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The Enterprise Partner Supplier Customer (EPSC) Model sits as a core concept of Enterprise Architecture. It is so much at the core of everything we do that we seldom question it. Is that healthy? This post will discuss the core idea behind the EPSC model (differentiation by control) and alternative ways to think about enterprise…
The Business Model exposes the key variations of the Value Chain
Short post today: my new column on the Enterprise Architecture Professional Journal, titled “The (Forgotten) Other Half of SOA” has been published. A somewhat technical subject: service oriented architectures and performance issues. With a few ArchiMate views added to the … Continue reading →
For any organisation that’s in the public-eye, a co-branding deal sounds like a perfect win-win: you get a pile of useful cash merely for letting someone put up a load of posters around the place. What could possibly go wrong…
By Krish Ayyar, Managing Principal, Martin-McDougall Technologies Enterprise Architecture is there to solve Enterprise level problems. A typical problem scenario could be something like “A large Mining and Resources company uses many sensors to collect and feed engineering data back … Continue reading →
Another free TOGAF resource from Good e-Learning. This time it’s a template for defining Principles. A good set of well-defined Principles are an excellent way to simplify EA decision making. This template covers all of the key things that you need to include to define a good Principle, and includes a great set of questions…
In enterprise-architecture, how should you describe or model ‘self-service’ – in which the customer, rather than the organisation’s employee, uses the organisation’s systems to place an order, or search for information? The classic way of looking at this is from…
Digitization has caused lots of disruption in the financial services industry, with new entrants stealing retail customers and changing customer expectations (see the first post of this two-part series, “How Digitization Is Creating a Fork in the Road for Banks”). Yet it’s only a matter of time before this disruption spreads to more industries. This […]
The digital officer role proposed by the business is the conceptual Enterprise Architect
Strategy& provide a very useful annual overview of trends, challenges, and opportunities for companies in different industry sectors. These expert views are based on industry discussions, market observation, and data analysis. The industry sectors covered are: Aerospace and Defense Trends; Auto Industry Trends; Aviation Trends; Chemicals Trends; Commercial Transportation Trends; Consumer Goods Trends; Healthcare Trends;…
Capital allocation, i.e., deciding on investments, is probably the most important responsibility of the top management of any organization. This is no easy matter. Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and probably the most su…
Working with architecture as a way of designing and cataloging the relationships between business and IT has always been a challenge. I recently attended an IASA meeting where we discussed the challenges of designing and maintaining a business architecture. At the meeting I talked about capabilities, what I think they are and how to actually go […]