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Having spent most of the day doing reviews of submissions to a conference, I’m starting to this that may we could replace the standard reporting, like this: How about: “If your paper was a song, it would be this: “. Like: Rejection: Accept with modifications: Strong acceptance:
Just a short note today that the book Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture is available as a paperback and will over the coming weeks appear on Amazon and other online traders of physical books such as Barnes & … Continue reading →
Recently, in a discussion in the ArchiMate LinkedIn Group, Tarun Godhwani started a discussion on modelling the triggers and tables of a database. Of course, one can wonder if it is useful to model these, but in case they are, the … Continue reading →
The Northern Virginia Technology Council’s (NVTC) Digital Strategy Committee (#nvtcdigstrat) recent event regarding Digital Strategy and Public Safety, featuring Richard R. Bowers – Chief, Fairfax Fire Department – revealed several very interesting and useful challenges for the NOVA business community.Not least of which was the current challenges around focused, resourced digital strategy planning across the County constituent agencies, and among local jurisdictions.Many targeted capabilities and improvements in “front-end” digital tools, outreach and engagement, plus initiatives on the “back-end” to handle system-specific data and information management are certainly underway, but information-sharing among the public safety stakeholders – businesses, government and the public – remains a strategic planning, governance and education hurdle to address. In other words, a B2G2C digital strategy challenge.NVTC Digital Strategy with Fairfax Fire Chief Richard Bowers; L-R, Patrick Smaldore, David Yang, Shilo Thomas, Chief Richard Bowers, Ted McLaughlan“Simplicity” was a key concept – that seems hard to maintain in the first responder settings, particularly with the profusion of both new technology equipment and situational data. Chief Bowers illustrated the challenge with local EMS responders – on route or on scene -having to quickly use and interact with at least 5 separate kinds of equipment:
The variety of interfaces, variety of data granulation, variety of authentication methods – it all adds up to what can be a burdensome expectation on responders, which creates higher risk in areas of data quality and security, process coordination and mission efficiency. This hinders, therefore, the ability of the entire responder community to deliver optimal outcomes – in spite of the number and types of technologies available and in use.Furthermore, as the technologies available to both the responders and the public become more pervasive, easy to operate and use – for collecting or contributing incident reporting, sensory feedback and overall situational awareness data – it’s simply too difficult to add these inputs to the mix in a way that avoids information overload, or worse, information degradation or errors. There’s no common information architecture that anticipates a proliferation of device inputs, mobile and social channels.A standard “dashboard” visualization service for use in the field, to quickly access the various systems and growing information sources, was also mentioned as a highly-desirable capability – particularly a dashboard to sensitive systems and protected information in a BYOD environment – i.e. on personal cellphones or tablets. A related need surfaced above the actual dashboard of the response vehicles and fire engines – actually having “heads up” display on the windshield of incident information, particularly GPS and route data.Fairfax 2015 Police and Fire GamesThe Committee was also briefed on the upcoming World Police and Fire Games, coming to Fairfax County at the end of June this year (2015). It’s anticipated that over 12,000 athletes and family/guests (over 30,000 in all) will attend the games, and that Fairfax County will experience tremendous global attention, regional pride and local economic benefit from hosting the event. Over 2000 volunteer slots remain open, along with many sponsorship opportunities for businesses, organizations or individuals. The Fairfax 2015 Games Website ( http://fairfax2015.com/ ) maintains all information for athletes and all other participants, from local accommodations and event venues, to a robust social community and online marketplace.The NVTC Digital Strategy Committee looks forward to more collaboration sessions with the Northern Virginia public safety and First Responder community, and will continue to support information-sharing about B2G2C digital strategies.Thanks to the NVTC event sponsors, speakers, coordinators and volunteers, including:
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The Northern Virginia Technology Council’s (NVTC) Digital Strategy Committee (#nvtcdigstrat) recent event regarding Digital Strategy and Public Safety, featuring Richard R. Bowers – Chief, Fairfax Fire Department – revealed several very interesting and useful challenges for the NOVA business community.
Not least of which was the current challenges around focused, resourced digital strategy planning across the County constituent agencies, and among local jurisdictions.
Many targeted capabilities and improvements in “front-end” digital tools, outreach and engagement, plus initiatives on the “back-end” to handle system-specific data and information management are certainly underway, but information-sharing among the public safety stakeholders – businesses, government and the public – remains a strategic planning, governance and education hurdle to address. In other words, a B2G2C digital strategy challenge.
By The Open Group John Zachman’s Zachman Framework is widely recognized as the foundation and historical basis for Enterprise Architecture. On Tuesday, Feb. 3, during The Open Group’s San Diego 2015 event, Zachman will be giving the morning’s keynote address … Continue reading →
Insourcing is not the answerhttp://thecioleader.com/2015/01/22/insourcing-is-not-the-answer/#comment-5382Ian CoxNo cost analysis is good enough to suffice in such decisions. Broader criteria must be considered, as stated in the article. As for in…
More than a few years ago, my son and I were watching one of the Harry Potter movies when Professor Snape came on the screen. My son said, "Oh I’ve seen that actor before, what’s he been in?" I replied, "That’s Hans Gruber from Die Hard, played by Alan Rickman."
My son looked at me with the awe that a father dreams of, and said, "How did you pull that out?" I’m sure this was his nice way of
More than a few years ago, my son and I were watching one of the Harry Potter movies when Professor Snape came on the screen. My son said, "Oh I’ve seen that actor before, what’s he been in?" I replied, "That’s Hans Gruber from Die Hard, played by Alan Rickman."
My son looked at me with the awe that a father dreams of, and said, "How did you pull that out?" I’m sure this was his nice way of
Knowing the seven parts of the TOGAF documentation is very useful – for navigating and finding your way around the documentation, for the exam and in day-to-day use of TOGAF. This poster from GeL summarizes how the seven parts of TOGAF fit as the filling between the Business Vision and Drivers, and Business Capabilities.
By The Open Group The Open Group’s Internet of Things (IoT) Work Group is involved in developing open standards that will allow product and equipment management to evolve beyond the traditional limits of product lifecycle management. Meant to incorporate the … Continue reading →
“Yes, we need theory in enterprise-architecture”, people will often say to me, “but which theory should it be? Should it be quantitative, everything defined in terms of metrics? Or should it be qualitative, and forget about metrics entirely? Which one…