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I am not sure on how well you are still up to stats these days so let me first remind you that the regression towards the mean is the phenomenon that if a variable is extreme on its first measurement, it will tend to be closer to the average on its second measurement and if it … Continue reading Regression toward the mean →
There are so many pressures on the EA team, but it is well worth taking time out to harvest reusable models, patterns, and templates from the work that we’ve already done! August is often a good month to do this, if the holiday season gives your team some respite from daily pressures. This article explains…
http://masteringarchimate.com has passed the 200,000 view mark during my vacation. I started this blog in 2011. In June 2014 it passed the 100,000 view mark. It took 14 months to get the next 100,000 views. That is a milestone I wanted … Continue reading →
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What we often miss today in our enterprise is that common integrated picture of the business, illustrating the functions, flows, information, governance and organisation that only a BA offers.
But, while many teach BA courses a…
Before and during the weekend, Brenda’s team worked hard to come up with an analysis for management.
Earlier today, Brenda presented their findings to the management team, who were more than pleased with the results. During the meeting they decided to follow the recommendations by Brenda’s team and they tasked James with the appropriate actions.
Man is a tool-using animal… Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. Thomas Carlyle (essayist and historian) 1795-1881
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Once you start working in architecture within a company you will find that when you have engineered a solution it is often taken on with a lot of support by management, but while that support is not withdrawn you will find it sidelined over the next time. The reason for that phenomenon is the difference in … Continue reading Engineering versus Management thinking →
Does BA exist for us in the same form or as the same concept? Do we even talk about the same thing?
I opened the Chrome browser for a new web-search yesterday, and this is what popped up: Google have my date-of-birth, of course, linked to my GMail account. At which point I finally remembered, “Oh, yeah, it is my birthday, isn’t…
The word architect comes like so many words from the greek where arkhitekton describes a carpenter master craftsman. The first time it was used in any literature was in the works of Vitruvius. At that point and architecture was described as as a cross between utility (or function) and beauty. In the following time structural … Continue reading Is architecture art? →
The limits of my language means the limits of my world.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
What if your business didn’t have customers? What if it just had supporters? How would that shift in language change the way in which you viewed the relationship? How much more value would you want to deliver to your supporters over your customers?
All your customers are (either potential, actual or turned off) supporters. Your customers are your supporters whether you like it or not, its up to you whether you want to treat them as they deserve to be treated.
Enterprise-architecture, strategy, and more: they all depend on discipline and rigour, in thinking, sensemaking, decision-making and action. But what happens when that discipline is lost? What are the ‘sins’ that can cause that discipline to be lost? How can we…