Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Like all small independents in just about any industry, my relationship with ‘the big boys’ is ambivalent at best. All those big analyst-consultancies like Forrester or Gartner, the ratings-agencies like Moody’s or S&P, the big IT- or process-consultancies like IBM…
Early in the week, the baseline team announces that they are almost done with their work. There are a few more points to flesh out, but overall the structure is there. The team has brought along the following diagram to illustrate their way…
By The Open Group The Open Group, the vendor-neutral IT consortium, is hosting its latest event in Edinburgh October 19-22 2015. The Open Group Edinburgh 2015 will focus on the challenge of architecting a Boundaryless Organization in an age of … Continue reading →
Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture is also available as an iBook. The price depends on where you are, as iBooks prices are inclusive of tax. However, the book has been priced at roughly two thirds of the paperback … Continue reading →
Pride is one of the things that we all need to certain degree unless we want to get into mental distress. So it is important that in architecture we are proud of what we are doing. However that pride usually leads us into several areas of prejudice that again is something to avoid as it … Continue reading Pride and Prejudice →
Is your enterprise ready for desktop-class tablets? On September 9,…
Is your enterprise ready for desktop-class tablets? On September 9, Apple announced its iPad Pro, with a 12.9-inch diagonal screen, 10-hour battery life, magnetically attached keyboard, and stylus, along with
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It is never easy to write a Goodbye. Today is my last day as a full-time employee at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. I spent the majority of my career here, 23 years (including a short two year break to the UAE)! I started as an Intermediate Systems Analyst coding data integration between our then […]
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Since when did data management and data governance become interchangeable?
This is a question that has both confounded and frustrated me. The pursuit of data management vendors to connect with business stakeholders, because of the increasing role busi…
Currently you will find that many architects are being asked to work on productivity drives. The main reason for this is the the raging of the worldwide population and the fact that business growth will mainly happen in terms of productivity. Given the horrible state of productivity we are in at most countries it is … Continue reading Productivity versus efficiency →
Where does the Hype Cycle come from? Okay, we know it was originated by consultancy-firm Gartner some years ago, and that it looks like this: Or, more simply, like this: And we also know that it aligns well with Rogers et al’s technology-adoption lifecycle:…
Brenda’s “target team” feels like they’re in a tight spot. It’s great that management has given some direction for the IT/ sourcing / product strategies, but it doesn’t seem to fit with what they had in mind for the target architecture. In the meantime, the pressure is on as Brenda has been asked to present her thoughts on the strategies in the light of the target architecture.