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ArchiMate is not an open standard by most definitions as it is neither royalty-free nor maintained by a not-for-profit organisation. TOG is a commercial enterprise whose (shaky) approach to the legalities is meant to create a monopoly. Continue reading →
This week’s episode of Tom Cagley’s Software Process and Measurement (SPaMCast) podcast, number 395, features Tom’s essay on productivity, Kim Pries on “how software developers leverage assimilation and accommodation in the acquisition of knowledge”, and a Form Follows Function installment on accidental innovation. Tom and I discuss my post “Accidental Innovation”. Without an environment that […]
Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone at MacWorld in January of 2007; later that year it was released on June 29, but the real moment that revolutionized personal computing occurred three days later.That the iPhone was innovative and changed everything is n…
Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone at MacWorld in January of 2007; later that year it was released on June 29, but the real moment that revolutionized personal computing occurred three days later.
That the iPhone was innovative and changed everything …
We’re all about collaboration at BiZZdesign. In fact, our digital business design software platform, BiZZdesign Enterprise Studio, encourages continuous collaboration by allowing several people to work in one platform. However, effective collaboration requires you to build relationships with colleagues across the entire organization. The effort you make to get to know other groups’ concerns will help further down the line when addressing any project issues that may arise.
All people that are working within the strategy execution such as architects will always struggle with the intent of the strategy or the intent of the person who represents the strategy. If the strategy is backed by a group it may even be that the intent is contradictory in some or all points. No group … Continue reading Capture the intent →
By The Open Group In 1991, Intel Corporation started their “Intel Inside” marketing and branding campaign that turned Intel into a household name.[1] The power of “Intel Inside” was that it allowed consumers to quickly understand the value of what … Continue reading →
Forrester defines Enterprise File Sync and Share (EFSS) as the technologies that “allow organizations to share and replicate content across multiple devices, distributing files to employees and/or customers or partners outside the enterprise”.
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In the 1980s, Michael Porter proposed the Value Chain (VC) concept to illustrate the operation of a company.
A Value Chain is a set of activities that an organization carries out to deliver value to its customers and…
Why would anyone worry about user experience for anything that’s not customer-facing? This question was the premise of Maurice Roach’s post in the Zühlke blog, “Empathise with your users or you won’t solve their problems”: Bring up the subject of user empathy with some engineers or product owners and you’ll probably hear comments that fall […]
Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better. — Edsger W. Dijkstra Architecture’s raison d’être is to manage complexity and enable value generation for the enterprise that rests on it. But does the enterprise of architecture always Read more
Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better. — Edward Djikstra Architecture’s raison d’être is to manage complexity and enable value generation for the enterprise that rests on it. But does the enterprise of architecture always produce Read more