Panta Rhei — How more ‘agile’ can make you less agile
Agile and DevOps are on the rise. Hardly anyone these…
Making the World More Open and Connected
Last year, Facebook changed its mission statement, from “Making The World More Open And Connected” to “Bringing The World Closer Together”.As I said in September 2005, interoperability is not just a technical question but a sociotechnical question (inv…
The Open Group Open Badges Update – More Than Just a Pretty Image
In September 2017, The Open Group began working with Acclaim, (a division of Pearson VUE, an exam delivery company), to introduce the concept of “Open Badges” to The Open Group IT4IT™ and Open Certified Architect certification programs. Since then, we have been busy – we have now rolled out this program across our entire certification portfolio and as a result have invited everyone with a current certification with The Open Group to participate. This has resulted in over 20,000 badges being issued, with no surprises that the TOGAF®, a standard of The Open Group, badges are the most popular.
101 Lessons from EA – #13 – Arrangement versus complexity
Lesson 13 from my book, 101 Lessons from Enterprise Architecture is about the use of arrangement to manage complexity. In an earlier post I asked for advice on whether I should publish a new edition of this book. Thank you to everyone for your valuable…
Security is downstream from strategy
Following @carolecadwalla’s latest revelations about the misuse of personal data involving Facebook, she gets a response from Alex Stamos, Facebook’s Chief Security Officer.Hi, Carole. First off, I work on security, not strategy, and I agree that this …
Sensemaking: Into the void
How do we make sense when we don’t know what’s going on? What happens when we find ourselves diving into ‘the void’ of the unknown and uncertain? And what can we do there, to make enough sense of ‘the unknown’ to make useful…
Ideas worth sharing… TEDx Folkestone 2018
I’m thrilled to hear that I’ve been selected to speak at TEDxFolkestone 2018. The theme of this event is Courage to Step Beyond. This is an exciting opportunity. I started my career as an Enterprise Architect in part because I was inspired …
Code to Inspire
Code To Inspire is a non-profit organization for female empowerment and encouragement in the field of computer coding in Afghanistan. Its focus is on school girls who are interested in computer science, and its aim is to pave the ground for University …
Protect Your Enterprise Analyze Your Security With Architecture Models
In a previous blog on cybersecurity, I wrote about the essential steps to keep your organization safe in an increasingly dangerous digital environment:
Who Owns The Data In Your IoT Platform? It Doesn’t Have To Be Confusing
Software platforms to support the industrial internet of things (IoT) are becoming very credible options. But despite their appeal, I constantly hear from clients who are wary. These clients don’t doubt the technical capabilities of the platform, or th…
Fintech Has Grown Up
Having trekked between the ExCel convention center and central London for most of last week – Finovate Europe moved to this larger and more remote location from the historical Old Billingsgate Hall this year – I can’t help but think that the changed lo…
Fail Fast – Why did the Chicken cross the road?
A commonly accepted principle of architecture and engineering is to avoid a single point of failure (SPOF). A single depot for a chain of over 850 fast food restaurants could be risky, as KFC was warned when it announced that it was switching its logis…