real problems of Agile-at-scale
There is a massive movement of organisations moving to agile-at-scale (e.g. SAFe). Ironically, it can turn into an organisation becoming one big ‘project’, the opposite of what agile wants to achieve.
Darryl’s Test Post
This is the first paragraph of the test post. Here…
What are Business Capabilities & How to Identify them?
In the first instalment in this series, we gave an outline of the notion of ‘business capability’ and why it is so useful in strategy execution. But what exactly is this somewhat elusive concept and how do you define capabilities? As mentioned in that previous blog post, you need to understand and design what an…